Live Oak Middle School

Set in Watson, Louisiana, Live Oak Middle School is a high-enrollment 6-8 campus, one of the schools within Livingston Parish. It educates 672 students across grades 5 through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 53% larger than the state mean of about 440.

Live Oak Middle School is one of 43 schools operated by Livingston Parish, a district that hosts 27,209 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Live Oak Middle School records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 9% Black, 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Livingston Parish overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school reports having 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 41.0:1, putting Live Oak Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 68% of students at Live Oak Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Live Oak Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.6%; this one delivers 42.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Livingston Parish put median household earnings sit near $80,122, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Livingston Parish's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,209 students), Live Oak Middle School is one campus in the mix.

South Live Oak Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Live Oak Middle School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 50.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Live Oak Middle School's enrollment has declined 4% since 2018, when it stood at 700 (now 672). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 89% to 82%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

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