Summary:
Great Hearts Live Oak is a public charter school located in Live Oak, Texas, serving grades KG-9 with a total enrollment of 973 students. As part of the Great Hearts Texas district, which is ranked 165 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, Great Hearts Live Oak stands out for its diverse student population, strong academic performance, and low dropout rates.
Compared to its nearby counterpart, Great Hearts Northern Oaks, Great Hearts Live Oak has a higher percentage of Hispanic (52.83%) and African American (5.96%) students, while Great Hearts Northern Oaks has a higher percentage of White students (49.44%). Academically, Great Hearts Live Oak generally performs better than the state average in STAAR/STAAR EOC assessments, particularly in reading and English, with 83% of 8th-grade students proficient or better in reading, compared to the state average of 56%. However, the school lags behind the Great Hearts Texas district average in several subject areas. Additionally, Great Hearts Live Oak has relatively low dropout rates, with 0.7% in 2021-2022 and 0.0% in 2020-2021, which are lower than the state average.
When compared to other nearby charter schools, such as Southwest Preparatory Southeast Campus and Idea Najim College Preparatory, Great Hearts Live Oak significantly outperforms these schools in academic achievement, particularly in reading and English. However, the school's student-teacher ratio of 19.8 in 2022-2023 is higher than the ratio at Great Hearts Northern Oaks (19.1) and some of the other nearby schools, and its spending per student ($9,069 in 2020-2021) is lower than the spending at some of the nearby charter schools.
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Detail:
Public, Charter, Alternative K-10
District:
Great Hearts Texas
SchoolDigger Rank:
1826th of 4,647 Texas Alternative Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $9,069
Student/teacher ratio: 19.8
Number of students: 973
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
52.8%
White:
32.5%
African American:
6.0%
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Asian:
4.0%
Two or more races:
4.0%
American Indian:
0.6%
Pacific Islander:
0.1%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 32.9%
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