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What's the most underrated thing about Live Oak Middle that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
458
Middle
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TULARE CITY·NCES 063987009647
Live Oak Middle
980 North Laspina St., Tulare, CA 93274 · (559) 685-7310 · Tulare County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of California public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
22.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.9:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
300 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 7 | 222 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 236 | 52% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
38.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.7pp since 2014
Math
25.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.8% | 25.5% | 26.7% | 35.0% |
| Math | 10.6% | 14.5% | 23.5% | 51.4% |
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 | 38.3% | 25.1% |
| 2023-24 | 41.5% | 24.8% |
| 2022-23 | 37.3% | 21.8% |
| 2021-22 | 39.7% | 27.2% |
| 2020-21 | 43.4% | 21.6% |
| 2018-19 | 44.8% | 23.2% |
| 2017-18 | 45.6% | 31.4% |
| 2016-17 | 46.9% | 34.8% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 36.0% |
| 2014-15 | 40.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 (32.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Oak Middle this school | 458 | 65.5% | 32.4% |
| Rafer Johnson Junior High Kingsburg | 447 | 69.1% | 44.3% |
| Technology Middle Rohnert Park | 409 | 65.0% | 14.9% |
| Lakeview Junior High Santa Maria | 463 | 72.4% | 38.2% |
| Anacapa Middle Ventura | 592 | 68.1% | 37.8% |
| Winters Middle Winters | 367 | 60.5% | 20.1% |
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 | In Tulare County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #682 of 1,224 | #7 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #715 of 1,227 ▼ 46 | #7 of 23 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #763 of 1,227 ▼ 142 | #11 of 23 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.7pp | #225 of 1,214 | #3 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #997 of 1,377 | #19 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #837 of 1,279 | #18 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.0% | #766 of 1,278 | #4 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.5% | #774 of 1,329 | #21 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #209 of 257 | N/A |
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
458
+27 (+6%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 585
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 458 | 20.6 | 22.2:1 | 66% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 20.1 | 22.2:1 | 60% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 383 | 20.3 | 18.8:1 | 71% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 22 | 19.6:1 | 61% (262) |
| 2017-18 | 449 | 21.3 | 21.1:1 | 58% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 19 | 23.4:1 | 58% (258) |
| 2010-11 | 746 | N/A | N/A | 64% (479) |
| 2000-01 | 589 | 27 | 21.8:1 | 49% (290) |
| 1990-91 | 585 | 24 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Live Oak Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (449 to 458); teachers down 3% (21.3 to 20.6).
About Live Oak Middle
Families in Tulare, California, are served by Live Oak Middle, a low-enrollment middle school. The school enrolls 458 students, from grades 7 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in California) has about 659 students.
Live Oak Middle sits within Tulare City, which has 18 schools and 9,289 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Live Oak Middle, at 71%. Other students are 22% White and 3% Asian. The school's diversity index is 44%, meaning two students picked at random have a 44% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 22.2 students per teacher and 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.5 above the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 66%. That is 11 points below the 77% average for public schools in Tulare County.
allk12 grades Live Oak Middle a C. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 41.2% for a school in California with Live Oak Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Live Oak Middle posts 32.4%.
Tulare County has these Census figures: the median household income is $71,300, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. In all, Tulare County has 196 public schools and roughly 101,494 students.
The nearest public school is Cherry Avenue Middle, at about 0.9 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 32.4% average proficiency ranks 5th among 9 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Small. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 27 more students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 22.2 students per teacher, compared with 19.6 in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Tulare County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
478,693
Census ACS
Median income
$71,300
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
196
101,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tulare City
- Mulcahy MiddleMiddle · 745 students
- Garden ElementaryElementary · 689 students
- Mission Valley ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- Pleasant ElementaryElementary · 668 students
- Alpine VistaElementary · 659 students
- Alpine Vista MiddleMiddle · 617 students
Other schools in Tulare
- Tulare Western HighHigh · 1,927 students
- Mission Oak HighHigh · 1,678 students
- Tulare Union HighHigh · 1,616 students
- Liberty ElementaryElementary · 861 students
- Sundale ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- Mulcahy MiddleMiddle · 745 students
Other Live Oak Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Live Oak Middle. Live Oak Middle is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Live Oak MiddleLive Oak, CA · 413 students
- Live Oak Middle SchoolWatson, LA · 672 students
Nearby schools
- Cherry Avenue Middle0.9 mi · 483
- Mission Valley Elementary1.0 mi · 671
- Wilson Elementary1.1 mi · 487
- Frank Kohn Elementary1.1 mi · 617
- Garden Elementary1.1 mi · 689
- Tulare Union High1.3 mi · 1,616
Frequently asked questions
About Live Oak MiddleHow many students attend Live Oak Middle?
Live Oak Middle enrolls approximately 458 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Live Oak Middle serve?
Live Oak Middle serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Live Oak Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Live Oak Middle is approximately 22.2:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Live Oak Middle?
Live Oak Middle reports a student body of 22% White, 71% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Live Oak Middle?
Live Oak Middle is overseen by Tulare City in Tulare County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.