Yolo Junior High

Yolo Junior High, a moderately sized intermediate school in Newman, California, overseen by Newman-Crows Landing Unified, educates 738 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Yolo Junior High is one of 9 schools operated by Newman-Crows Landing Unified, a district that caters to 3,085 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Yolo Junior High lists that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 10% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 50% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Yolo Junior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.3%; this one delivers 24.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Stanislaus County indicate median household income runs about $81,468, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Yolo Junior High is one of 190 public schools in Stanislaus County (combined enrollment of about 106,477 students).

The closest other public school is Von Renner Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Yolo Junior High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 25.8%.

Yolo Junior High operates from a town-based location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 5%: 700 students in 2018 compared to 738 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 17% to 10%. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

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