Enrollment
342
Elementary
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UKIAH UNIFIED·NCES 064030006658
Nokomis Elementary
495 Washington St., Ukiah, CA 95482 · (707) 472-5550 · Mendocino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
331 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 82 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 39% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Nokomis Elementary→Pomolita Middle
Based on grade levels within Ukiah Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
21.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.4pp since 2014
Math
15.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.1% | 14.3% | 30.0% | 48.6% |
| Math | 4.1% | 11.0% | 21.4% | 63.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.4% | 15.2% |
| 2023-24 | 17.6% | 11.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.3% | 14.0% |
| 2021-22 | 21.3% | 8.2% |
| 2018-19 | 27.9% | 22.9% |
| 2017-18 | 19.3% | 13.7% |
| 2016-17 | 19.7% | 14.3% |
| 2015-16 | 18.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 15.0% | 12.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
16.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Nokomis Elementary
Nokomis Elementary's state test result (16.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nokomis Elementary this school | 342 | 96.8% | 16.5% |
| Oak Manor Elementary Ukiah | 417 | 93.3% | 17.0% |
| West Street Elementary Corning | 324 | 90.4% | 25.9% |
| Conley Elementary Taft | 306 | 93.8% | 39.9% |
| Oceano Elementary Oceano | 377 | 90.7% | 35.1% |
| King Avenue Elementary Yuba City | 380 | 95.3% | 30.3% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Nokomis Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Mendocino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #4,855 of 5,151 | #13 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #4,733 of 5,172 ▲ 243 | #10 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #4,764 of 5,172 ▲ 132 | #12 of 14 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #2,134 of 5,116 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 342 | #4,366 of 5,915 | #9 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #1,736 of 5,352 | #6 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.7% | #3,092 of 5,354 | #13 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.8% | #224 of 5,625 | #1 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #1,669 of 3,837 | #4 of 11 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
342
-45 (-12%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 649
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 21.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 342 | 16 | 21.4:1 | 97% (331) |
| 2023-24 | 315 | 15 | 21.0:1 | 97% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 16 | 22.1:1 | 96% (340) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | 18 | 21.5:1 | 94% (364) |
| 2017-18 | 416 | 17 | 24.5:1 | 91% (380) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 17 | 23.0:1 | 91% (356) |
| 2010-11 | 396 | N/A | N/A | 91% (360) |
| 2000-01 | 601 | 31 | 19.4:1 | 89% (536) |
| 1990-91 | 649 | 27 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nokomis Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (416 to 342); teachers down 6% (17 to 16).
About Nokomis Elementary
Among the schools in Ukiah, California, is Nokomis Elementary, a small elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 342 students. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Nokomis Elementary belongs to Ukiah Unified, a district of 11 schools and 5,871 students.
By race and ethnicity, Nokomis Elementary is 71% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 19% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Native American. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Mendocino County's population at about 28%. Nokomis Elementary has a diversity index of 46%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Nokomis Elementary counts 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 21.4 students for each one. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. About 97% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Mendocino County is 75%.
The allk12 Grade for Nokomis Elementary is D. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 14% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Nokomis Elementary is 6.4 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 16.5% actual, 22.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Mendocino County has these Census figures: median household income is about $68,092, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of Mendocino County number 66 and enroll about 12,738.
Of nearby public schools, Yokayo Elementary is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, Nokomis Elementary ranks 5th on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Town: Remote, means it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Nokomis Elementary saw enrollment fall 12% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Mendocino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
90,244
Census ACS
Median income
$68,092
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
12,738 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ukiah Unified
- Ukiah HighHigh · 1,767 students
- Pomolita MiddleMiddle · 826 students
- Eagle Peak MiddleMiddle · 552 students
- Calpella ElementaryElementary · 475 students
- Grace Hudson ElementaryElementary · 449 students
- Oak Manor ElementaryElementary · 417 students
Other schools in Ukiah
- Ukiah HighHigh · 1,767 students
- Pomolita MiddleMiddle · 826 students
- Calpella ElementaryElementary · 475 students
- Grace Hudson ElementaryElementary · 449 students
- Oak Manor ElementaryElementary · 417 students
- Yokayo ElementaryElementary · 414 students
Nearby schools
- Yokayo Elementary0.6 mi · 414
- Grace Hudson Elementary0.8 mi · 449
- South Valley High (Continuation)0.9 mi · 120
- River Oak Charter1.1 mi · 245
- Oak Manor Elementary1.5 mi · 417
- Pomolita Middle1.5 mi · 826
Frequently asked questions
About Nokomis ElementaryHow large is Nokomis Elementary?
Nokomis Elementary enrolls approximately 342 students in grades KG-05.
Is Nokomis Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nokomis Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Nokomis Elementary have?
Nokomis Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Nokomis Elementary?
Student demographics at Nokomis Elementary are roughly 19% White, 71% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Nokomis Elementary in?
Nokomis Elementary is part of Ukiah Unified.
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