Pomo

Pomo operates as a big elementary-level community in Clearlake, California, operated by Konocti Unified. Current enrollment sits at 702 students spanning grades K through 7. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Pomo sits 51% bigger than that benchmark.

Pomo is one of 10 schools operated by Konocti Unified, a district that hosts 3,985 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Pomo reports that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 27% White, 10% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Pomo records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Pomo higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lake County (around 73%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Pomo sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 28.7%; actual is 11.1%, a gap of -17.6 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,621, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Pomo is one of 43 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 10,167 students).

Burns Valley is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pomo. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pomo at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 14.8%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pomo has stayed largely flat, going from 698 students in 2018 to 702 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 33% to 27% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 27.9:1 in 2018 to 26.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Pomo community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.