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What's the biggest difference between Live Oak Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
571
Elementary
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVINGSTON PARISH·NCES 220102000766
Live Oak Elementary School
35194 Old Hwy 16, Denham Springs, LA 70706 · (225) 665-6702 · Livingston Parish
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL571 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
454 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 115 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (113).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
59.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
60.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +22.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 22 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 59.0% | 60.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 38.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
43.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.1%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 27% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Louisiana's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Live Oak Elementary School
Live Oak Elementary School's state test result (43.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Oak Elementary School this school | 571 | 79.5% | 43.7% |
| Albany Lower Elementary School Albany | 518 | 82.2% | N/A |
| Springfield Elementary School Springfield | 569 | 82.8% | 34.7% |
| Levi Milton Elementary School Walker | 702 | 77.2% | 42.5% |
| North Corbin Elementary School Walker | 627 | 77.5% | 43.0% |
| Gray's Creek Elementary School Denham Springs | 475 | 76.4% | 38.3% |
Matched among Louisiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Live Oak Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Livingston Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #170 of 583 | #10 of 22 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #59 of 582 ▲ 65 | #1 of 22 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #91 of 587 ▲ 22 | #6 of 22 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #43 of 540 | #2 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 571 | #183 of 714 | #8 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #431 of 655 | #17 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.7% | #421 of 655 | #16 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.5% | #281 of 705 | #9 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.8% | #148 of 197 | #16 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
571
+65 (+13%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 685
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 18.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 571 | 39.8 | 14.3:1 | 80% (454) |
| 2023-24 | 576 | 39.6 | 14.5:1 | 73% (418) |
| 2022-23 | 544 | 27.9 | 19.5:1 | 67% (364) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | 28 | 18.1:1 | 43% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 27 | 20.2:1 | 22% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 629 | 43 | 14.6:1 | 48% (305) |
| 2010-11 | 677 | 45 | 15.0:1 | 43% (291) |
| 2000-01 | 697 | 41 | 17.0:1 | 29% (200) |
| 1990-91 | 685 | 37 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Live Oak Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (545 to 571); teachers up 47% (27 to 39.8).
About Live Oak Elementary School
Live Oak Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Denham Springs, Louisiana. It had 571 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 4. By comparison, elementary schools in Louisiana enroll about 453 students on average.
Livingston Parish, which runs Live Oak Elementary School, has 43 schools and 27,209 students.
The student body at Live Oak Elementary School is 75% White. It is also 10% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 5% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 42, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 14.3:1 is based on 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana is close to this figure. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 80%.
On the allk12 Grade, Live Oak Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 90% of Louisiana public elementary schools.
Compared with Louisiana schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Live Oak Elementary School does better than predicted by 16.6 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 43.7%; the prediction is 27.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Livingston Parish show that median household income comes to about $80,122, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Livingston Parish counts 44 public schools with about 27,209 students.
Live Oak Junior High sits about 0.1 miles from Live Oak Elementary School. Live Oak Elementary School has 7 other public schools within five miles. Live Oak Elementary School comes in 5th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Live Oak Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Live Oak Elementary School had a net gain of 65 students, or 13%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 18.1 to 14.3 over 4 years.
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Livingston Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
148,115
Census ACS
Median income
$80,122
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
27,209 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Livingston Parish
- Denham Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,385 students
- Walker High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Live Oak High SchoolHigh · 1,392 students
- Denham Springs Junior High SchoolMiddle · 811 students
- Denham Springs Freshman High SchoolCombined · 710 students
- Levi Milton Elementary SchoolElementary · 702 students
Other schools in Denham Springs
- Denham Springs High SchoolHigh · 2,385 students
- Denham Springs Junior High SchoolMiddle · 811 students
- Denham Springs Freshman High SchoolCombined · 710 students
- South Fork Elementary SchoolElementary · 685 students
- Denham Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 678 students
- North Live Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 615 students
Other Live Oak Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 4 states are named Live Oak Elementary. Live Oak Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 11.
- Live Oak Elementary SchoolLafayette, LA · 520 students
- Live Oak ElementaryCovington, GA · 936 students
- Live Oak Elementary SchoolAlbany, GA · 833 students
- Live Oak ElementaryFallbrook, CA · 717 students
- Live Oak ElementaryCastaic, CA · 490 students
Nearby schools
- Live Oak Junior High0.1 mi · 654
- Live Oak Middle School0.7 mi · 672
- South Live Oak Elementary School0.7 mi · 509
- Live Oak High School0.9 mi · 1,392
- North Live Oak Elementary School1.5 mi · 615
- Central High School4.7 mi · 1,529
Frequently asked questions
About Live Oak Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Live Oak Elementary School?
Live Oak Elementary School enrolls approximately 571 students in grades PK-04.
Is Live Oak Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Live Oak Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Live Oak Elementary School have?
Live Oak Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Live Oak Elementary School?
At Live Oak Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 10% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Live Oak Elementary School public or private?
Live Oak Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Livingston Parish.
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