Live Oak Alternative
Public school, kindergarten to grade 12 · Live Oak, California
Live Oak Alternative in Live Oak, California enrolled 57 students in 2024-25 with 2.3 full-time teachers, 24.9 students per teacher against the California median of 18.3. It has no Title I status on file for 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 20% or less of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (California: 34.3%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 60-79% (California: 86.2%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment rose 2% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 30%
56 students in 2022-23, 58 students in 2023-24, 57 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 3.3 to 2.3.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 56 | 3.3 | 17.1 |
| 2023-24 | 58 | 2.9 | 19.9 |
| 2024-25 | 57 | 2.3 | 24.9 |
24.9 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 82 of every 100 California schools of this kind
Among the 528 California schools of this kind that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 18.3; the national median for schools of this kind is 13.8. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 360 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Live Oak Alternative enrolled 36 students and had 0.1 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 6 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)0.1, one per 360 of the 36 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions6
- Chronically absent42.9% (2022-23)
Who attends
53.6% of students were White, 35.7% Hispanic, 3.6% Black in 2024-25.
- White53.6%
- Hispanic35.7%
- Black3.6%
- Pacific Islander3.6%
- Two or more races1.8%
- American Indian1.8%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2022-23
In 2022-23, the students tested at Live Oak Alternative scored proficient or above: 20% or less in math, against 34.3% in math across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.
| Subject | This school | Its district | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math | 20% or less | 28‑32% (2021-22) | 34.3% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
60-79% of the 19 students in Live Oak Alternative's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.2% across California. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | California | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 60‑79% | 90‑94% | 86.2% |
| Students in the class | 19 | 171 | 495,492 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
Schools of this kind in Live Oak
2 public schools of this kind in Live Oak report 2024-25 enrollment; Live Oak Alternative is number 2 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutter Peak Charter Academy | 714 | 24.8 | 28.2% |
| Live Oak Alternative | 57 | 24.9 | 87.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Live Oak Alternative
- Sutter Peak Charter AcademyThe nearest public school of this kind, 6.3 miles away: 714 students, 24.8 per teacher (2024-25).6.3 mi
- Lincoln (Abraham) (Alternative)The next nearest public school of this kind, 9.0 miles away: 265 students, 32.7 per teacher (2024-25).9.0 mi
- Compare Live Oak Alternative with Sutter Peak Charter AcademyStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Live Oak Unified spends per student$17,169 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$17,169
- The largest public schools in CaliforniaLive Oak Alternative is the number 430 by size of 539 California schools of this kind open in 2024-25.#430 of 539
- California schools by students per teacher24.9 students per teacher here against the California median of 18.3 for schools of this kind.24.9:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Live Oak Alternative
How many students attend Live Oak Alternative?
57 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 56 in 2022-23. It is an alternative school in Live Oak, CA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Live Oak Alternative?
24.9 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the California median for schools of this kind is 18.3. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Live Oak Alternative a Title I school?
Live Oak Alternative has no Title I status in the NCES school files, because California did not report school Title I status for 2021-22; the California Department of Education lists each school's current Title I status.How do students at Live Oak Alternative do on state tests?
In 2022-23, the students tested at Live Oak Alternative scored proficient or above: 20% or less in math, against 34.3% in math across California. California's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What is the graduation rate at Live Oak Alternative?
60-79% of the 19 students in Live Oak Alternative's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.2% across California. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Live Oak Alternative in?
Live Oak Unified, NCES district ID 0622050. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 062205009891 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.