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Live Oak High

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Live Oak High ranks 943 rd of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

943^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 56% of California high schools

Summary

Live Oak High is a public high school serving grades 9-12 to about 600 students in the Live Oak Unified district, a community where many families face economic challenges.

The school has a remarkable strength in getting students to graduation, with a near-perfect rate that outshines many nearby schools like Marysville High. It also excels in English Language Arts, where student proficiency is notably higher than the state average and outperforms comparison schools such as Sutter Union High. However, there is a significant and urgent challenge in mathematics, where proficiency is very low, creating a stark contrast with its success in other areas.

When looking at the broader landscape, Live Oak High is a higher-performing school within its own district and achieves its strong graduation and ELA outcomes with moderate per-student spending. This presents a different model than some top-ranked local schools like Gridley High or Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts, which show more balanced academic strength. The school's performance for key student subgroups has shown volatility from year to year, indicating support systems that may need strengthening for consistent results.

603

Students ?

19.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,340

Per pupil spending ?

71.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2351 Pennington Rd.
Live Oak, CA 95953-2402

(530) 695-5415

District: Live Oak Unified

Feeder schools for Live Oak High:

Elementary:	Encinal Elementary
	Luther Elementary
Middle:	Live Oak Middle

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

60.7%

White:

21.9%

Asian:

13.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 78th percentile in 2015 → 56th in 2025

Strengths

✓99% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (88%)

✓Above the California median (56th percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 22 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Mathematics scores 21 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school37%

District avg42%

California avg41%

943^rd of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Top 44%▼ down 22 pts since 2015

From top 22% (2015) to top 44% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 2High Schools in the Live Oak Unified

852^nd of 1,543Live Oak Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	54.3	943 of 2162	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	62.9	698 of 2159	67.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	65.9	646 of 2170	70.2%	★★★★☆
2022	57.3	770 of 2123	63.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	47.1	646 of 1290	49.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	74.2	467 of 2133	78.1%	★★★★☆
2018	70.7	582 of 2017	71.1%	★★★★☆
2017	68.0	635 of 2021	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2016	71.5	533 of 2039	73.9%	★★★★☆
2015	75.9	435 of 1994	78.2%	★★★★☆
2013	64.6	434 of 2426	82.1%	★★★★☆
2012	63.2	458 of 2354	80.5%	★★★★☆
2011	60.2	508 of 2367	78.5%	★★★★☆
2010	58.9	540 of 2281	76.3%	★★★★☆
2009	55.5	589 of 2238	73.7%	★★★★☆
2008	50.6	667 of 2117	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2007	38.7	909 of 2063	55.9%	★★★☆☆
2006	41.4	802 of 1968	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2005	40.8	783 of 1901	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2004	48.5	521 of 1653	68.5%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.1	448 of 585	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.1	504 of 591	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.2	509 of 581	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.4	501 of 582	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	5.7	546 of 581	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	18.9	1131 of 1161	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	31.1	750 of 1117	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.4	492 of 1052	53.2%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	45.0	438 of 1064	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	25.2	997 of 1044	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	50.5	898 of 1906	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	60.1	667 of 1915	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	61.4	649 of 1915	66.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	51.1	788 of 1858	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	34.3	714 of 1054	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	69.2	476 of 1833	74.0%	★★★★☆
2018	71.2	507 of 1760	71.2%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	55.8	812 of 1900	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	72.5	434 of 1902	77.2%	★★★★☆
2023	69.9	483 of 1917	74.8%	★★★★☆
2022	62.2	572 of 1861	69.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	84.2	195 of 1814	89.3%	★★★★☆
2018	74.7	412 of 1742	76.3%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	56.3	826 of 2013	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	69.2	510 of 2026	74.8%	★★★★☆
2023	62.5	640 of 2030	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	57.2	695 of 1943	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	47.0	594 of 1126	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	80.3	285 of 1937	85.3%	★★★★☆
2018	74.1	430 of 1862	76.9%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	54.1	841 of 1942	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	60.2	681 of 1948	65.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	64.9	593 of 1963	69.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	59.0	665 of 1916	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	52.3	482 of 1122	57.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	72.5	457 of 1880	75.7%	★★★★☆
2018	65.9	610 of 1834	66.7%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.2	758 of 1252	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	24.1	993 of 1216	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.7	711 of 1197	40.6%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	41.6	714 of 1155	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	46.6	663 of 1173	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	57.8	504 of 1193	57.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.1	616 of 1204	48.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	64.6	422 of 1222	65.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	68.0	405 of 1173	65.5%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)59th percentile+3 vs school

English Language Learner (2023)59th percentile-11 vs school

Hispanic (2025)57th percentile~ school

Male (2025)57th percentile~ school

Female (2025)53rd percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2025)39th percentile-17 vs school

White (2025)38th percentile-18 vs school

Asian (2025)23rd percentile-33 vs school

Disabled (2022)3rd percentile-61 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy65%+17 vs state

Science28%-5 vs state

Mathematics17%-21 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
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%)	54.3	943^rd of 2162 public high schools	56.4%		62.9	698^th of 2159 public high schools	67.7%	245		28.1		27.9			65.5	65.5			16.6	16.6	$19,340	$18,662	$678
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%)	13.3	1871^st of 2162 public high schools	13.5%		23.4	1617^th of 2159 public high schools	25.1%	254		0.0		0.0			20.0	20.0			7.1	7.1	$21,951	$21,190	$761
Esperanza High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	581 B Jackson St.	Gridley	95948	Butte County	Gridley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 846-6721	23	2	11.3	82.6%	6 (26.1%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (73.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)				0.0							0.0	0.0	$80,910	$80,234	$676
Gridley High	Public	9-12	300 East Spruce St.	Gridley	95948	Butte County	Gridley Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 846-4791	670	35	19.3	70.6%	230 (34.3%)	5 (0.7%)	396 (59.1%)	25 (3.7%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	10 (1.5%)	83.4	350^th of 2162 public high schools	83.8%		90.6	212^th of 2159 public high schools	90.2%	138		47.4	37.2	44.6			72.8	72.8			40.4	40.4	$24,760	$23,776	$984
Albert Powell Continuation	Public	10-12	1875 Clark Ave.	Yuba City	95991	Sutter County	Yuba City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 822-5210	132	10	12.7	79.5%	27 (20.5%)	4 (3.0%)	85 (64.4%)	4 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.6%)	14.3	1829^th of 2162 public high schools	15.4%		16.3	1780^th of 2159 public high schools	17.6%	49		5.0		6.2			26.3	26.3			1.3	1.3	$35,561	$33,978	$1,583
Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts	Public, Charter	7-12	1917 B St.	Marysville	95901	Yuba County	Marysville Joint Unified	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 749-6157	366	23	15.9	52.2%	123 (33.6%)	4 (1.1%)	134 (36.6%)	31 (8.5%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	68 (18.6%)	93	147^th of 2162 public high schools	93.2%		93.8	138^th of 2159 public high schools	93.6%	9	29.0	64.6		43.3	58.3	47.8	82.7	61.1	33.3	18.8	48.1	32.1	$37,075	$36,112	$963
Marysville High	Public	9-12	12 East 18th St.	Marysville	95901	Yuba County	Marysville Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 741-6180	1,034	52	19.8	62.2%	399 (38.6%)	33 (3.2%)	449 (43.4%)	53 (5.1%)	15 (1.5%)	9 (0.9%)	71 (6.9%)	33.8	1403^rd of 2162 public high schools	35.1%		35.2	1362^nd of 2159 public high schools	36.9%	41		21.8		21.0			42.6	42.6			9.0	9.0	$15,710	$13,864	$1,846
Sutter Union High	Public	9-12	2665 Acacia St.	Sutter	95982	Sutter County	Sutter Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 822-5161	734	35	21.1	25.3%	450 (61.3%)	2 (0.3%)	196 (26.7%)	29 (4.0%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (6.9%)	53.9	951^st of 2162 public high schools	56.0%		51.8	962^nd of 2159 public high schools	55.4%	11		26.8		27.7			52.2	52.2			26.9	26.9	$13,710	$13,180	$530
Butte View High	Public	9-12	2665 Acacia St.	Sutter	95982	Sutter County	Sutter Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(530) 822-5161	26	2	15.9	53.8%	15 (57.7%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (34.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (7.7%)								(n/a)				0.0									$13,710	$13,180	$530
Tri-County Regional Occupational Program	Public	9-12	970 Klamath Ln.	Yuba City	95993	Sutter County	Tri-County Regional Occupational Program	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(530) 822-2942	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Frequently Asked Questions about Live Oak High

What district is Live Oak High in?

Live Oak Unified

How many students attend Live Oak High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 603 students attended Live Oak High.

What is the racial makeup of Live Oak High?

Students at Live Oak High are 61% Hispanic, 22% White, 14% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

Is Live Oak High a good school?

Live Oak High ranks 943^rd of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What schools feed into Live Oak High?

Live Oak High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Encinal Elementary
Elementary : Luther Elementary
Middle : Live Oak Middle

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2024–25 CSA Spanish test scoresDec 22, 2025

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