School district · Napa County

Napa Valley Unified schools

Napa Valley Unified’s 17 public elementary schools run from the 5th to the 80th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). They sit in all four bands, from Strong to Needs Support.

Elementary · 17 schools

from 5th to 80th · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Vichy Elementary: 80th percentile, Strong
  • Pueblo Vista Elementary: 79th percentile, Strong
  • Northwood Elementary: 76th percentile, Strong
  • Canyon Oaks Elementary: 71st percentile, Solid
  • Browns Valley Elementary: 60th percentile, Solid
  • Napa Junction Elementary: 59th percentile, Solid
  • Donaldson Way Elementary: 59th percentile, Solid
  • Napa Valley Language Academy: 51st percentile, Solid
  • Alta Heights Elementary: 45th percentile, Developing
  • Bel Aire Park Elementary: 44th percentile, Developing
  • Stone Bridge: 42nd percentile, Developing
  • Willow Elementary: 36th percentile, Developing
  • West Park Elementary: 30th percentile, Developing
  • McPherson Elementary: 18th percentile, Needs Support
  • Shearer Elementary: 16th percentile, Needs Support
  • Snow Elementary: 11th percentile, Needs Support
  • Phillips Elementary: 5th percentile, Needs Support
4Needs Support
5Developing
5Solid
3Strong

One dot per school.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 8 schools

from 7th to 67th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Stone Bridge: 67th percentile, Solid
  • Unidos Middle: 58th percentile, Solid
  • Browns Valley Elementary: 54th percentile, Solid
  • American Canyon Middle: 49th percentile, Developing
  • Napa Valley Independent Studies: 23rd percentile, Needs Support
  • Redwood Middle: 20th percentile, Needs Support
  • Shearer Elementary: 13th percentile, Needs Support
  • Silverado Middle: 7th percentile, Needs Support
4Needs Support
1Developing
3Solid
0Strong

High · 5 schools

from 4th to 57th · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • American Canyon High: 57th percentile, Solid
  • Vintage High: 47th percentile, Developing
  • New Technology High: 36th percentile, Developing
  • Napa High: 26th percentile, Developing
  • Napa Valley Independent Studies: 4th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
3Developing
1Solid
0Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 4 of the 26 ranked schools teach two levels, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 26 ranked schools
  • 1 school not ranked statewide

Schools around Napa Valley Unified

27 listed public schools with mapped locations.

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Percentile among California schools at the same level

  • Strong75th+
  • Solid50–74th
  • Developing25–49th
  • Needs Supportbelow 25th
  • Not scored

The school lists on this page are also available without the map.

Elementary schools

Which elementary schools in Napa Valley Unified score highest?

Vichy Elementary is highest, at the 80th percentile.

That’s higher than 80 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Napa Valley Unified

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. What patterns mean

Show the other 14 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in Napa Valley Unified had 17 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.

Middle schools

Which middle schools in Napa Valley Unified score highest?

Stone Bridge is highest, at the 67th percentile.

That’s higher than 67 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Napa Valley Unified

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Show the other 5 middle schools
Context

The average middle school in Napa Valley Unified had 17 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.

High schools

Which high schools in Napa Valley Unified score highest?

American Canyon High is highest, at the 57th percentile.

That’s higher than 57 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in Napa Valley Unified

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Show the other 2 high schools
Context

The average high school in Napa Valley Unified had 18 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100.

1 high school not ranked statewide
  • Valley Oak HighContinuation high school: compared only with other continuation schools

The district

Where does Napa Valley Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?

Napa Valley Unified spent $17,390 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

The typical California district spent $20,491. About 59 cents of every Napa Valley Unified dollar went to classroom instruction.

Spending by function

Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.

Share by function, 2024–25

  • Instruction59%
  • Instruction support12%
  • Student services9%
  • Administration8%
  • Buildings & maintenance11%
  • Other1%

Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.

What the district plans

$45.2 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 15 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 15% of its $298.6 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the district reports what it spent in a later plan.

The plan in short

Source: the district’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 129 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 48% of the money. The plan itself puts 87% of it toward staff.

  • Student Wellness and Support Programs $12.0 million
  • Language and Literacy Support $5.2 million
  • Safe, Clean and Secure School Campus $4.8 million
  • 12 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

6 of the plan’s 15 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners
  • Reading $5.2 million
  • Math $3.8 million
  • Catch-up help $2.4 million
  • English learners $4.3 million

Largest of these

  • Language and Literacy Support$5.2 million
  • Mathematics Program Support$3.8 million
  • Assessment and Intervention$2.4 million
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth), what changed and what its goals measure
For high-need students

It plans $40.1 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth. For 2025–26, it planned $37.5 million and estimates it spent $38.6 million, $1.1 million (3%) more than planned (our arithmetic).

What changed

The total is $3.8 million (9%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Language and Literacy Support, which went from $7.0 million to $5.2 million.

Largest cuts

  • Language and Literacy Support−⁠$1.7 million
  • Proactive Family Engagement and Communication−⁠$1.2 million
  • Supporting Long Term English Learners (LTEL)−⁠$335,137

Largest increases

  • Assessment and Intervention+⁠$1.4 million
  • Fully implement the Multi-tiered System of Support+⁠$1.2 million
  • High Impact Instructional strategies+⁠$1.2 million

Ask: What did Language and Literacy Support pay for, and what changes now that the 2026–27 plan gives it $1.7 million less?

What its goals measure

Read these state results for the district’s own schools as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 145%44%down 1 pt
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goal 130%32%up 2 pts
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 419 in 10018 in 1001 fewer in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 43.9%3.5%down 0.4 pts

Goal 5 tracks named schools and Goals 2 and 3 track other measures, so they aren’t shown here.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the district tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. We combined the district’s schools ourselves, weighted by students and leaving out charter schools. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Student Wellness and Support Programs · $11,961,222
  • Language and Literacy Support · $5,209,862
  • Safe, Clean and Secure School Campus · $4,753,195
The full plan5 goals, 32 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($45.2 million).

Where does the money go?

48% to Goal 4. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G2
G3
G4

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Students will graduate future-ready. This LCAP goal aims to: --Establish access to rigorous, high-quality…$14.2 million31% of action budgets

“Students will graduate future-ready. This LCAP goal aims to: --Establish access to rigorous, high-quality instruction that promotes literacy across all content areas (NVUSD Strategic Plan, Strategy 1) --Develop and implement systems that enable all students to experience career-aligned, real-world learning (NVUSD Strategic Plan, Strategy 2) --Build a district-wide system and culture of using student data, based in an aligned, comprehensive assessment system, to identify and break down barriers to student achievement (NVUSD Strategic Plan, Strategy 3) Based on 2023 data, this goal aims to accelerate growth for Students with Disabilities, English Learners, African American students, American Indian or Alaska Native students, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students, English Learners, Foster Youth, Homeless Youth, and other student groups with gaps in outcomes until gaps are eliminated. These groups have the lowest scores on the California State Dashboard in the academic achievement metrics listed below (for example, CAASPP, College and Career Readiness Indicator). 2024 data further confirms the need to focus on these subgroups. The addition of Long-Term English Language Learners (LTELs) on the California Dashboard highlights the need for targeted attention to support their growth in ELA, math, college and career readiness, and English proficiency” p. 18 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $12.8 million (+⁠$1.4 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. Language and Literacy Support$5.2 millionaction 1.1 · p. 90 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $4.0 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. Mathematics Program Support$3.8 millionaction 1.2 · p. 90 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $2.6 million is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Career Readiness Programming$2.7 millionaction 1.4 · p. 90 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Assessment and Intervention$2.4 millionaction 1.3 · p. 90 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Language and Literacy Support−⁠$1.7 million$7.0 million → $5.2 million · p. 90 ↗
  2. Assessment and Intervention+⁠$1.4 million$1.0 million → $2.4 million · p. 90 ↗
  3. Mathematics Program Support+⁠$1.1 million$2.7 million → $3.8 million · p. 90 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Career Readiness Programming · $2.1 million → $2.7 million · p. 90 ↗+⁠$0.6 million

How the plan measures it · 12 measures · 1 quoted

  • Implementation of CCSS p. 27 ↗
    Baseline
    100% of students have access
    Target for year 3
    100% of students have access

11 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Student learning will be responsive, engaging, and relevant. This goal is focused on ensuring that: --All…$6.8 million15% of action budgets

“Student learning will be responsive, engaging, and relevant. This goal is focused on ensuring that: --All NVUSD classrooms are using common core curricular resources and high impact instructional practices based on our district instructional framework (NVUSD Strategic Plan, Strategy 1). --All students, including multilingual students and students with IEPs, have equitable access to authentic literacy experiences and opportunities to build their academic language with appropriate support and opportunities to show their mastery (NVUSD Strategic Plan, Strategy 1). --Every adult receives meaningful and effective professional learning that specifically targets the needs of multilingual learners (NVUSD Strategic Plan, Strategy 6). Accelerate growth for Students with Disabilities, English Learners, African American students, American Indian or Alaska Native students, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students, English Learners, Foster Youth, Homeless Youth, and other student groups with gaps in outcomes until gaps are eliminated. These groups have the lowest scores on the California State Dashboard in the academic achievement metrics listed below (for example, CAASPP, College and Career Readiness Indicator)” p. 43 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $5.8 million (+⁠$994,530)

Largest funded actions

  1. High Impact Instructional strategies$2.4 millionaction 2.1 · p. 90 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $1.4 million is state funding counted toward those services
  2. School site support for Newcomer students$2.2 millionaction 2.3 · p. 90 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Ensure English Language Development All Day$1.9 millionaction 2.2 · p. 90 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. Supporting Long Term English Learners (LTEL)$0.2 millionaction 2.4 · p. 90 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. High Impact Instructional strategies+⁠$1.2 million$1.3 million → $2.4 million · p. 90 ↗
  2. Supporting Long Term English Learners (LTEL)−⁠$335,137$552,391 → $217,254 · p. 90 ↗
  3. School site support for Newcomer students+⁠$0.2 million$2.0 million → $2.2 million · p. 90 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Ensure English Language Development All Day · $1.9 million → $1.9 million · p. 90 ↗−⁠$40,334

How the plan measures it · 3 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 43 ↗.

Goal 3 · Maintenance of Progress GoalFamilies will experience robust communication, community engagement and advocacy. This goal is focused on…$2.5 million6% of action budgets

“Families will experience robust communication, community engagement and advocacy. This goal is focused on: --Promoting and supporting inclusive, culture, and language-affirming practices that identify and eliminate harmful systemic practices and decisions that cause disproportionate outcomes for students and exclusionary experiences for students and families (NVUSD Strategic Plan, Strategy 4). --Fostering a strong connection and sense of community among our families, caregivers, students and staff through system-wide practices and approaches to engagement that support families to productively contribute to their students’ educational experiences, especially multilingual families (NVUSD Strategic Plan, Strategy 10)” p. 52 ↗

2 funded actions · reworded since the 2025–26 plan

Largest funded actions

  1. Proactive Family Engagement and Communication$1.8 millionaction 3.1 · p. 91 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Provide High Quality Translation Services$0.8 millionaction 3.2 · p. 91 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Proactive Family Engagement and Communication−⁠$1.2 million$3.0 million → $1.8 million · p. 91 ↗
  2. Provide High Quality Translation Services−⁠$92,634$843,840 → $751,206 · p. 91 ↗

How the plan measures it · 4 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 52 ↗.

Goal 4Students will thrive socially, emotionally, and academically. This goal is focused on: --Ensuring the…$21.5 million48% of action budgets

“Students will thrive socially, emotionally, and academically. This goal is focused on: --Ensuring the effective, consistent implementation of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for academic, social-emotional, and behavioral intervention in order to provide differentiated support for all (NVUSD Strategic Plan, Strategy 3). --Promoting and supporting inclusive, culture, and language-affirming practices that identify and eliminate harmful systemic practices and decisions that cause disproportionate outcomes for students and exclusionary experiences for students and families (NVUSD Strategic Plan, Strategy 4). --Fostering an organizational culture that values health and wellness and enables students, families and staff to adopt healthier habits and practices (NVUSD Strategic Plan, Strategy 5). --Improving our school and district safety systems and building collective responsibility for proactive prevention, preparedness, crisis response and recovery to ensure school safety (NVUSD Strategic Plan, Strategy 7)” p. 58 ↗

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $18.8 million (+⁠$2.7 million)

Largest funded actions

  1. Student Wellness and Support Programs$12.0 millionaction 4.1 · p. 91 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Safe, Clean and Secure School Campus$4.8 millionaction 4.4 · p. 91 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  3. Fully implement the Multi-tiered System of Support$3.7 millionaction 4.2 · p. 91 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $2.5 million is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Inclusive and Welcoming Schools$1.1 millionaction 4.3 · p. 91 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Fully implement the Multi-tiered System of Support+⁠$1.2 million$2.4 million → $3.7 million · p. 91 ↗
  2. Inclusive and Welcoming Schools+⁠$1.0 million$0.2 million → $1.1 million · p. 91 ↗
  3. Safe, Clean and Secure School Campus+⁠$0.7 million$4.1 million → $4.8 million · p. 91 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Student Wellness and Support Programs · $12.1 million → $12.0 million · p. 91 ↗−⁠$0.1 million

How the plan measures it · 7 measures · 1 quoted

  • Access to a broad course of study p. 62 ↗
    Baseline
    100% of students have access
    Target for year 3
    100% of students have access

6 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 5 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalStudents attending Valley Oak High School will thrive socially, emotionally, and academically. On the…$279,1221% of action budgets

“Students attending Valley Oak High School will thrive socially, emotionally, and academically. On the California State Dashboard, all students will move from red to orange in both ELA and math. The graduation rate for all students will move from red to orange on the California State Dashboard” p. 72 ↗

1 funded action · 2025–26 plan: $248,849 (+⁠$30,273)

Largest funded actions

  1. College and Career Readiness$279,122action 5.1 · p. 91 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. College and Career Readiness+⁠$30,273$248,849 → $279,122 · p. 91 ↗

How the plan measures it · 6 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 72 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends

Student mix

2024–25 · October enrollment count, 16,381 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 59%2. White: 24%3. Filipino: 6%4. Two or more races: 5%5. Asian: 3%6. Black or African American: 2%7. Pacific Islander: <1%8. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%9. Not reported: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino59%
  2. White24%
  3. Filipino6%
  4. Two or more races5%
  5. Asian3%
  6. Black or African American2%
  7. Pacific Islander<1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
  9. Not reported<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools. Rounded labels may not total 100%; segments use the original shares.

Free or reduced-price meals

65%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 10,601 of 16,355 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.

The district’s state records

Is the state giving the district extra help?

The state is giving Napa Valley Unified extra help in 2026, the second year after it qualified on the 2025 Dashboard.

How English learners moved up on the state’s English test

From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 41% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (1,115 of 2,711 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

2 schools getting state support, 2025–26

Canyon Oaks Elementary (Extra targeted support) · Shearer Elementary (Extra targeted support)

  • Canyon Oaks ElementaryExtra targeted support: Black or African American students
  • Shearer ElementaryExtra targeted support: English learners, Hispanic or Latino students, low-income students and students with disabilities

This list covers the district’s own schools; each charter school’s page shows its record. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26.

Sources: District help (CDE) ↗ · English learner progress (CDE) ↗ · School support (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.

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Common questions

Which public schools in Napa Valley Unified rank highest?

Elementary: Vichy Elementary, 80th percentile (Strong). Middle: Stone Bridge, 67th percentile (Solid). High: American Canyon High, 57th percentile (Solid). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

Does living in the Napa Valley Unified district decide which school my child attends?

Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
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Are the public schools in Napa Valley Unified good?

Napa Valley Unified’s 17 public elementary schools run from the 5th to the 80th percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 3 Strong, 5 Solid, 5 Developing and 4 Needs Support. Napa Valley Unified’s 8 public middle schools run from the 7th to the 67th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 3 Solid, 1 Developing and 4 Needs Support. Napa Valley Unified’s 5 public high schools run from the 4th to the 57th percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 1 Solid, 3 Developing and 1 Needs Support. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.

How does chronic absence in Napa Valley Unified compare with California?

The average elementary school in Napa Valley Unified had 17 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. The average middle school in Napa Valley Unified had 17 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. The average high school in Napa Valley Unified had 18 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

How much does Napa Valley Unified spend per student?

Napa Valley Unified spent $17,390 per student in the 2024–25 school year. The typical California district spent $20,491. About 59 cents of every Napa Valley Unified dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.

What is in Napa Valley Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $45.2 million into 15 funded actions in 5 goals, 15% of its $298.6 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $21.5 million, 48% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP): spring 2026 for elementary and middle schools, spring 2025 for high schools, and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

Sources and methodology

This page lists the public schools governed and funded by Napa Valley Unified, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 elementary and middle school; 2024–25 high school

Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.

View CDE data ↗ (opens in a new tab)How Scope Scores work →

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