Regular local school district · Mendocino County
Mendocino Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Mendocino Unified runs 4 public schools with 428 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 13.4 students per teacher is 8.5 lower than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 428
- Teachers (FTE)
- 32
- Students per teacher
- 13.4
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 44141 Little Lake Rd., Mendocino, CA 95460
- Phone
- (707)937-5868
- County
- Mendocino County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0624480
- State district ID
- CA-2365581
- Total staff (FTE)
- 87
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 428 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.4
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (477), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $13.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $830,000
- State revenue
- $3.1 million
- Local revenue
- $10.0 million
- Total spending
- $13.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $28,992
- Salaries
- $5.8 million42.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $31.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.0%
- State: 22.4%
- Local: 71.6%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$28,992
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Mendocino Unified
By level: 1 high, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Albion ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 3 | 13 | 13.0 |
| Comptche ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 3 | 9 | 9.0 |
| Mendocino HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 165 | 12.7 |
| Mendocino K-8CEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 241 | 15.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Mendocino County
- Ukiah Unified 5,895 students
- Fort Bragg Unified 1,669 students
- Willits Unified 1,534 students
- Round Valley Unified 447 students
- Anderson Valley Unified 382 students
- Laytonville Unified 315 students
- Potter Valley Community Unified 262 students
- River Oak Charter District 245 students
- Arena Union Elementary 239 students
- Sequoia Career Academy District 144 students
- Willits Elementary Charter District 140 students
- Point Arena Joint Union High 139 students
- Shanel Valley Academy District 124 students
- Willits Charter District 123 students
- Redwood Collegiate Academy District 122 students
More in California
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.