Enrollment
376
Elementary
DISTRICT 453 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NAPA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 062664004020
McPherson Elementary
2670 Yajome St., Napa, CA 94558 · (707) 253-3488 · Napa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
25.8:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
343 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 102 | 27% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 62% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
16.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.5pp since 2014
Math
10.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.5% | 11.0% | 20.1% | 63.4% |
| Math | 1.8% | 8.2% | 22.4% | 67.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.5% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 15.4% | 10.7% |
| 2022-23 | 19.9% | 13.7% |
| 2021-22 | 17.0% | 13.8% |
| 2018-19 | 24.0% | 18.9% |
| 2017-18 | 26.6% | 21.1% |
| 2016-17 | 24.7% | 20.3% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 12.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
13.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like McPherson Elementary
McPherson Elementary's state test result (13.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McPherson Elementary this school | 376 | 91.2% | 13.1% |
| Handy Elementary Orange | 377 | 90.5% | 34.5% |
| Fipps Primary Riverdale | 394 | 92.6% | 29.3% |
| Marshall Elementary San Bernardino | 384 | 92.2% | 26.7% |
| Jefferson Elementary Lindsay | 355 | 89.3% | 28.6% |
| Beachy Avenue Elementary Arleta | 398 | 89.4% | 30.4% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where McPherson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Napa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #5,026 of 5,151 | #18 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #5,041 of 5,172 ▼ 54 | #18 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #5,004 of 5,172 ▲ 2 | #18 of 18 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.2pp | #1,160 of 5,116 | #9 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #3,985 of 5,915 | #13 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.8:1 | #4,760 of 5,352 | #15 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.5% | #4,733 of 5,354 | #19 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.2% | #937 of 5,625 | #2 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #1,556 of 3,837 | #2 of 11 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
376
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 558
Student : Teacher
25.8:1
was 23.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 376 | 14.6 | 25.8:1 | 91% (343) |
| 2023-24 | 355 | 14 | 25.4:1 | 93% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 349 | 13 | 26.9:1 | 91% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 382 | 16 | 23.9:1 | 90% (345) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 18.4 | 25.2:1 | 86% (396) |
| 2015-16 | 521 | 21 | 24.8:1 | 85% (444) |
| 2010-11 | 622 | N/A | N/A | 82% (510) |
| 2000-01 | 703 | 36 | 19.5:1 | 72% (503) |
| 1990-91 | 558 | 24 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McPherson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (463 to 376); teachers down 21% (18.4 to 14.6).
About McPherson Elementary
McPherson Elementary is a small elementary school. Its address is in Napa, California. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 376 students.
Napa Valley Unified has a total of 26 schools and 16,077 students, McPherson Elementary among them.
A large majority of enrollment at McPherson Elementary is Hispanic, at 92%. It is also 6% White. Napa County's residents are about 36% Hispanic, 56 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, McPherson Elementary scores 14%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 25.8:1. The school has 14.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 3.4 students per teacher. In all, 91% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 27 points above the 64% average for public schools in Napa County.
McPherson Elementary holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 3% of California public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 26.1% for McPherson Elementary. The school posts 13.1%, 13.0 points below the prediction.
American Community Survey estimates for Napa County show that median household income comes to about $111,471, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 43, with about 18,557 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Napa Valley Independent Studies, is the closest to McPherson Elementary. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of McPherson Elementary. Among its closest neighbors with test data, McPherson Elementary is 5th of 5 on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment went from 382 in 2020-21 to 376 in 2024-25, a change of 6 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 23.9:1 to 25.8:1 over the same years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at McPherson Elementary. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Napa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
134,869
Census ACS
Median income
$111,471
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
18,557 students
Quick facts
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Other McPherson Elementary schools
One other US public school is named McPherson Elementary. McPherson Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- McPherson Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 794 students
Nearby schools
- Napa Valley Independent Studies0.4 mi · 116
- Napa High0.5 mi · 1,642
- Valley Oak High0.6 mi · 155
- New Technology High0.8 mi · 365
- Mayacamas Countywide Middle0.9 mi · 127
- Bel Aire Park Elementary1.1 mi · 410
Frequently asked questions
About McPherson ElementaryHow many students attend McPherson Elementary?
McPherson Elementary enrolls approximately 376 students in grades KG-05.
Is McPherson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
McPherson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at McPherson Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at McPherson Elementary is approximately 25.8:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at McPherson Elementary?
At McPherson Elementary, the student body is approximately 6% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is McPherson Elementary public or private?
McPherson Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Napa Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.