Live Oak Middle

Live Oak Middle, a low-enrollment middle school in Tulare, California, overseen by Tulare City, serves 458 students, covering grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 31% smaller than typical.

Tulare City comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 9,289 students; Live Oak Middle is among them.

Looking at the student body, Live Oak Middle reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 71%; the rest comes out to 22% White, 3% Asian.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Live Oak Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Tulare County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Live Oak Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.1%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Tulare County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,300, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Live Oak Middle is one of 196 public schools in Tulare County (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students).

Cherry Avenue Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Live Oak Middle ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 29.6%.

Live Oak Middle operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Live Oak Middle's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 449 (now 458). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 61% to 71%. Class-load math has loosened: from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 in 2025.

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