Napa Valley College, formerly Napa Junior College and Napa Community College, is a

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. The tree-lined main campus is on overlooking the Napa River and includes a performing arts center, a child development center, a business development center, a Visual Arts Center including a Gallery and Ceramics Studio, and the Napa Valley Vintners Teaching Winery. An Upper Valley Campus in

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includes the Napa Valley Cooking School, training aspiring chefs. In 2014–2015, the total enrollment was about 8,559.

History

The college was founded in 1942 after voters in Napa County passed a bond initiative in 1941. From 1942 to 1964, it operated as a

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, incorporating grades 11 through 14. The original campus was located on the same property as

Napa High School Napa High School, established in 1897, is a four-year comprehensive high school located in Napa, California. The high school is a comprehensive high school of 1860 students. It is one of three comprehensive high schools in the Napa Valley Unifie ...

. The college was later moved to its current location in 1965 when a campus was established on surplus state property which originally was part of land belonging to

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* California Community Colleges Universities and colleges in Napa County, California Napa Valley Napa, California St. Helena, California Educational institutions established in 1942 1942 establishments in California {{NapaCountyCA-struct-stub

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