Live Oak Elementary
A public school district in Santa Cruz, California, with 7 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 1,669
- Students enrolled
- 80
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 172.2
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $18,840
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 1,669 in 2024–25
- Ranks 5,235th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 535th of 1,976 in California. Larger than 70% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $18,840 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 68% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Live Oak Elementary spent $18,840 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,576 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $18,840 | $31.9 million | 1,691 |
| FY2022 | $16,067 | $27.8 million | 1,728 |
| FY2021 | $14,835 | $25.7 million | 1,730 |
| FY2020 | $13,867 | $25.2 million | 1,814 |
| FY2019 | $13,933 | $27.4 million | 1,968 |
| FY2018 | $11,961 | $24.4 million | 2,036 |
| FY2017 | $11,179 | $23.1 million | 2,069 |
| FY2016 | $10,699 | $22.5 million | 2,106 |
| FY2015 | $9,754 | $20.6 million | 2,108 |
| FY2014 | $9,760 | $20.3 million | 2,081 |
| FY2013 | $8,790 | $18.6 million | 2,118 |
| FY2012 | $9,732 | $20.1 million | 2,061 |
| FY2011 | $9,420 | $19.9 million | 2,108 |
| FY2010 | $8,900 | $18.6 million | 2,089 |
| FY2009 | $8,599 | $18.6 million | 2,162 |
| FY2008 | $8,722 | $19.1 million | 2,194 |
| FY2007 | $8,083 | $18.2 million | 2,256 |
| FY2006 | $8,007 | $17.4 million | 2,170 |
| FY2005 | $7,576 | $16.5 million | 2,180 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $4.7 million | 11.9% |
| State | $20.1 million | 50.8% |
| Local | $14.8 million | 37.4% |
| Total | $39.5 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
7 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Del Mar Elementary | 322 |
| Green Acres Elementary | 262 |
| Live Oak Elementary | 362 |
| Ocean Alternative Education Center | 76 |
| Shoreline Middle | 478 |
| Special Education Preschool | |
| Tierra Pacifica Charter | 166 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Kindergarten to Grade 8
- NCES district ID
- 0621990
Elsewhere
- Public schools in California — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in California — A to Z, each with its page.
- California on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved