School district · California

Live Oak Elementary

Live Oak Elementary in California: 7 public schools with 1,666 students and 20.8 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $20,144 per student in FY2024.

Schools
7
1 charter
Students
1,666
Students per teacher
20.8
CA 21.6 · US 15.1
Spending per student
$20,144
CA $20.7K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE)
80.0
Counselors (FTE)
1.0
Students per counselor
1,666
CA 407 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE)
2.6
Librarians (FTE): 0.0

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024
$9.8K15
$10.7K16
$11.2K17
$11.6K18
$13.9K19
$13.9K20
$14.8K21
$16.1K22
$18.8K23
$20.1K24
Where the money comes from (FY2024)
Federal
9.3% · $3.6M
State
51% · $20M
Local
39% · $15.4M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction
$10,845
Support services
$8,138
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
$481K
Long-term debt
$22.8M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 5Middle schools: 1Other schools: 1
SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Del Mar ElementaryFree meals for all
K–532223.0
Green Acres ElementaryFree meals for all
K–526221.8
Live Oak ElementaryFree meals for all
K–536224.1
K–87621.5
K–816617.6
Shoreline MiddleFree meals for all
6–847818.4
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Sources

Address
984 Bostwick Ln. Ste. 1, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Phone
(831)475-6333
Website