Saint Helena Elementary

Set in St. Helena, California, Saint Helena Elementary is a modestly sized primary school, operated by Saint Helena Unified. It caters to 229 students across grades 3 through 5. That puts it 51% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Saint Helena Unified comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,104 students; Saint Helena Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Saint Helena Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 45% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Saint Helena Elementary reports 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Saint Helena Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Napa County (around 64%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Saint Helena Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Napa County shows median household income runs about $111,471, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Napa County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,557 students), of which Saint Helena Elementary is one.

Saint Helena Opportunities Program is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Saint Helena Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Saint Helena Elementary at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 45.5%.

Saint Helena Elementary operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Saint Helena Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 226 students in 2018 to 229 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 40% to 45% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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