Summary:
In zip code 95482, which covers Ukiah, California, there is one public middle school, Pomolita Middle, serving grades 6 through 8 for the local Ukiah Unified district.
Pomolita Middle serves a community with high economic need, where over 82% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Academically, the school has consistently ranked in the lower quarter of all California middle schools for the last three years. Its students perform below state averages in all core subjects, with the largest gap in mathematics, though it is noteworthy that the school's science scores are slightly stronger than the Ukiah Unified district average.
Despite higher-than-average per-student spending, the school faces challenges with chronic absenteeism, which is above the state average. Performance trends show that seventh graders tend to score higher than sixth or eighth graders. For parents, this indicates a school working within a district facing broad academic challenges, where student performance has remained consistently low over time, suggesting that significant, sustained support would be needed to improve outcomes.
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