Napa Valley Unified School District

{{Short description|School district in California, United States}}

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{{Infobox school district

| name = Napa Valley Unified School District

| logo =

| motto =

| address = 2425 Jefferson Street

| city = Napa

| state = California

| zipcode = 94558

| country = United States

| type = Public

| budget =

| established = 1965

| us_nces_district_id = {{NCES District ID|0626640 |district_name=Napa Valley Unified |access_date=2022-03-05}}

| grades = K–12

| superintendent = Rosanna Mucetti

| teachers = 712.56 (FTE)

| staff = 783.92 (FTE)

| students = 16,971 (2020–2021)

| ratio = 23.82:1

| conference =

| schools = 29 {{Cite web|title=About NVUSD|url=https://www.nvusd.org/about#districtinfo|access-date=2020-09-11|website=www.nvusd.org}}

| website = {{URL2|https://www.nvusd.org}}

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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.{{Cite web |url=https://www.podtech.net/home/3987/californias-new-hybrid-school-bus |title=California's new hybrid school bus |access-date=2018-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225064421/http://www.podtech.net/home/3987/californias-new-hybrid-school-bus |archive-date=2012-02-25 |url-status=dead }} 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.

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|+ High schools in Napa Valley Unified School District

scope="col" | School

! scope="col" | Napa

! scope="col" | Vintage

! scope="col" | American Canyon

scope="row" | Location

| Napa || Napa || American Canyon

scope="row" | Year opened

| 1897 || 1972 || 2010

scope="row" | School colors

| Blue, Yellow || Burgundy. Gold || Black, gold

scope="row" | 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.{{cite web|last=Yune|first=Howard|url=https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/napa-s-harvest-middle-school-to-close-after-2021-22-year-river-school-to-become/article_d7ba5d5c-2b99-50a7-a5c9-0e48d9c7b15a.html|title=Napa’s Harvest Middle School to close after 2021-22 year; River school to become English-Spanish academy|newspaper=Napa Valley Register|date=2021-04-23|accessdate=2021-08-17}}
  • River Middle School
  • Celeste Akiu served as principal of River Middle School until 2018, when Peter Hartnack replaced her.{{cite web|last=Huffman|first=Jennifer|url=https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/new-river-principal-aims-to-be-a-role-model-for/article_db861c02-091a-5d8e-892c-a9182997c65c.html|title=New River principal aims to be a role model for students|newspaper=Napa Valley Register|date=2019-03-29|accessdate=2021-08-17}} The school was supposed to move into its current facility, the former Salvador Elementary School, in 2018, but there were construction delays.{{cite web|last=Brinkerhoff|first=Noel|url=https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/opening-of-napa-s-new-river-school-campus-postponed/article_f435aae0-090e-5cb4-b899-8e0818797abf.html|title=Opening of Napa's new River School campus postponed |newspaper=Napa Valley Register|date=2018-10-17|accessdate=2021-08-17}} It finally moved into its current location in 2020.{{cite web|last=Huffman|first=Jennifer|url=https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/napas-relocated-river-middle-school-gets-rave-reviews-from-students/article_e2051bec-900e-5003-b86c-6638623af863.html|title=Napa's relocated River Middle School gets rave reviews from students|newspaper=Napa Valley Register|date=2020-01-15|accessdate=2021-08-17}} In 2022 River Middle will take the English-Spanish immersion program from the closed Harvest Middle.

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