Live Oaks School, Milford CT - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Live Oaks School

Live Oaks School is a small elementary school in Milford serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. With about a quarter of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch and a student body that is mostly white with meaningful Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial representation, the school sits in a neighborhood of the mid-sized coastal city.

The school's test results show uneven performance across subjects and grades. In math, the picture is strongest in third grade, where the majority of students meet state proficiency standards. Fourth grade math performance drops meaningfully, and fifth grade shows the lowest math proficiency of the three tested grades. English language arts follows a similar downward slope: third grade shows performance at around the midline, fourth grade improves slightly, but fifth grade dips again. Science results for fifth grade were suppressed by the state, so proficiency cannot be reported. Across all tested grades and subjects combined, Live Oaks sits above the midpoint among elementary schools in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, but the school does not yet demonstrate consistently strong outcomes, especially as students advance to upper elementary grades.

The exact nature of these performance patterns and whether they reflect classroom-level instruction, student composition shifts across grade levels, or other factors would be worth exploring directly with the school. State testing data covers only grades three through five, so the school's approach in the earlier grades and its overall instructional priorities remain outside this snapshot.

The broader Milford context matters significantly for families considering this school. The Milford School District recently adopted a long-range facilities plan that will consolidate elementary schools from eight to six and close two buildings. Calf Pen Meadow and Meadowside elementary schools are slated for closure; Live Oaks is not mentioned among those affected, suggesting stability at this location. However, consolidation will reshape which families attend which schools across the district for years to come. The facilities work carries substantial capital costs projected over a long time horizon, which will shape Milford's property tax environment for decades. Additionally, the school board has faced recurring budget constraints from the town finance side, which may affect staffing, programming, and class sizes in the coming years. The housing market in Milford's zip code remains moderately strong, with home values and rental costs both climbing modestly year over year, though affordability relative to local incomes sits somewhat above the national median.

A parent should look directly at Live Oaks to understand its approach to the upper-elementary performance trends visible in the data, its support for students approaching middle school transition, and how the broader district consolidation affects the school's future enrollment and resources.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 387%

School 87% · District 72% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 32 pts above state median · ▲ 36 pts above county median

Grade 477%

School 77% · District 65% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Grade 563%

School 63% · District 56% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 60% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 463%

School 63% · District 62% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 553%

School 53% · District 66% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.