NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Livingston, CA

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated July 2026

6 public K-12 schools in Livingston from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools

3,808

Students

25.7/100

Avg Resource Index

20.8:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Livingston has more public-school enrollment than 41% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Livingston's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

3 of Livingston's 6 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

High measured need meets a thin staffing ratio

Livingston's reporting schools show 67.6% free-lunch eligibility across measured enrollment, alongside an average 20.8:1 student-teacher ratio. These are separate constraints: one describes the economic context of enrolled students and the other compares student and teacher headcounts. The 9-point gap between Campus Park Elementary and Yamato Colony Elementary is therefore more useful than the city mean alone. A school with a similar ratio may still report different counselor access, attendance, or gifted-program availability, so open the campus records before drawing conclusions about student support.

City enrollment: Top 59%
School count: Top 79%
Resource Index average: 5th percentile
Teacher staffing: 12th percentile

Livingston High accounts for 30.7% of all Livingston public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Livingston-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-07-30

Livingston school enrollment varies 13× across entities

Livingston school enrollment ranges from 89 students (lowest) to 1,169 students (highest), a spread of 1,080 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-07-30

Livingston reports 67.6% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-07-30

Livingston student-teacher ratio is 20.8:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-07-30

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Campus Park Elementary	29	503	elementary	Livingston Union
2.	Livingston High	28	1,169	high	Merced Union High
3.	Selma Herndon Elementary	28	611	elementary	Livingston Union
4.	Livingston Middle	25	809	middle	Livingston Union
5.	Floyd a. Schelby	24	89	Combined	Merced County Office of Education
6.	Yamato Colony Elementary	20	627	elementary	Livingston Union

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Livingston

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

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Which Livingston school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Campus Park Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Livingston schools in this federal-data comparison at 29/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Livingston, CA? ▼

Livingston has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,808 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 20.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.