Schools · Livingston

Livingston, CA schools

Livingston’s public schools score below California’s averages: 46% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 95% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend Yamato Colony Elementary or Selma Herndon Elementary or Campus Park Elementary through grade 5, then Livingston Middle.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Livingston’s School Grade: C+

The public schools Livingston’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 63% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

CTest scoresA-Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 37%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (503)Better than 23%
High confidence. Built on 4,000 tested students and a graduating class of 2,598; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path

Where Livingston kids go to school

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades K–8, Livingston Union)31%
State average 48.5%
Reading (Merced Union High)46%
State average 48.5%
Math (grades K–8, Livingston Union)18%
State average 33.4%
Math (Merced Union High)20%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020

95% graduate on time

Graduation rate
95%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
2,598
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #102 of 720 CA towns →

Districts

Two districts serve Livingston

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Livingston

There’s no college in Livingston, but 4 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is California State University-Stanislaus in Turlock, 11.9 miles away.

Straight-line distance from the center of Livingston. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.

Every school

All 6 schools in Livingston

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School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

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