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Nokomis Elementary

Ukiah UnifiedUkiahMendocino County95482
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
570 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
315 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
21:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
97%
Teachers
15 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic69.2%
White20.9%
Asian1.9%
Black0.6%
Other7.3%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Nokomis Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard5.5%
Met Standard13.0%
Below Standard81.6%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "18% proficient" for Nokomis Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

5.5% of students exceeded standard while 13.0% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 15.5 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 5.7 points below the Ukiah Unified district average of 11.2%. The 5 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 12.3% exceeded — 6.8 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 17.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 24.2%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
5.5%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
18.4%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+17.3pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
24.2%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
7.7%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
570
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd502.0%8.0%28.0%62.0%10.0%
4th378.1%18.9%21.6%51.4%27.0%
5th5311.3%17.0%37.7%34.0%28.3%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd510.0%5.9%17.6%76.5%5.9%
4th400.0%17.5%15.0%67.5%17.5%
5th5411.1%11.1%29.6%48.1%22.2%