Summary:
Live Oak Unified contains one middle school, Live Oak Middle, serving 413 students in grades 6-8 in a district with high economic need, where over 80% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
This school shows a clear pattern of steady improvement, climbing in statewide rankings over the last three years. It has particular academic strengths in Science, where it outperforms both the Live Oak Unified district and California state averages, and in 6th grade English Language Arts. However, performance dips noticeably in 7th grade across both English and Math before recovering somewhat in 8th grade, a trend that the school may want to investigate further.
While the school's chronic absenteeism rate is near the state average, it is higher than the district's rate, and addressing attendance could support continued academic growth. With per-student spending above the state average, the school is resourced to tackle its main challenge: mathematics proficiency, which currently lags behind both district and state averages. The consistent upward trajectory suggests effective strategies are in place, building on its science and early-middle-school successes.
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