An equity score of 58/100 ranks Ukiah Unified #551 of 1526 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,383 per pupil, Ukiah Unified ranks #755 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,840
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$18,383
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ukiah Unified operates 11 public schools serving 5,840 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 7 elementary, 2 high, 1 middle, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Mendocino County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,383 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 29.0% local, 56.8% state, and 14.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 58/100, ranked #551 of 1526 in California against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 11 schools offering Advanced Placement (14 AP courses district-wide), a 379.4:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 46.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 59.2% Hispanic or Latino, 29.2% White, 0.9% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Ukiah Independent Study Academy, with a diversity index of 60.6/100.
Its largest campus is Ukiah High, enrolling 1,767 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Ukiah Independent Study Academy, at 118 students, a 15x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Ukiah High accounts for 30.1% of all Ukiah Unified student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Ukiah Unified-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Ukiah Unified school enrollment varies 15× across entities
Ukiah Unified school enrollment ranges from 118 students (lowest) to 1,767 students (highest), a spread of 1,649 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Ukiah Unified student-counselor ratio is 379:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Ukiah Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 46.9% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.