Enrollment
381
Elementary
DISTRICT 453 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NAPA VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 062664004024
Northwood Elementary
2214 Berks St., Napa, CA 94558 · (707) 253-3471 · Napa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% 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.
- BBeats 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
22.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
189 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 | 91 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
59%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
52.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.4pp since 2014
Math
57.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 29.3% | 23.2% | 24.4% | 23.2% |
| Math | 24.9% | 32.7% | 23.6% | 18.8% |
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 | 52.4% | 57.6% |
| 2023-24 | 57.7% | 51.6% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 46.2% |
| 2021-22 | 59.6% | 56.9% |
| 2018-19 | 62.2% | 63.8% |
| 2017-18 | 56.8% | 51.6% |
| 2016-17 | 55.3% | 53.9% |
| 2015-16 | 61.0% | 64.0% |
| 2014-15 | 52.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
55.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Northwood Elementary
Northwood Elementary's state test result (55.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwood Elementary this school | 381 | 49.6% | 55.0% |
| Rancho Elementary Novato | 387 | 49.1% | 58.0% |
| Island Elementary Lemoore | 395 | 50.4% | 59.2% |
| Olive Elementary Novato | 364 | 49.5% | 46.8% |
| Zamora Elementary Woodland | 409 | 52.1% | 56.4% |
| George Washington Elementary Burbank | 440 | 50.5% | 46.7% |
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 Northwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Napa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,400 of 5,151 | #3 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #1,170 of 5,172 ▲ 255 | #3 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #1,855 of 5,172 ▼ 468 | #4 of 18 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.3pp | #898 of 5,116 | #6 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #3,911 of 5,915 | #12 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #2,520 of 5,352 | #5 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #1,897 of 5,354 | #4 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.6% | #3,926 of 5,625 | #15 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #1,126 of 1,139 | #7 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
381
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 381 | 17 | 22.4:1 | 50% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 17 | 21.9:1 | 51% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 16 | 23.1:1 | 50% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 378 | 17 | 22.2:1 | 36% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 380 | 18.2 | 20.9:1 | 42% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 347 | 14 | 24.8:1 | 46% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | N/A | N/A | 33% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 562 | 27 | 20.8:1 | 14% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 564 | 22 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (380 to 381); teachers down 7% (18.2 to 17).
About Northwood Elementary
Northwood Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Napa, California, under Napa Valley Unified. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 381 students enrolled.
Northwood Elementary sits within Napa Valley Unified, which has 26 schools and 16,077 students.
Enrollment at Northwood Elementary is mixed, with White students the largest group at 45%. After that, the student body is 45% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Napa County is about 56% White. Northwood Elementary has a diversity index of 59%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 22.4:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is about 22.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Northwood Elementary is 50%. Among public schools in Napa County, the average eligibility rate is 64%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Northwood Elementary receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Northwood Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 50.5%. Northwood Elementary scores 55.0%, 4.6 points above that line.
Census Bureau estimates for Napa County show that median household income is about $111,471, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Northwood Elementary is one of 43 public schools in Napa County, which together enroll about 18,557 students.
The next-closest public school is Redwood Middle, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Northwood Elementary's average proficiency of 55.0% compares with 37.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 378 to 381.
Discussions about Northwood Elementary may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Northwood Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 15 states are named Northwood Elementary. Northwood Elementary is the 18th largest of the 25.
- Northwood ElementaryIrvine, CA · 508 students
- Northwood ElementarySan Jose, CA · 452 students
- Northwood ElementarySacramento, CA · 351 students
- NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCRESTVIEW, FL · 814 students
- Northwood ElementaryEdgewood, WA · 732 students
Nearby schools
- Redwood Middle0.4 mi · 868
- Pueblo Vista Elementary0.7 mi · 451
- Bel Aire Park Elementary0.8 mi · 410
- Willow Elementary0.9 mi · 472
- Unidos Middle1.0 mi · 599
- Vintage High1.0 mi · 1,622
Frequently asked questions
About Northwood ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Northwood Elementary?
Northwood Elementary enrolls approximately 381 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Northwood Elementary serve?
Northwood Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Northwood Elementary have?
Northwood Elementary employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Northwood Elementary?
Student demographics at Northwood Elementary are roughly 45% White, 45% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Northwood Elementary?
Northwood Elementary is overseen by Napa Valley Unified in Napa County.
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