Middle · Louisiana

Live Oak Junior High

Free meals for all

Live Oak Junior High, a public middle school in Watson, Louisiana: grades 7–8, 654 students, 16.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Livingston Parish.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 654
Teachers (FTE): 40.2
Students per teacher: 16.3
Grades: 7–8; Middle

More students per teacher than 86% of middle schools in Louisiana

Median 13.3 · 219 schools compared

More students per teacher than 65% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 81% of middle schools in Louisiana

Median 391 · 221 schools compared

Larger than 64% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Louisiana's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Louisiana: 43%

59%proficient

−3.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 85% of middle schools in Louisiana

Median 40% · 221 middle schools compared

631 students tested, grades 3–8 · LEAP 2025; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Louisiana: 33%

37%proficient

+10.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 70% of middle schools in Louisiana

Median 26% · 221 middle schools compared

536 students tested, grades 3–8 · LEAP 2025; proficient means Levels 4-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 7–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Livingston Parish

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Livingston Parish.

Location

Address: 35086 HWY 16 Spur, Watson, LA 70786
Phone: (225)667-4195
City or town: Watson
County: Livingston Parish

Quality of life in Watson Schools in Watson

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Live Oak Middle SchoolFree meals for all	5–6	672	18.0	54%	40%	0.6 mi
Central Middle School	6–8	1,012	13.8	52%	47%	5.3 mi
Denham Springs Junior High SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	811	16.4	56%	47%	6.2 mi
Westside Junior High SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	397	13.4	53%	37%	7.4 mi
North Corbin Junior High SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	624	17.5	53%	40%	7.6 mi
Walker Junior HighFree meals for all	6–8	508	16.1	35%	18%	8.0 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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