Oak Manor Elementary

Oak Manor Elementary is an elementary-level community of middle-of-the-pack scale in Ukiah, California, one of the schools within Ukiah Unified, instructing 417 students in grades K through 6.

Within Ukiah Unified, which oversees 11 schools and 5,871 students, Oak Manor Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Oak Manor Elementary shows that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 20% White, 8% Native American, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Mendocino County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Oak Manor Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Mendocino County indicate median household earnings sit near $68,092, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Oak Manor Elementary is one of 66 public schools in Mendocino County (combined enrollment of about 12,738 students).

Nearest neighbor: River Oak Charter, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oak Manor Elementary.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 473 students in 2018 compared to 417 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 27% to 20%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 today.

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