Snow Elementary

Located at 1130 Foster Rd., in Napa, California, Snow Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack primary school that serves 402 students (grades K through 5), part of Napa Valley Unified.

Across the 26 schools in Napa Valley Unified (16,077 students total), Snow Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Snow Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%); the rest reads as 10% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

On the income-and-resources front, Snow Elementary lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 89% 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 north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Snow Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Napa County shows median household income runs about $111,471, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Napa County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,557 students), of which Snow Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Crossroads Academy, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Snow Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Snow Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 25.2%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Snow Elementary's enrollment has declined 4% since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 402).

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