Live Oak Charter

Located at 100 Gnoss Concourse Bldg. 1, in Petaluma, California, Live Oak Charter is a low-enrollment K-5 school that caters to 271 students (grades K through 8), run under Live Oak Charter District. That puts it 42% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Live Oak Charter District is the operating authority for Live Oak Charter, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, Live Oak Charter records that 73% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 11% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Sonoma County's rate of about 51%.

Zooming out to the county, Sonoma County reports that the typical household earns roughly $104,674 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Sonoma County's 184 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students), Live Oak Charter is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: San Antonio High (Continuation), around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Live Oak Charter.

Live Oak Charter operates from a metropolitan location. As a public charter, Live Oak Charter runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

On allk12, members of the Live Oak Charter community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.