📍 901 Hoyer Rd., Newman, Stanislaus County, 95360
Yolo Junior High is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Newman, Stanislaus County. The school has 696 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Anita Palacios. It is part of the Newman-Crows Landing Unified school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
Yolo Junior High enrolls 696 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 82% Hispanic or Latino, 12% White and 2.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 569 | 82% |
| White | 86 | 12% |
| Black or African American | 20 | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 1.9% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
428 of the school's 696 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Yolo Junior High is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Yolo Junior High is one of 9 schools in Newman-Crows Landing Unified, based in Newman, California. The district serves 3,085 students district-wide and employs 156 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 696 students, Yolo Junior High is larger than the district average of about 343 students per school.