Napa Valley Language Academy

Napa Valley Language Academy is one of the medium-sized elementary schools in Napa, California, run under Napa Valley Unified, with 560 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Napa Valley Language Academy sits 20% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Napa Valley Unified, which oversees 26 schools and 16,077 students, Napa Valley Language Academy is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Napa Valley Language Academy logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%). The remainder comes out to 15% White. The wider county runs roughly 36% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Napa Valley Language Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Napa County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $111,471 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Valley Language Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Crossroads Academy, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Napa Valley Language Academy ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 22.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Napa Valley Language Academy has decreased 17%, going from 678 students in 2018 to 560 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 76% to 84% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.7:1 in 2018 to 24.4:1 today.

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