Napa Valley Unified School District

Napa Valley Unified School District
Address
2425 Jefferson Street Napa , California, 94558 United States
District information
Type	Public
Grades	K–12[1]
Established	1965
Superintendent	Rosanna Mucetti
Schools	29 [2]
NCES District ID	0626640 [1]
Students and staff
Students	16,971 (2020–2021)[1]
Teachers	712.56 (FTE)[1]
Staff	783.92 (FTE)[1]
Student–teacher ratio	23.82:1[1]
Other information
Website	www.nvusd.org

The Napa Valley Unified School District (NVUSD) is a public school district located in Napa County, California. It was the first school district to purchase a plug-in hybrid diesel school bus.[3] The school district, founded on 1965, serves the cities of Napa, American Canyon, and Yountville. During the 2018–19 school year, it served 17,849 students.

Schools

NVUSD has 18 elementary schools, 5 middle schools, 5 high schools, an independent studies school, and adult education.

High schools in Napa Valley Unified School District

School	Napa	Vintage	American Canyon
Location	Napa	Napa	American Canyon
Year opened	1897	1972	2010
School colors	Blue, Yellow	Burgundy. Gold	Black, gold
School mascot	Grizzly	The Crusher	Wolves

Middle schools

• Harvest Middle School
  • Harvest Middle School is an English-Spanish immersion school. In spring 2022 Harvest Middle School is to close and River is to become the new English-Spanish school.[4]
• River Middle School
  • Celeste Akiu served as principal of River Middle School until 2018, when Peter Hartnack replaced her.[5] The school was supposed to move into its current facility, the former Salvador Elementary School, in 2018, but there were construction delays.[6] It finally moved into its current location in 2020.[7] In 2022 River Middle will take the English-Spanish immersion program from the closed Harvest Middle.[4]

References

1. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Napa Valley Unified". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
2. "About NVUSD". www.nvusd.org. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
3. "California's new hybrid school bus". Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
4. Yune, Howard (2021-04-23). "Napa's Harvest Middle School to close after 2021-22 year; River school to become English-Spanish academy". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
5. Huffman, Jennifer (2019-03-29). "New River principal aims to be a role model for students". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
6. Brinkerhoff, Noel (2018-10-17). "Opening of Napa's new River School campus postponed". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
7. Huffman, Jennifer (2020-01-15). "Napa's relocated River Middle School gets rave reviews from students". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 2021-08-17.

External links

• Official website