The top reported proficiency rate is 38% in Math. The lowest is 37% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Live Oak Learning Center
Live Oak Learning Center is a public elementary school serving pre-kindergarten through second grade in Rockport, a small Gulf Coast town in Aransas County. The school enrolls a student body that is nearly evenly divided between Hispanic and white students, with smaller populations of other backgrounds. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic context of Rockport, a place that has been rebuilding since Hurricane Harvey made landfall in the area. The school is part of Rockport-Fulton ISD, which serves the county.
The enrollment is stable and spans four grade levels. Pre-kindergarten through second grade means the school sits at the earliest end of the public education pipeline, focused on foundational literacy and numeracy. State testing data exists only for third grade, so proficiency results are available only where students have moved on to the next level. In the most recent tested cohort measured at third grade, reading proficiency was near two in five students, and math proficiency was similar. These figures reflect a cohort that struggled to reach grade-level benchmarks in foundational skills. A parent may want to look into further what support structures the school offers for struggling readers and mathematicians, what interventions are in place during the early grades to catch and address gaps before high-stakes testing, and how the school tracks progress for individual students across the full pre-K through second-grade span.
The school itself sits on a consolidated campus rather than in the downtown Heritage and Cultural Arts District. Rockport's daily life centers on parks, waterfront spaces and the public library, which sits across from Memorial Park. The housing market shows modest values and steady rent, with affordability rates that make both renting and owning feasible for households in the area, though many families qualify for assistance.
Because the school serves only early elementary grades, it has no graduation rate and no four-year outcome data. The data provided does not include enrollment counts by special education status or English learner status, so a parent would want to ask the school directly about the scale and nature of those services. The district's recent strategic priorities were not available through public sources. What is plain is that the school teaches in a community shaped by recovery and rebuilding, where education is a large local employer and where schools function as anchors for a population that includes many working families with limited economic flexibility.
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