Live Oak Alternative: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
Live Oak Alternative posts low test scores — and suspensions run below the state rate (2.5% vs 3.6%). If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
Live Oak Alternative scores 24 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 15th percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →
Most rating sites would stop at “0% proficient” and call it done. Live Oak Alternative deserves a closer read. The school sits in Live Oak, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Test scores are one lens, and at this school they're a rough one right now. The sections below show the fuller picture — including the parts that are working.
The story this school is actually telling
Of 100 students here: 0 are proficient by 11th grade → 83 graduate → 0 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
K-12 Path
Live Oak Alternative serves grades K-12 — students can complete their entire K-12 education here.
Your other options
Nearby High Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 34
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
The community around it
Student demographics
Funding Breakdown
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
For the data nerdsEvery number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 8 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 11 | 13 | 0% | 0% | 54% | 46% | 0% | −47 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 8 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 11 | 13 | 0% | 0% | 8% | 92% | 0% | −23 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 25 | 0% | 0% | 60% | 40% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Oak Alternative ← | — | 24 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | 2.5% |
| Live Oak High | 0.1 mi | 47 | 11.9% | 41.0% | — | 6.4% |
| Valley Oak Continuation High | 0 mi | 21 | 0.0% | 13.6% | — | 3.5% |
| California average | — | 44 | 15.8% | 35.7% | — | 3.6% |
- — Subgroup results are suppressed for small student counts (fewer than 15 tested), following CDE privacy rules.
- — Scored here as a high school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means