Canyon Oaks Elementary

Canyon Oaks Elementary operates as a reasonably sized K-5 school in American Canyon, California, overseen by Napa Valley Unified. Current enrollment sits at 696 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 50% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Canyon Oaks Elementary is one of 26 schools operated by Napa Valley Unified, a district that educates 16,077 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Canyon Oaks Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 37% Asian, 11% multiracial, 6% White, 6% Black. Compared to Napa County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 64% of students at Canyon Oaks Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Canyon Oaks Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.5%.

Around the school, census data for Napa County shows the typical household earns roughly $111,471 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Canyon Oaks Elementary is one of 43 public schools in Napa County (combined enrollment of about 18,557 students).

The closest other public school is American Canyon High, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Canyon Oaks Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 30.5%.

Canyon Oaks Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Canyon Oaks Elementary's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 682 (now 696). Over the same period, the Asian share contracted from 47% to 37%.

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