The Ukiah Unified School District services the incorporated city of Ukiah plus the four smaller communities of Redwood Valley, Calpella, Talmage, Hopland and their surrounding areas - a total area of 495 square miles with a population of approximately 40,000 (15,500 in the city of Ukiah).

Ukiah is located 100 miles north of San Francisco on Highway 101 and is the county seat of the County of Mendocino.

Agriculture, government, education, lumber and wood products, light industry, service occupations and professions account for a large majority of the area's employment. The District is comprised of eight elementary schools, two middle schools, a continuation high school, and a comprehensive high school. Ukiah is also the home of Mendocino Community College.

Principal: Gordon Oslund

Assistant Principals: Eduardo Hurtado, Yareli Macias, Cassandra Mortier

Counselors: Evan Englar, Angelina Gutierrez, Ana Jacinto-Cawthon, Maricela Zamora

Description: Founded in 1893, Ukiah High School is a comprehensive four-year high school. A new campus, built on 60 acres in the northwest portion of the city, was completed in 1978. The school was recognized as a California Distinguished School in 1988 and 2001.

Enrollment as of 9/24/2018:

• Faculty: 83 certificated teachers, including 12 special education teachers, and 2 teachers on Special Assignment.
• Pupil to counselor ratio: 330:1
• Accreditation: Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). Six-year accreditation through 2021.
• School year/day: The school year is 180 days long, including 6 minimum days for finals. Students attend a total of 64,935 minutes per year.

CEEB School Code Number:  053580

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230 credits are required to include the following subject requirements:

(State required competencies in reading, writing, and mathematics are embedded in the curriculum)

40 credits - English

30 credits - Social Science - to include World History, U.S. History and American Institutions (civics/economics)

20 credits - Mathematics - to include Algebra

20 credits - Physical Education

20 credits - Science - to include one Biological and one Physical Science

10 credits - Visual/Performing Art or Foreign Language

90 credits - Electives

Grading Scale

A = 4.0                                                                        

B = 3.0

C = 2.0

D = 1.0                                                          

F = 0.0 

Advanced Placement (AP) and Honors (H) classes= 5.0

Rank in class is determined by a weighted G.P.A. based on all classes completed.

Honors courses include:

• English II Honors
• Trigonometry Honors
• Spanish for Spanish Speakers Honors

AP courses include:

• Spanish Language, Spanish Literature
• English Language, English Literature
• Calculus AB
• Calculus BC
• European History
• U.S. History
• Comparative Government
• Psychology
• Environmental Science
• Physics
• AP Computer Science Principles

AP exams are available in coursework listed as AP. In 2018, 230 candidates completed 424 AP exams.
Of the 424 exams, 14% were fives, 22% were fours, 28% were threes, 25% were twos, and 10% percent were ones.

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