District overview
Saint Helena Unified School District
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
Who decides and what shapes the district?
Saint Helena Unified is the active TK-12 public district identified by NCES LEA 0637830 and California CDS district code 2866290. A five-member elected Governing Board oversees St. Helena Primary, St. Helena Elementary, Robert Louis Stevenson Middle, and St. Helena High School.
Property taxes shape the budget
County officials urged the district to budget future property-tax growth at 0%, and the adopted 2026-27 budget projects $49.1 million in total revenue.
Enrollment access is changing
The board shifted from District of Choice toward interdistrict agreements while preserving current District of Choice students and setting 2026-27 grade capacity.
Academic gaps drive the plan
The 2026-27 LCAP reports 42.56% districtwide math proficiency and large subgroup gaps, with math coaching and targeted intervention central to the response.
Campus councils require separate visibility
School Site Councils approve site plans and priorities that central minutes may summarize without preserving the underlying local deliberation.
The adopted budget remains positively certified and projects reserves above the state minimum; the workforce reductions and conservative tax assumptions do not by themselves establish fiscal distress.
What the official record establishes
Fourteen approved minute files and four official planning or financial documents.
The 2026-27 budget uses 1,153 students across the forecast years.
All projected revenue sources in the LCAP budget overview.
Context calculation: $47,399,439 in planned 2026-27 spending divided by 1,153 budget enrollment; it covers districtwide operations, not a campus allocation.
Most current CAASPP result cited in the 2026-27 LCAP.
Major projects
St. Helena Elementary roof, drainage, and HVAC project
Summer 2026 construction plannedThe board approved revised design, budget, and schedule work for major roof, drainage, and HVAC repairs and later delegated contract-award authority subject to state approval.
- Board approves a $620,000 increase and revised schedule
- Board approves the facilities master plan and delegates award authority after DSA approval
- Construction was scheduled to begin
- Target completion before the school year
Funding
District payment with requested North Bay Schools Insurance Authority reimbursement
The reviewed minutes establish the $620,000 increase but not the complete final project total.
2026-27 workforce reductions
Reduction resolutions approvedThe board approved reductions involving a high-school counselor position, classified employees, and classified management. Students and staff continued asking the board to preserve the second counselor.
- Board approves three reduction resolutions
- Students and staff ask the board to reconsider the counselor reduction
- Teachers and a student again advocate for retaining a second full-time counselor
Funding
General fund staffing budget
The reviewed minutes do not state position counts or recurring savings beyond the identified counselor and classified reduction categories.
Districtwide mathematics improvement
Coaching and intervention underwayThe district is using two math coaches, professional learning communities, differentiated instruction, and intervention to address low overall proficiency and subgroup gaps.
- Board reviews the three-year mathematics plan
- Board receives a differentiated and extended-learning mathematics presentation
- 2026-27 LCAP adopts updated math priorities and spending
Funding
LCAP and general instructional resources
The collected LCAP lists districtwide actions but the overview does not isolate a single all-in math program total.
This partial overview synthesizes 18 official district records collected for the trailing year. BoardDocs agendas and packets are not treated as reviewed.
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