Mariposa Elementary

As a modestly sized elementary campus in Mariposa, California, Mariposa Elementary educates 386 students from grades K through 8, run under Mariposa County Unified.

Across the 11 schools in Mariposa County Unified (1,685 students total), Mariposa Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Mariposa Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Native American. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Mariposa Elementary has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Mariposa County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mariposa Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.4%, the actual is 36.7%, a residual of +2.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Mariposa County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,412, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mariposa County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,893 students), Mariposa Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mariposa County High, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Mariposa Elementary. On composite proficiency, Mariposa Elementary comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 33.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mariposa Elementary's enrollment has shrank 7% since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 386). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 19% to 26%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 today.

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