Alta Heights Elementary

Alta Heights Elementary operates as a modestly sized K-5 school in Napa, California, one of the schools within Napa Valley Unified. Current enrollment sits at 318 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 32% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Napa Valley Unified runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 16,077 students. Alta Heights Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Alta Heights Elementary logs that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 44% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Alta Heights Elementary lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 26.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Alta Heights Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.1%; this one delivers 41.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Napa County indicate the typical household earns roughly $111,471 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Alta Heights Elementary is one of 43 public schools in Napa County (combined enrollment of about 18,557 students).

Silverado Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Alta Heights Elementary comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 19.0%.

Alta Heights Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Alta Heights Elementary's enrollment has decreased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 330 (now 318). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 26.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.