GREAT HEARTS LIVE OAK

As an expansive multi-level school in LIVE OAK, Texas, GREAT HEARTS LIVE OAK serves 1,153 students from grades K through 11, run under GREAT HEARTS TEXAS. Enrollment runs roughly 138% above the state mean of about 485.

GREAT HEARTS TEXAS runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 12,926 students. GREAT HEARTS LIVE OAK is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GREAT HEARTS LIVE OAK reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 29% White, 6% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. Compared to Bexar County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, GREAT HEARTS LIVE OAK logs 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.7:1, putting GREAT HEARTS LIVE OAK higher than the state norm the norm. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GREAT HEARTS LIVE OAK tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Bexar County) records that the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which GREAT HEARTS LIVE OAK is one.

The closest other public school is FINE ARTS ACADEMY OF OLYMPIA, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GREAT HEARTS LIVE OAK comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.3%.

GREAT HEARTS LIVE OAK operates from a residential location. As a public charter, GREAT HEARTS LIVE OAK runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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