West Park Elementary

West Park Elementary, a cozy primary school in Napa, California, run under Napa Valley Unified, teaches 296 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 36% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

Looking at the student body, West Park Elementary reports that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 34% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Napa County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting West Park Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 71% of students at West Park Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, West Park Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Napa County put median household earnings sit near $111,471, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Napa County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,557 students), West Park Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Pueblo Vista Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, West Park Elementary comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 39.2%.

West Park Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Park Elementary has declined 6%, going from 316 students in 2018 to 296 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 47% to 60% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 23.1:1 today.

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