Enrollment
326
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JUAN UNIFIED·NCES 063462005796
Mariposa Avenue Elementary
7940 Mariposa Ave., Citrus Heights, CA 95610 · (916) 971-5212 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL326 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
237 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
26.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.3pp since 2014
Math
11.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.7% | 18.0% | 13.4% | 59.9% |
| Math | 1.7% | 10.1% | 23.6% | 64.6% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.7% | 11.8% |
| 2023-24 | 27.4% | 19.5% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 19.9% |
| 2021-22 | 23.1% | 15.3% |
| 2018-19 | 30.1% | 25.6% |
| 2017-18 | 23.8% | 20.2% |
| 2016-17 | 27.6% | 17.9% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 18.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mariposa Avenue Elementary
Mariposa Avenue Elementary's state test result (21.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mariposa Avenue Elementary this school | 326 | 72.7% | 21.3% |
| Pasadena Avenue Elementary Sacramento | 343 | 71.7% | 21.9% |
| Jamacha Elementary El Cajon | 415 | 74.0% | 40.9% |
| Webster Elementary Pasadena | 277 | 76.2% | 40.6% |
| Nestle Avenue Charter Tarzana | 421 | 72.2% | 50.8% |
| Charles Peck Elementary Carmichael | 303 | 76.9% | 18.9% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mariposa Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #4,453 of 5,151 | #173 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.8% | #4,958 of 5,172 ▼ 737 | #201 of 217 ▼ 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #4,307 of 5,172 ▼ 224 | #169 of 217 ▼ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.1pp | #3,309 of 5,116 | #129 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 326 | #4,513 of 5,915 | #198 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.1:1 | #4,474 of 5,352 | #179 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #933 of 5,354 | #137 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.7% | #2,794 of 5,625 | #104 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #2,217 of 3,837 | #74 of 145 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
326
+15 (+5%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
was 22.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 326 | 13 | 25.1:1 | 73% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 311 | 13 | 23.9:1 | 75% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 297 | 12 | 24.8:1 | 81% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 311 | 14 | 22.2:1 | 72% (225) |
| 2017-18 | 377 | 15 | 25.1:1 | 83% (312) |
| 2015-16 | 402 | 15 | 26.8:1 | 77% (311) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | N/A | N/A | 69% (375) |
| 2000-01 | 514 | 27 | 19.0:1 | 48% (247) |
| 1990-91 | 632 | 27 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mariposa Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (377 to 326); teachers down 13% (15 to 13).
About Mariposa Avenue Elementary
Citrus Heights, California, is home to Mariposa Avenue Elementary, a small elementary school. The student body numbers 326 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
San Juan Unified has 67 schools; together they serve 39,171 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Mariposa Avenue Elementary is White (46%). Enrollment also includes 31% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. County-wide, about 45% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Mariposa Avenue Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
Federal data list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers at Mariposa Avenue Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 25.1:1. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. The lunch program counts 73% of students at Mariposa Avenue Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Sacramento County averages 63%, lower than here.
Mariposa Avenue Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 8% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Mariposa Avenue Elementary falls short of its prediction by 15.6 points. The model expects 36.9% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California; the school's rate is 21.3%.
Census estimates describe Sacramento County this way: median household income is about $92,175, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Federal data list 387 public schools in Sacramento County, with a combined enrollment of about 259,342.
Carriage Drive Elementary is the public school closest to Mariposa Avenue Elementary, about 1.0 miles away. Mariposa Avenue Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Mariposa Avenue Elementary ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 21.3% against a local average of 30.3%.
NCES describes the area around Mariposa Avenue Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 311 in 2020-21 and 326 in 2024-25, a rise of 15 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 22.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 25.1:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Sacramento County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,594,006
Census ACS
Median income
$92,175
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
387
259,342 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Juan Unified
- Bella Vista HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Rio Americano HighHigh · 1,891 students
- Mira Loma HighHigh · 1,655 students
- Del Campo HighHigh · 1,548 students
- El Camino Fundamental HighHigh · 1,226 students
- Casa Roble Fundamental HighHigh · 1,150 students
Other schools in Citrus Heights
- Mesa Verde HighHigh · 894 students
- Sylvan MiddleMiddle · 604 students
- San Juan HighHigh · 559 students
- Kingswood K-8Elementary · 546 students
- Woodside K-8Elementary · 506 students
- Lichen K-8Elementary · 498 students
Nearby schools
- Carriage Drive Elementary1.0 mi · 444
- Mesa Verde High1.1 mi · 894
- Grand Oaks Elementary1.1 mi · 348
- Sylvan Middle1.3 mi · 604
- Woodside K-81.4 mi · 506
- Lichen K-81.5 mi · 498
Frequently asked questions
About Mariposa Avenue ElementaryHow many students attend Mariposa Avenue Elementary?
Mariposa Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 326 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Mariposa Avenue Elementary serve?
Mariposa Avenue Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Mariposa Avenue Elementary?
Approximately 25.1:1 students per teacher at Mariposa Avenue Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mariposa Avenue Elementary?
At Mariposa Avenue Elementary, the student body is approximately 46% White, 31% Hispanic, 5% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Mariposa Avenue Elementary public or private?
Mariposa Avenue Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Juan Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.