La Mariposa

La Mariposa operates as a mid-sized primary school in Camarillo, California, one of the schools within Pleasant Valley. Current enrollment sits at 601 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 29% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Pleasant Valley comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 5,835 students; La Mariposa is among them.

Looking at the student body, La Mariposa reports that 40% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 35% White, 14% Asian, 7% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, On paper, La Mariposa has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 28% of students at La Mariposa qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Ventura County (around 59%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), La Mariposa sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 62.8%; actual is 79.3%, +16.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, Ventura County reports that median household earnings sit near $109,797, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Ventura County runs 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), of which La Mariposa is one.

Nearest neighbor: Tierra Linda Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, La Mariposa comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 657 students in 2018 compared to 601 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 28% to 40%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.