Live Oak High School

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Live Oak High School is a public high school located in Watson an unincorporated Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States.HistoryLive Oak School began in 1895 when the Reverend Joel Ott donated a parcel of land for a community school. The citizens of Watson built a one-room schoolhouse of about 20 x 25 feet. The room was built from wood of cypress trees near the Amite River swamps and boasted one front door and six open windows. This public school was open three months of the year: June, July, and August.In May, 2007, voters in the Live Oak School district passed a half cent sales tax to build a new high school. The old school is being converted into a second middle school for the area. The current high school opened on December 17, 2012, and is located north of the old location on Hwy 16.In the Fall of 2015, the Louisiana Department of Education released School Performance Scores (SPS). Live Oak High School scored 114. Live Oak High School is ranked as an "A" school, and is the top performing high school in Livingston Parish, placing it within the top 5 percent of all high schools in Louisiana.At the start of the 2009 - 2010 school year, Live Oak's athletics were upgraded from 4A classification to 5A classification.Competitive organizations(2015-2016)Football - 5A State Playoffs - Second Round Cheerleading - Louisiana High School Athletic Association Medium Varsity State Cheerleading Championship Cheerleading - National High School Medium Varsity Cheerleading Championship Cheerleading - National High School Super Varsity Game Day Cheerleading Championship Girls Soccer - District Champions, 2nd Round Playoffs Division II Volleyball - State Playoffs - Second Round - Division II Wrestling - Louisiana State Runner-Up Division II: Individual State Champions - Ean Hill - 126 weight class, and Ethan Alphonso - 132 weight class. Track and Field - Ashley Davis - Indoor State Champion - Shot Put Girls Basketball - 5A State Playoffs - First Round