Napa Junction Elementary

Napa Junction Elementary, a reasonably sized elementary-level community in American Canyon, California, part of Napa Valley Unified, teaches 531 students, covering grades K through 5.

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

On demographics, Napa Junction Elementary shows that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 19% Asian, 9% White, 9% multiracial, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 36% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 70% of students at Napa Junction Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Napa Junction Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.9%; this one delivers 38.0%.

Around the school, Napa County reports that median household income runs about $111,471, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Napa County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,557 students), Napa Junction Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Donaldson Way Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Napa Junction Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Napa Junction Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 33.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 19%: 446 students in 2018 compared to 531 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 15% to 9% across the same window.

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