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Live Oak Unified

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At a glance

671^stof 1,530 California districts▲ 181

Better than 56% of California districts

Elementary 2 Middle 1 High 2 Alternative 1Grades K-12

2201 Pennington Rd.
Live Oak, CA 95953-2469·(530) 695-5400·All California district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2026

2026: better than 56.1% of districts

Schools

2,070

Students

Top rankedEncinal Elementary1654^th of 5,817 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Encinal Elementary up 326 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Live Oak Middle 17.5 students per teacher

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Summary:

Live Oak Unified includes six schools serving students from elementary through high school: two elementary schools, one middle school, two high schools and one alternative school. Together they enroll 2,070 students, with school sizes ranging from 19 to 867. The five schools with reported 2025–2026 results average 47% in ELA, 34% in math and 31% in science, compared with state averages of 49%, 38% and 36%. The most important takeaway is that those below-state averages hide a wide divide between schools.

Encinal Elementary is the clearest standout, leading the reported schools at 69% in ELA, 57% in math and 45% in science—19, 18 and 9 percentage points above the state, respectively. At the other end, Live Oak Alternative scored 15% in ELA, 4% in math and 8% in science, falling 34, 35 and 28 points below the state. Results at other schools are more mixed: Live Oak High was above the state in ELA and science but 18 points below in math, while Live Oak Middle was 3 points above the state in math. Valley Oak Continuation High has suppressed all-grades test scores.

Across the same five reporting schools, average scores rose by 1 point in ELA, 4 in math and 3 in science from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026; the gaps to the state narrowed in ELA and math but stayed about the same in science. School changes varied: Encinal Elementary improved in all three subjects, while Live Oak High’s ELA score fell 11 points even as math rose 3 and science rose 12. SchoolDigger ranks Encinal at the 72nd percentile with four stars and Live Oak Middle at the 65th percentile with three stars. Context varies too: in 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 52% at Encinal, 83% at Live Oak Middle and 90% at Live Oak Alternative; these measures do not explain results.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)								Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Encinal Elementary	Public	K-8	6484 Larkin Rd.	Live Oak	95953	Sutter County	Live Oak Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 695-5458	111	5	22.2	52.3%	45 (40.5%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (46.8%)	10 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.6%)	68.6	1654^th of 5817 public elementary schools	71.6%		61.7	1980^th of 5857 public elementary schools	66.2%	326	18.2				45.0	66.7	69.2	54.6		60.0			68.7	75.0	61.5	27.3		40.0			56.7			$21,819	$21,246	$573
Live Oak Middle	Public	6-8	2082 Pennington Rd.	Live Oak	95953	Sutter County	Live Oak Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 695-5435	413	24	17.5	82.6%	93 (22.5%)	5 (1.2%)	263 (63.7%)	45 (10.9%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	58.7	964^th of 2740 public middle schools	64.8%		56.1	996^th of 2761 public middle schools	63.9%	32		35.3			35.3				49.6	52.6	46.7		49.6				45.2	44.9	35.0		41.8			$21,595	$20,916	$679
Live Oak High	Public	9-12	2351 Pennington Rd.	Live Oak	95953	Sutter County	Live Oak Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 695-5415	603	31	19.5	71.5%	132 (21.9%)	6 (1.0%)	366 (60.7%)	82 (13.6%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.7%)	55.3	909^th of 2135 public high schools	57.4%		54.3	943^rd of 2162 public high schools	56.4%	34			40.0		39.7							54.8	54.8							20.0	20.0			$19,340	$18,662	$678
Luther Elementary	Public	K-5	10123 Connecticut Ave.	Live Oak	95953	Sutter County	Live Oak Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 695-5450	867	39	22.2	81.2%	192 (22.1%)	24 (2.8%)	525 (60.6%)	114 (13.1%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	8 (0.9%)	54.7	2350^th of 5817 public elementary schools	59.6%		61.5	1990^th of 5857 public elementary schools	66.0%	360	25.0				25.0	52.7	43.7	47.0					47.9	55.5	45.9	39.4					47.2	97%	0%	$20,210	$19,556	$654
Valley Oak Continuation High	Public	9-12	2207 Pennington Rd.	Live Oak	95953	Sutter County	Live Oak Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 695-5430	19	2	11.0	84.2%	10 (52.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (47.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																								$21,951	$21,190	$761
Live Oak Alternative	Public, Alternative	K-12	2207 Pennington Rd.	Live Oak	95953	Sutter County	Live Oak Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 695-5430	57	2	24.8	89.5%	30 (52.6%)	2 (3.5%)	20 (35.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)	2 (3.5%)	1 (1.8%)								(n/a)			5.9		8.3							23.5	14.8							0.0	3.7			$21,951	$21,190	$761

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sutter Peak Charter Academy District	2.82 mi	1
Nuestro Elementary	2.84 mi	2	1258^th
Yuba City Unified	4.61 mi	20	1023^rd
Twin Rivers Charter District	4.65 mi	1	29^th
Tri-County Regional Occupational Program	5.98 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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