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Calistoga Joint Unified

At a glance

820^thof 1,530 California districts▲ 42

Better than 46% of California districts

Elementary 1 High 2Grades K-12

1520 Lake St.
Calistoga, CA 94515-1605·(707) 942-4703·All California district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2026

2026: better than 46.4% of districts

Schools

767

Students

Top rankedCalistoga Junior/Senior High951^st of 2,135 California high schools

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Biggest riser

Calistoga Junior/Senior High up 279 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Calistoga Joint Unified has three schools serving 767 students: Calistoga Elementary (K–6), Calistoga Junior/Senior High (7–12) and Palisades High (Continuation) (9–12). In 2025–26, the two larger schools’ All Grades results were below state results in ELA, math and science: their unweighted averages trailed by 6, 8 and 6 percentage points, respectively. These All Grades results cover different grade spans, so they are not like-for-like school comparisons. The clearest area-wide finding is that achievement is below state results across all three subjects, with the largest average gap in math.

Calistoga Elementary leads the reported All Grades math and science results, while the two larger schools are nearly tied in ELA. Elementary scored 38% in math and 34% in science, compared with 24% and 26% at Junior/Senior High—a 14-point math difference and an 8-point science difference. Elementary was close to the state in math, 1 point below, while Junior/Senior High was 15 points below; both schools’ science results were below the state. Junior/Senior High has a bright spot beyond test scores: its 95% graduation rate was 7 points above the state rate. Palisades has just 7 students and the highest reported per-student spending, $72,702, but its current test-score results are suppressed and unavailable for comparison.

Recent changes are mixed: Elementary gained 4 points in ELA and 15 in science from 2024–25 to 2025–26, but fell 2 points in math; Junior/Senior High fell 5 points in ELA but rose 4 in math and 5 in science. Across the two schools, the average science gap with the state narrowed by 6 points, while the ELA gap widened by 1 point and the math gap changed little. SchoolDigger rates both larger schools at 3 stars: Elementary’s percentile rose from 48 to 52, and Junior/Senior High’s from 43 to 55, though its 2023–24 percentile was higher, at 57. Both report free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–25: 84% at Elementary and 88% at Junior/Senior High. Student-teacher ratios were 16.1, 14.7 and 7.0, respectively, at the three schools; Palisades’ small size makes its figures a different context for families to consider.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)								Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Calistoga Elementary	Public	K-6	1327 Berry St.	Calistoga	94515	Napa County	Calistoga Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 942-4398	405	25	16.1	83.7%	33 (8.1%)	2 (0.5%)	348 (85.9%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (4.0%)	46.9	2796^th of 5817 public elementary schools	51.9%		42.3	3052^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	47.9%	256	33.9			33.9	35.7	39.7	44.1	51.8				43.3	54.8	41.0	28.8	30.4				37.6	≥ 98%		$34,768	$1,737	$33,031
Calistoga Junior/Senior High	Public	7-12	1608 Lake St.	Calistoga	94515	Napa County	Calistoga Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 942-6278	355	24	14.7	88.2%	31 (8.7%)	1 (0.3%)	317 (89.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	53.9	951^st of 2135 public high schools	55.5%		41.2	1230^th of 2162 public high schools	43.1%	279		24.5	27.5	26.0					30.8	43.4	56.0	43.2					19.2	22.6	29.4	23.7			$34,395	$1,807	$32,588
Palisades High (Continuation)	Public	9-12	1507 Grant St.	Calistoga	94515	Napa County	Calistoga Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(707) 942-5255	7	1	7.0	—	0 (0.0%)	1 (14.3%)	6 (85.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																							$46,484	$1,496	$44,988

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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