Live Oaks School

Live Oaks School, a small elementary campus in Milford, Connecticut, run under Milford School District, instructs 272 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 28% leaner than the typical public school in Connecticut, which averages around 378 students.

Across the 13 schools in Milford School District (5,110 students total), Live Oaks School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Live Oaks School logs that 71% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 12% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 7% multiracial, 2% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against South Central Connecticut Planning Region (around 51%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (South Central Connecticut Planning Region) logs that the typical household earns roughly $88,197 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, South Central Connecticut Planning Region runs 152 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,909 students), of which Live Oaks School is one.

Alma E. Pagels School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Live Oaks School.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Live Oaks School has decreased 13%, going from 314 students in 2018 to 272 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 80% to 71% over that span.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.