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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 453 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NAPA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 062664004023
Napa Junction Elementary
500 Eucalyptus Dr., American Canyon, CA 94503 · (707) 253-3461 · Napa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
25.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
371 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 99 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
62%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
46.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +24.4pp since 2014
Math
34.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 24 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.6% | 26.8% | 20.8% | 32.8% |
| Math | 14.3% | 20.0% | 26.8% | 38.9% |
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 | 46.4% | 34.3% |
| 2023-24 | 38.5% | 36.3% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 39.6% |
| 2021-22 | 36.6% | 30.6% |
| 2018-19 | 39.3% | 32.8% |
| 2017-18 | 36.9% | 29.8% |
| 2016-17 | 33.5% | 29.6% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Napa Junction Elementary
Napa Junction Elementary's state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Napa Junction Elementary this school | 531 | 69.9% | 39.3% |
| Park Western Place Elementary San Pedro | 528 | 66.7% | 65.3% |
| Eden Gardens Elementary Hayward | 477 | 69.4% | 28.6% |
| Calahan Street Elementary Northridge | 474 | 73.2% | 40.9% |
| Gladys Poet-Christian Elementary Tracy | 555 | 67.2% | 35.9% |
| Germain Academy For Academic Achievement Chatsworth | 564 | 69.0% | 43.5% |
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 Napa Junction Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Napa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #2,559 of 5,151 | #10 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #2,805 of 5,172 ▼ 324 | #13 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #2,330 of 5,172 ▲ 528 | #8 of 18 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.8pp | #1,181 of 5,116 | #4 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #2,076 of 5,915 | #4 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.3:1 | #4,577 of 5,352 | #14 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.3% | #1,589 of 5,354 | #3 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.9% | #2,962 of 5,625 | #8 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.1% | #270 of 1,139 | #3 of 7 |
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
531
+111 (+26%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
25.3:1
was 26.3:1
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 | 531 | 21 | 25.3:1 | 70% (371) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 20 | 23.9:1 | 68% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 18 | 24.4:1 | 71% (312) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 16 | 26.3:1 | 55% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 18.2 | 24.5:1 | 64% (285) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 18 | 25.6:1 | 64% (296) |
| 2010-11 | 473 | N/A | N/A | 54% (256) |
| 2000-01 | 440 | 25 | 17.6:1 | 47% (208) |
| 1990-91 | 517 | 24 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Napa Junction Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (446 to 531); teachers up 15% (18.2 to 21).
About Napa Junction Elementary
Families in American Canyon, California, are served by Napa Junction Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. Total enrollment is 531 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5.
Napa Junction Elementary is among 26 schools run by Napa Valley Unified, which serves 16,077 students.
The student body at Napa Junction Elementary is 57% Hispanic. The school is also 19% Asian, 9% White, 9% multiracial, and 7% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 36%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
Napa Junction Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.3:1, with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 70% at Napa Junction Elementary.
Napa Junction Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 54% of California public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Napa Junction Elementary is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Looking at the county, Napa County, the median household earns about $111,471 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting Napa Junction Elementary, Napa County has 43 public schools.
Napa Junction Elementary's nearest public school is Donaldson Way Elementary (about 0.8 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Napa Junction Elementary. Napa Junction Elementary places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Mid-size).
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 531, from 420 in 2020-21.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Napa Valley Unified
- American Canyon HighHigh · 1,720 students
- Napa HighHigh · 1,642 students
- Vintage HighHigh · 1,622 students
- American Canyon MiddleMiddle · 1,074 students
- Redwood MiddleMiddle · 868 students
- Canyon Oaks ElementaryElementary · 696 students
Other schools in American Canyon
- American Canyon HighHigh · 1,720 students
- American Canyon MiddleMiddle · 1,074 students
- Canyon Oaks ElementaryElementary · 696 students
- Donaldson Way ElementaryElementary · 528 students
Nearby schools
- Donaldson Way Elementary0.8 mi · 528
- American Canyon Middle0.8 mi · 1,074
- Canyon Oaks Elementary1.8 mi · 696
- American Canyon High2.0 mi · 1,720
- Dan Mini Elementary2.3 mi · 433
- Solano Widenmann Leadership Academy2.6 mi · 615
Frequently asked questions
About Napa Junction ElementaryHow many students attend Napa Junction Elementary?
Napa Junction Elementary enrolls approximately 531 students in grades KG-05.
Is Napa Junction Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Napa Junction Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Napa Junction Elementary have?
Napa Junction Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Napa Junction Elementary?
Student demographics at Napa Junction Elementary are roughly 9% White, 57% Hispanic, 7% Black, 19% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Napa Junction Elementary?
Napa Junction Elementary is overseen by Napa Valley Unified in Napa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.