Live Oak Elementary School

As a medium-sized elementary school in Denham Springs, Louisiana, Live Oak Elementary School instructs 571 students from grades pre-K through 4, overseen by Livingston Parish. By comparison, Louisiana's public schools average about 453 students each, so Live Oak Elementary School sits 26% larger than that benchmark.

Within Livingston Parish, which oversees 43 schools and 27,209 students, Live Oak Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Live Oak Elementary School logs that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 10% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Live Oak Elementary School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. The state averages about 14.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Live Oak Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.2%; this one delivers 41.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Livingston Parish shows median household earnings sit near $80,122, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Livingston Parish runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,209 students), of which Live Oak Elementary School is one.

Live Oak Junior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Live Oak Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 50.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Live Oak Elementary School has ticked up 5%, going from 545 students in 2018 to 571 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 90% to 75%. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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