Nokomis Elementary

Located at 495 Washington St., in Ukiah, California, Nokomis Elementary is a low-enrollment K-5 school that works with 342 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Ukiah Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 26% leaner than typical.

Nokomis Elementary is one of 11 schools operated by Ukiah Unified, a district that educates 5,871 students overall.

On demographics, Nokomis Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 19% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Nokomis Elementary shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Nokomis Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 97% of students at Nokomis Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Mendocino County (around 75%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Nokomis Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.8%; this one delivers 14.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Mendocino County) records that median household income runs about $68,092, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Nokomis Elementary is one of 66 public schools in Mendocino County (combined enrollment of about 12,738 students).

Nearest neighbor: Yokayo Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Nokomis Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Nokomis Elementary at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 26.9%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 18%: 416 students in 2018 compared to 342 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 67% to 71% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 in 2025.

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