📍 790 S. Dora St., Ukiah, Mendocino County, 95482
Yokayo Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ukiah, Mendocino County. The school has 454 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Dana Milani. It is part of the Ukiah Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in a small-town setting. The school employs 19.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.9:1.
Yokayo Elementary enrolls 454 students across grades K–6. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 19.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% Hispanic or Latino, 29% White and 7.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 257 | 57% |
| White | 132 | 29% |
| Two or more races | 34 | 7.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 22 | 4.8% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
369 of the school's 454 students (81%) 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.
Yokayo Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Yokayo Elementary is one of 11 schools in Ukiah Unified, based in Ukiah, California. The district serves 5,895 students district-wide and employs 283 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 454 students, Yokayo Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 536 students per school.