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Livonia enrollment stabilizes; fall 2024 count down 38.71 FTE, elementary up after young-fives expansion
Summary
District fall 2024 enrollment fell by 38.71 full-time-equivalent students from the prior year — the smallest decline since at least 2012 — driven by elementary-level gains tied to an expanded young‑fives program and reduced share‑time service to parochial schools.
Livonia Public Schools reported a small net decline in its October 2024 count: the district is down 38.71 full‑time-equivalent (FTE) students compared with the same date in 2023, presented to the board at the Dec. 9 Committee of the Whole.
District enrollment staff framed the change as a stabilization: “We are down only 38.71 students,” presenter Jen Keats said, adding that this is “the lowest number we have seen in all of the years that are represented on this chart here” and calling the result “a point of celebration.” Keats explained that the FTE figure includes fractional counts for shared-time and special-education…
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