Napa High

Napa High is a sizable four-year high school in Napa, California, part of Napa Valley Unified. The school hosts 1,642 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 96% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Napa High is one of 26 schools operated by Napa Valley Unified, a district that serves 16,077 students overall.

Demographically, Napa High lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 79%; the rest looks like 17% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Napa County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Napa High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.2%, the actual is 25.2%, a residual of -9.9 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Napa County) records that median household income runs about $111,471, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Napa County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,557 students), Napa High is one campus in the mix.

Napa Valley Independent Studies is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Napa High ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 31.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Napa High has edged down 14%, going from 1,906 students in 2018 to 1,642 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 64% to 79%.

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