📍 4820 Jack C Hays Trl, Buda, Hays County, 78610
Live Oak Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Buda, Hays County. The school has 200 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Doug Agnew. It is part of the Hays Cisd school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 14.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. 10% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Live Oak Academy enrolls 200 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 14.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 69% Hispanic or Latino, 28% White and 2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 137 | 69% |
| White | 55 | 28% |
| Black or African American | 4 | 2% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
63 of the school's 200 students (32%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 56 qualify for free lunch and 7 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Live Oak Academy is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 25, state house district 45.
Live Oak Academy is one of 26 schools in HAYS CISD, based in KYLE, Texas. The district serves 24,330 students district-wide and employs 1,493 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 200 students, Live Oak Academy is smaller than the district average of about 936 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe