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Live Oak Middle

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Live Oak Middle ranks 1527 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 7-8

1527^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 45% of California middle schools

Summary

Live Oak Middle is a public school serving 458 students in grades 7 and 8 in Tulare, California, operating within the Tulare City school district, which faces significant academic challenges statewide.

Academically, Live Oak Middle is the highest-performing middle school within its district, with proficiency rates in English, math, and science that are consistently better than the Tulare City district average; its science scores, in particular, are a notable strength, nearly matching the state average. The school has made impressive progress in improving student attendance, now having a lower chronic absenteeism rate than the state average, which is a positive sign of student engagement. However, its overall academic performance remains below state averages, and the school's statewide ranking has been somewhat volatile, showing a recent decline from a 3-star to a 2-star rating.

When compared to nearby schools in other districts, such as Green Acres Middle in the higher-ranked Visalia Unified district, Live Oak Middle generally trails in mathematics. Within its own district, it outperforms peers like Mulcahy Middle, Los Tules Middle, and Cherry Avenue Middle, and it benefits from the highest per-student spending in the district. Key areas for improvement include supporting Special Education students and English Language Learners, whose academic results lag behind other student groups at the school.

458

Students ?

22.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$18,963

Per pupil spending ?

65.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

980 North Laspina St.
Tulare, CA 93274-2338

(559) 685-7310

District: Tulare City

Students who attend Live Oak Middle usually attend:

High:

Tulare Union High

Feeder schools for Live Oak Middle:

Elementary:	Frank Kohn Elementary
	Mission Valley Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

71.4%

White:

22.3%

Asian:

2.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 56th percentile in 2015 → 45th in 2025

Strengths

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Tulare City

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (32% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 11 percentile points since 2015

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school32%

District avg26%

California avg41%

1,527^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 45%▼ down 11 pts since 2015

From top 44% (2015) to bottom 45% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 5Middle Schools in the Tulare City

1198^th of 1,543Tulare City 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	38.8	1527 of 2761	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.9	1375 of 2783	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	35.8	1596 of 2781	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.5	1447 of 2740	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.9	535 of 894	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.7	1591 of 2715	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	44.4	1245 of 2480	49.8%	★★☆☆☆
2017	50.4	1094 of 2508	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2016	53.5	1029 of 2497	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2015	49.8	1099 of 2477	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2013	53.6	1062 of 2379	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2012	47.4	1156 of 2259	48.8%	★★☆☆☆
2011	46.4	1190 of 2236	46.8%	★★☆☆☆
2010	50.7	1025 of 2179	53.0%	★★★☆☆
2009	59.7	754 of 2063	63.5%	★★★☆☆
2008	50.3	915 of 2005	54.4%	★★★☆☆
2007	54.5	794 of 1999	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2006	40.7	990 of 1804	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2005	41.8	962 of 1777	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2004	47.8	822 of 1769	53.5%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	17.6	1513 of 1531	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	28.4	279 of 354	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.9	899 of 1491	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.6	569 of 1369	58.4%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	33.3	1048 of 1478	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.3	1056 of 1521	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.7	633 of 1540	58.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	41.7	166 of 363	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	38.4	733 of 1442	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.7	966 of 1364	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	42.4	1304 of 2533	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	47.5	1132 of 2551	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	33.2	1538 of 2531	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.7	1506 of 2509	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	43.2	383 of 738	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.8	1483 of 2380	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.9	1214 of 2262	46.3%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	42.7	1256 of 2395	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	48.1	1037 of 2388	56.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	41.3	1226 of 2374	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	42.3	1215 of 2359	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	42.0	1194 of 2213	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	54.9	791 of 2072	61.8%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	42.4	1317 of 2542	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	47.6	1124 of 2579	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	41.6	1268 of 2531	49.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.3	1187 of 2458	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	39.6	421 of 721	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	32.2	1586 of 2369	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.9	1334 of 2230	40.2%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.3	1558 of 2534	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.8	1422 of 2552	44.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.5	1384 of 2538	45.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.2	1183 of 2527	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	33.5	481 of 763	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	35.1	1458 of 2407	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	44.1	1148 of 2273	49.5%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.2	1202 of 1566	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.0	1353 of 1552	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.3	1201 of 1531	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.3	1024 of 1520	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.8	1031 of 1537	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.1	1060 of 1543	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	47.0	807 of 1555	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	20.1	1304 of 1602	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.4	1189 of 1496	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Female (2025)49th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)48th percentile+3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)48th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)39th percentile-6 vs school

White (2025)33rd percentile-12 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)29th percentile-21 vs school

Special Education (2025)23rd percentile-21 vs school

Disabled (2022)1st percentile-46 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy38%-11 vs state

Science32%~ state avg

Mathematics25%-12 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 (2024)
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 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 All Grades	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 All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Live Oak Middle	Public	7-8	980 North Laspina St.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7310	458	21	22.2	65.5%	102 (22.3%)	8 (1.7%)	327 (71.4%)	12 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	6 (1.3%)	38.8	1527^th of 2761 public middle schools	44.7%		42.9	1375^th of 2783 public middle schools	50.6%	152		31.7	31.7			43.3	33.2	38.3			28.1	22.1	25.1	$18,963	$3,330	$15,633
Cherry Avenue Middle	Public	7-8	540 North Cherry St.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7320	483	23	21.1	91.1%	49 (10.1%)	15 (3.1%)	399 (82.6%)	7 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.1%)	21.4	2170^th of 2761 public middle schools	21.4%		18.3	2330^th of 2783 public middle schools	16.3%	160		14.2	14.2			40.7	28.0	34.7			16.2	6.2	11.5	$18,429	$3,351	$15,078
Alpine Vista Middle	Public	5-8	2975 East Alpine Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7200	617	28	21.8	48.3%	145 (23.5%)	28 (4.5%)	417 (67.6%)	14 (2.3%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.5%)	29.6	1843^rd of 2761 public middle schools	33.2%		23.4	2109^th of 2783 public middle schools	24.2%	266	24.6	25.2	24.9	35.1	42.5	32.7	38.9	37.2	20.0	20.1	12.0	18.5	17.5	$17,186	$2,945	$14,241
Tulare City Community Day	Public	6-8	505 West Maple Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7376	4	1	3.8		1 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)								0.0					0.0	$36,438	$23,893	$12,545
Los Tules Middle	Public	6-8	801 West Gail Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 687-3156	569	25	22.5	84.9%	31 (5.4%)	15 (2.6%)	501 (88.0%)	16 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	28.3	1882^nd of 2761 public middle schools	31.8%		27.6	1916^th of 2783 public middle schools	31.2%	34		17.2	17.2		44.8	31.6	45.2	40.0		17.6	12.6	17.0	15.5	$17,704	$2,861	$14,843
Mulcahy Middle	Public	5-8	1001 West Sonora Ave.	Tulare	93274	Tulare County	Tulare City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 685-7250	745	34	21.9	92.6%	34 (4.6%)	16 (2.1%)	679 (91.1%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	8 (1.1%)	11	2587^th of 2761 public middle schools	6.3%		16.1	2432^nd of 2783 public middle schools	12.6%	155	7.4	11.0	9.7	17.6	19.9	22.5	23.9	21.5	3.7	6.4	7.3	4.5	5.7	$17,205	$2,879	$14,326
La Joya Middle	Public	7-8	4711 West La Vida	Visalia	93277	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7921	727	31	23.2	71.1%	126 (17.3%)	10 (1.4%)	548 (75.4%)	21 (2.9%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.5%)	37.1	1573^rd of 2761 public middle schools	43.0%		39	1506^th of 2783 public middle schools	45.9%	67		25.6	25.6			37.5	51.1	43.9			18.2	22.6	20.3	$19,617	$2,968	$16,649
Divisadero Middle	Public	7-8	1200 South Divisadero	Visalia	93277	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7661	769	35	21.8	79.5%	75 (9.8%)	17 (2.2%)	590 (76.7%)	42 (5.5%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	41 (5.3%)	27.8	1905^th of 2761 public middle schools	31.0%		23.4	2110^th of 2783 public middle schools	24.2%	205		16.6	16.6			37.2	35.9	36.5			21.3	18.9	20.1	$18,799	$2,949	$15,850
Farmersville Junior High	Public	7-8	650 North Virginia St.	Farmersville	93223	Tulare County	Farmersville Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 747-0764	384	20	18.8	91.1%	8 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	374 (97.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25.2	1991^st of 2761 public middle schools	27.9%		27.2	1940^th of 2783 public middle schools	30.3%	51		16.2	16.2			33.0	33.7	33.3			11.9	25.8	18.7	$20,828	$2,337	$18,491
Green Acres Middle	Public	6-8	1147 North Mooney Blvd.	Visalia	93291	Tulare County	Visalia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 730-7671	761	33	23.1	68.3%	117 (15.4%)	9 (1.2%)	541 (71.1%)	42 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	51 (6.7%)	46.6	1277^th of 2761 public middle schools	53.7%		40	1464^th of 2783 public middle schools	47.4%	187		26.6	26.6			52.8	43.2	47.8			35.2	22.8	28.8	$19,328	$3,169	$16,159

Frequently Asked Questions about Live Oak Middle

Is Live Oak Middle a good school?

Live Oak Middle ranks 1527^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Live Oak Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 458 students attended Live Oak Middle.

What is the racial makeup of Live Oak Middle?

Students at Live Oak Middle are 71% Hispanic, 22% White, 3% Asian, 2% African American, 1% Two or more races.

What district is Live Oak Middle in?

Tulare City

What high school do graduates of Live Oak Middle attend?

Students who attend Live Oak Middle usually go on to attend Tulare Union High

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