Napa High School (CA). Is this is a good high school?

Question

Could someone send me a link with the list/ranks of the best high schools in each county? I'd like to move to NAPA, but I'm not sure if HS is ok.

Answer 1

Oooh, OK, I've been reading about this. There are 4 big ones. Napa High, Vintage, Justin-Sienna, and Tech. They're all good. However, the big issue right now is the exit exams when you're a senior. You can have totally passing grades in all your classes, but if you can't pass the state exit exam, then you still get a diploma, but don't get to be in commencement ceremonies. It's a big deal to all those high schools, because the school wants a high exit exam rating with the state. Tech has the highest rating last I read. And Vintage wants to cut an elective and put in a mandatory early morning geography class. There's a big ruckus because arts and music classes won't be as accessible to take, and the students and parents are up in arms. They want a well-rounded education, but the school just wants their exit exam scores to go up. It's weird.

Napa High is still great with the arts though and has a good rating. In fact, they just put on The Music Man with the help of community members in the cast, and they're doing Cats pretty soon now.

Justin-Sienna is OK, but they seem to have more teen problems there.

Hope this helps, I live in Napa. You could also check out www.napavalleyregister.com for some more info besides me. :)