Napa Valley Language Academy

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No UC admissions data on file for Napa Valley Language Academy.

This school doesn't appear in UCOP's source-school records (it may send few or no applicants to UC). Its enrollment trend and similar-school comparison are still below.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
678 (2018)581 (2026)
-14.3%

If this trend holds (-1.9%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~570 -11 $0
3 yr (2029) ~548 -33 $0
5 yr (2031) ~528 -53 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Napa County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
95.5%
549 of 575 students

26 of 575 students who enrolled at Napa Valley Language Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (4.5% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Napa County median
92.1% · school is in the 88th percentile of 8 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 89th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Hispanic / Latino (482) 95.4%
Socio. disadvantaged (403) 94.5%
English learners (258) 96.1%
White (87) 96.6%
Students w/ disabilities (77) 93.5%

Nearest peer high schools

New Technology High School 91.3% Oakbrook Academy Of The Arts 90.5% Mit Academy 90.5% Cave Language Academy 97.1% Highland Elementary 78.8%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: total enrollment.

Chronic absent
13.0%
74 of 568 students

Absenteeism is up 9.1 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Napa County median
16.4% · school is better than 88% of 8 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

District financial profile — Napa Valley Unified (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue
$285.4M
+13.6% since FY2017
Per-pupil revenue
$16,815
16,971 students enrolled
Revenue mix
State: 38.7%
Local: 52.1%
Federal: 9.2%
Instruction share
56.2%
of current spending · $7,168/pupil
Long-term debt
$544.4M
+27.8% since FY2017
Total revenue by year ($M)
Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Napa Valley Unified as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

Napa Valley Language Academy — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-1.9%/yr), enrollment projects to ~548 by 2029 — about 33 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

581 students (2026)
~548 projected (2029)
at -1.9%/yr

That's about 33 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.

Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Napa Valley Language Academy Public 581
Peer-group median 6.6% +25%
New Technology High School Public 378 10.4% +10%
Oakbrook Academy Of The Arts Public 568
Mit Academy Public 469 2.8% +40%
Cave Language Academy Public 531
Highland Elementary Public 507
Vallejo Charter Public 508
E. Ruth Sheldon Academy Of Innovative Learning Public 499
Weir Preparatory Academy Public 693
Solano Widenmann Leadership Academy Public 849
Fairmont Charter Elementary Public 582

UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →

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