The top reported proficiency rate is 54% in Math. The lowest is 19% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Randolph Elementary School
Randolph Elementary School sits on Norman Street in Livonia, a large western suburb of Detroit that grew from farming township to postwar industrial city and now spreads across thirty-six square miles of residential subdivisions, strip commercial corridors, and a concentrated industrial belt with rail and highway access. The city has no traditional walkable downtown; civic life clusters around a Civic Center complex near Five Mile and Farmington Roads, and daily life runs on cars, with easy access to the interstate system and major arterial roads. Publicly reported major employers in the area include Ford Motor Company, Trinity Health, St. Mary Mercy Hospital, Amazon, and UPS, giving the community a manufacturing, healthcare, and logistics backbone. Livonia's motto is "Families First," and the city points to its close-knit neighborhoods and sixty parks as quality-of-life anchors.
Randolph is a regular public school serving kindergarten through fourth grade, part of Livonia Public Schools School District. It is a mid-sized elementary school for its grade band, with roughly even distribution across the five grades. The student body is majority white, with Black students forming the next largest group, followed by smaller Hispanic, Asian, and multiracial populations. A moderate share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school does not report IEP or English learner figures, so those population details are unavailable here; a parent with specific questions about special education or language support services would want to ask the school directly.
On state assessments, Randolph shows a clear pattern across the two tested grades. Third grade results are middling in both math and English language arts, with fewer than half of tested third graders reaching proficiency in either subject. Fourth grade results jump substantially, with a clear majority of fourth graders scoring proficient in both math and English language arts. This grade-to-grade gap is large enough to be worth understanding: a parent may want to ask the school what drives the difference between third and fourth grade outcomes, whether it reflects instruction, cohort differences, or something else. Science proficiency was last reported several years ago and at a low level; that result predates the current assessment cycle and should not be read as a current measure. No participation rates were reported for any subject. Because Randolph serves only the early elementary grades, there is no graduation rate, and that absence reflects the grade band rather than anything about the school's performance.
Against its comparison set, Randolph's overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades lands in the top quartile relative to districts in Wayne County. That positioning reflects the strength of the fourth grade results carrying the index upward and is worth reading alongside the third grade weakness rather than as a single summary.
The housing market around Randolph's zip code is more affordable than both the state and national benchmarks for typical home values. County-wide listing activity has been rising year over year, with more homes coming onto the market and pending sales ticking up as well. Median listing prices across Wayne County have edged down modestly compared with a year ago, and homes are taking slightly longer to sell. The estimated monthly mortgage cost sits above the estimated rent burden for the area, which is relevant for families weighing purchase versus rental. Livonia Public Schools recently opened a dedicated early childhood center in fall 2024, expanding preschool access for families in Livonia and parts of Westland, which may be of interest to parents with younger children feeding into Randolph in coming years.
What Randolph appears to offer is a stable, mid-sized suburban elementary with a diverse enrollment and a reasonably strong upper-elementary academic trajectory, set in a community where housing costs run below regional benchmarks and the district has been investing in early childhood capacity. The third grade results are the area most worth probing before enrolling.
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