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Live Oak Elementary

Castaic Union Castaic Los Angeles County 91384
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
1,068 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
506 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
27:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
48%
Teachers
19 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 57.5%
White 26.9%
Asian 1.0%
Black 2.6%
Other 12.1%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Live Oak Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard19.8%
Met Standard21.8%
Below Standard58.4%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "42% proficient" for Live Oak Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

19.8% of students exceeded standard while 21.8% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 21.0%. That's 5.6 points below the Castaic Union district average of 25.4%. The 1 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 27.7% exceeded — 7.9 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 0.1 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 14.8%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
19.8%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
41.6%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+0.1pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
14.8%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.2%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
1,068
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 75 22.7% 16.0% 32.0% 29.3% 38.7%
4th 69 17.4% 13.0% 24.6% 44.9% 30.4%
5th 52 15.4% 25.0% 25.0% 34.6% 40.4%
6th 71 26.8% 40.9% 21.1% 11.3% 67.6%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 75 14.7% 25.3% 30.7% 29.3% 40.0%
4th 69 13.0% 21.7% 43.5% 21.7% 34.8%
5th 52 23.1% 15.4% 32.7% 28.9% 38.5%
6th 71 25.4% 16.9% 35.2% 22.5% 42.3%

Nearby schools

1 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 53.3