Live Oak Middle, Live Oak CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Live Oak Middle

Live Oak Middle is a regular public middle school serving grades six through eight in Live Oak, a small incorporated city in northern Sutter County along the Highway 99 corridor. The school sits at Pennington Road, on the outskirts of the city's modest historic commercial core. The school enrolls a small student body, with roughly balanced grades and a majority Hispanic student population; most students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a community with limited household wealth.

Academic performance shows a clear divide between language arts and mathematics. In English language arts, proficiency runs stronger, with the sixth-grade cohort performing above the county median for schools tested statewide. Seventh-grade ELA performance dips to a low point, then eighth-grade recovers somewhat. In mathematics, proficiency is weaker across all three grades, with seventh-grade showing the lowest results. Science proficiency in eighth grade, the only grade tested, falls below the county midpoint. Overall, the school's proficiency index places it above the median among Sutter County's tested schools, but absolute performance numbers are modest; a parent may want to understand whether the school's math instruction and support are under review.

The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial Asian population and smaller numbers of white and multiracial students. English learner status and special education enrollment data were not available. The school serves a high-poverty population, which is typical for rural northern California agricultural communities. Live Oak itself is a family-oriented city growing modestly, with a car-dependent suburban-rural character and a small walkable downtown along Broadway. Housing values in the zip code are well below the state benchmark and more in line with the national average, making the area relatively affordable. Employment is tied to agriculture, healthcare, retail, and education; regional growth projections suggest ongoing population gains. The school district encompasses the city with six schools serving roughly a mid-sized K through twelve enrollment.

No data on chronic absenteeism, graduation rate, course offerings, or staffing depth was available, so a parent investigating this school would benefit from contacting it directly to learn about course breadth, intervention programs for students below grade level, and classroom supports.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 636%

School 36% · District 34% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 728%

School 28% · District 30% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 835%

School 35% · District 33% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 664%

School 64% · District 60% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Grade 740%

School 40% · District 42% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 853%

School 53% · District 51% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Science

Grade 836%

School 36% · District 35% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 856%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income36%Higher-income46%10 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income59%Higher-income87%28 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income35%Higher-income65%30 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income54%Higher-income52%1 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income36%Higher-income41%5 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income31%Higher-income58%28 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income22%Higher-income60%38 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income33%Higher-income44%10 pp gap