District Data
**California Collaborative on District Reform. (2025). Napa Valley Unified School District (USD) student enrollment & demographics [Collection of student demographic data prepared by Collaborative staff for the October 29–30, 2025 meeting of the California Collaborative on District Reform]. Available on Dropbox.
This document contains demographic information about Napa Valley Unified School District (NVUSD) and California student enrollment from 2024–25 across key demographic categories. In addition to students’ ethnicity/race and the overall “unduplicated count” of Local Control Funding Formula-targeted students, the data also indicate the specific percentages of students who have been identified as English learners, socioeconomically disadvantaged students, foster youth, and special education students.
**EdSource. (2025). Napa Valley Unified. https://caaspp.edsource.org/sbac/napa-valley-unified-28662660000000.
To provide context on NVUSD’s student performance, we are including a set of charts and tables that display the district’s state assessment results from 2015 through 2025. This compilation includes both district-wide results and results by student demographic groups. NVUSD district leaders are focused on the reducing the disparities between economically disadvantaged and not economically disadvantaged students, as well as between Hispanic and African American students and their White and Asian peers. Not included are 2020 test results and 2021 test results for some student populations due to the pandemic.
Strategic Plan
**Napa Valley Unified School District & Prospect Studio. (n.d.). NVUSD’S strategic plan 2024–2029: Transforming our future together. https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1723047598/nvusdk12caus/pfmby5pne50xstfy4xsy/NVUSDPlanBook080124.pdf
NVUSD’s strategic plan, a brief summary of which is included here, outlines the district’s approach to achieving equity, excellence, and engagement for all learners. The full plan emphasizes three pillars: academic achievement, social-emotional well-being, and community partnership. It details strategies for personalized learning, culturally responsive practices, and data-driven decision-making, while aligning resources to support continuous improvement. The focus of Meeting 56 is articulated under Theme 1, “Build a comprehensive assessment framework and culture of student data use.” To read the full strategic plan and learn about how it was created, we encourage you to visit https://www.nvusd.org/about/strategic-vision-and-plan.
Napa Valley Unified School District. (n.d.). Strategic plan progress dashboard. https://napavalleyusd.pdx1.qualtrics.com/public-dashboard/v0/dashboard/web/680bda756a8c7a000879477a/pages/Page_4272fa37-1c94-4c88-a7bf-cddd7ae8ca7c?language=EN
NVUSD recently adopted 19 indicators to help measure progress towards the goals outlined in the strategic plan. This public-facing dashboard provides a view of each indicator and aims to offer transparency to the community. While the data currently reflects one point in time, NVUSD plans to update this dashboard regularly to track growth and hold themselves accountable for improvement.
Labor Management
**Glaser, J. (2012). Toward the next 25 years: Keeping employee relations relevant in NVUSD. Available on Dropbox.
This paper provides a historical overview of the relationship between NVUSD and the Napa Valley Educators Association, tracing how the two groups evolved from years of conflict and mistrust in the 1980s to a long-standing partnership built on collaboration and mutual respect. It recounts key turning points that led both sides to adopt interest-based bargaining and problem-solving practices. These approaches continue to be foundational to their cooperative culture today.
Collins, D. L., Bryant, J. E., & Harding, L. (2025, January/February). Interest-based bargaining offers a better way. Leadership. https://leadership.acsa.org/interest-based-bargaining-offers-a-better-way
This article argues that interest-based bargaining (IBB) is an alternative to traditional, often adversarial, negotiations between school districts and their teachers’ unions. IBB focuses on the interests of all parties rather than fixed positions, aiming for “win-win” outcomes. This approach, inspired by the Harvard Negotiation Project, builds trust, strengthens organizational culture, and leads to more sustainable agreements. NVUSD uses IBB to foster transparency and shared responsibility with their educators, creating healthier partnerships that benefit students and staff alike.
**This document is a priority reading.