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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Live Oak Middle this year?
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Enrollment
413
Middle
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVE OAK UNIFIED·NCES 062205002614
Live Oak Middle
2082 Pennington Rd., Live Oak, CA 95953 · (530) 695-5435 · Sutter County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of California public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
341 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 65%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 133 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 141 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 139 | 34% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Live Oak Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
52.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +25.1pp since 2014
Math
32.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 25 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.9% | 39.1% | 25.9% | 22.0% |
| Math | 16.7% | 16.2% | 27.6% | 39.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.1% | 32.9% |
| 2023-24 | 46.6% | 28.4% |
| 2022-23 | 45.5% | 27.8% |
| 2021-22 | 38.6% | 22.9% |
| 2018-19 | 48.7% | 34.5% |
| 2017-18 | 36.7% | 31.0% |
| 2016-17 | 36.5% | 27.1% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 24.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Live Oak Middle
Live Oak Middle's state test result (40.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Oak Middle this school | 413 | 82.6% | 40.1% |
| Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle La Quinta | 439 | 84.1% | 20.1% |
| Innovation Middle San Diego | 350 | 80.0% | 38.0% |
| Santa Rosa Middle Santa Rosa | 452 | 76.1% | 20.4% |
| Fairmead Elementary Chowchilla | 458 | 86.5% | 23.7% |
| Lucille Whitehead Intermediate Waterford | 355 | 88.7% | 22.7% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Live Oak Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #517 of 1,224 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #540 of 1,227 ▲ 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #449 of 1,227 ▲ 59 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.7pp | #41 of 1,214 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #1,068 of 1,377 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #151 of 1,279 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #594 of 1,278 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.6% | #468 of 1,329 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #342 of 930 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
413
-113 (-21%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 363
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 19.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 413 | 23.6 | 17.5:1 | 83% (341) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 23.7 | 17.1:1 | 80% (323) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 22.1 | 17.6:1 | 75% (291) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 27 | 19.5:1 | 75% (392) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 25.1 | 20.6:1 | 88% (454) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 22 | 22.9:1 | 86% (434) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | N/A | N/A | 80% (387) |
| 2000-01 | 574 | 25 | 23.0:1 | 79% (456) |
| 1990-91 | 363 | 17 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Live Oak Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (516 to 413); teachers down 6% (25.1 to 23.6).
About Live Oak Middle
Live Oak Middle is a small middle school that serves part of Live Oak, California. School enrollment was 413 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in California average about 659 students.
The district, Live Oak Unified, has 2,070 students enrolled across 6 schools.
At 64%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Live Oak Middle combined. The school is also 23% White and 11% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 33%. The chance that two students picked at random at Live Oak Middle belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
Dividing enrollment by its 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 17.5:1. Among middle schools in California, the typical ratio is 20.7:1. Eligible students account for 83% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That is higher than the 60% average for public schools in Sutter County.
Live Oak Middle is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 78% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Live Oak Middle is 8.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Among Sutter County residents, median household income is about $79,704, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Live Oak Middle is one of 46 public schools in Sutter County, which together enroll about 23,784 students.
The next-closest public school is Live Oak Alternative, about 0.1 miles away. In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of Live Oak Middle. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Live Oak Middle is 5th of 6 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Fringe. That means it sits in a town close to an urbanized area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 413, 21% below the 526 of 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 19.5:1 to 17.5:1.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Sutter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,857
Census ACS
Median income
$79,704
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
23,784 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Live Oak Unified
- Luther ElementaryElementary · 867 students
- Live Oak HighHigh · 603 students
- Encinal ElementaryElementary · 111 students
- Live Oak AlternativeCombined · 57 students
- Valley Oak Continuation HighHigh · 19 students
Other schools in Live Oak
- Luther ElementaryElementary · 867 students
- Sutter Peak Charter AcademyCombined · 714 students
- Live Oak HighHigh · 603 students
- Nuestro ElementaryElementary · 170 students
- Encinal ElementaryElementary · 111 students
- Live Oak AlternativeCombined · 57 students
Other Live Oak Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Live Oak Middle. Live Oak Middle is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Live Oak MiddleTulare, CA · 458 students
- Live Oak Middle SchoolWatson, LA · 672 students
Nearby schools
- Live Oak Alternative0.1 mi · 57
- Valley Oak Continuation High0.1 mi · 19
- Live Oak High0.2 mi · 603
- Luther Elementary0.8 mi · 867
- Encinal Elementary3.5 mi · 111
- Manzanita Elementary4.1 mi · 306
Frequently asked questions
About Live Oak MiddleHow many students attend Live Oak Middle?
Live Oak Middle enrolls approximately 413 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Live Oak Middle serve?
Live Oak Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Live Oak Middle have?
Live Oak Middle employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Live Oak Middle?
Student demographics at Live Oak Middle are roughly 23% White, 64% Hispanic, 1% Black, 11% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Live Oak Middle in?
Live Oak Middle is part of Live Oak Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.