Total enrollment
16,077
-196 (-1%) vs SY 2020-21
26 schools in Napa Valley Unified
California · 16,077 students · 2 cities
For families across Napa Valley Unified, public-school options total 26 K-12 schools, with combined enrollment near 16,077 (16 elementary, 4 middle, and 5 high).
4-year change in Napa Valley Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
26
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Napa Valley Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #301 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 16,077 | #79 of 587 | #515 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 26 | #66 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #502 of 587 | #8,894 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 65.6% | #291 of 587 | #2,277 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #218 of 530 | #1,901 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Napa Valley Unified
State test results across the district's 23 scored schools run from Vichy Elementary at 64.3% proficient to McPherson Elementary at 13.1%, a gap of 51.2 points. That is the 67th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 25 district schools that reported both years went from 16,184 to 15,605 students (down 4%) and from 709 to 668 full-time teachers (down 6%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Napa Valley Unified
As a thinly populated district in California, Napa Valley Unified hosts 16,077 students across 26 schools.
For a sense of the school types, Napa Valley Unified is built around 16 elementary, 4 middle, 5 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Over the past 4-year window. Combined enrollment now sits at 16,077 students, remained close to its prior level from the 16,273 reported in SY 2020-21.
On this page, the community for Napa Valley Unified discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Discussions cut across districts, schools, and grade levels.