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Alumni: what's one memory from Mariposa Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REDLANDS UNIFIED·NCES 063207004940
Mariposa Elementary
30800 Palo Alto Dr., Redlands, CA 92373 · (909) 794-8620 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
22.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
148 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
67.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.1pp since 2014
Math
55.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 42.5% | 25.3% | 12.7% | 19.5% |
| Math | 29.9% | 25.8% | 21.7% | 22.6% |
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 | 67.9% | 55.7% |
| 2023-24 | 69.3% | 66.2% |
| 2022-23 | 68.4% | 58.1% |
| 2021-22 | 64.7% | 55.3% |
| 2018-19 | 71.9% | 64.1% |
| 2017-18 | 75.1% | 69.7% |
| 2016-17 | 74.1% | 62.3% |
| 2015-16 | 75.0% | 64.0% |
| 2014-15 | 69.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Elementary
Mariposa Elementary's state test result (65.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mariposa Elementary this school | 432 | 34.3% | 65.0% |
| John Muir Elementary Martinez | 423 | 38.3% | 48.7% |
| Hidden Valley Elementary Santa Rosa | 468 | 36.3% | 52.5% |
| Rancho Elementary Temecula | 484 | 32.0% | 58.2% |
| Castaic Elementary Castaic | 417 | 32.9% | 56.8% |
| Tierrasanta Elementary San Diego | 500 | 31.2% | 68.9% |
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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #881 of 5,151 | #19 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #1,277 of 5,172 ▼ 512 | #36 of 321 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.9% | #861 of 5,172 ▼ 100 | #24 of 321 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #2,771 of 5,116 | #211 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #3,258 of 5,915 | #251 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #2,780 of 5,352 | #145 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #799 of 5,354 | #18 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.3% | #4,590 of 5,625 | #319 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.3% | #1,164 of 3,837 | #64 of 246 |
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
432
-42 (-9%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 605
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 432 | 19 | 22.8:1 | 34% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 22 | 19.8:1 | 34% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 20 | 23.0:1 | 47% (215) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 22 | 21.6:1 | 46% (220) |
| 2017-18 | 556 | 23 | 24.2:1 | 31% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 593 | 21 | 28.2:1 | 29% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 565 | N/A | N/A | 22% (125) |
| 2000-01 | 503 | 23 | 21.9:1 | 17% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 605 | 22 | 27.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mariposa Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (556 to 432); teachers down 17% (23 to 19).
About Mariposa Elementary
Mariposa Elementary, located in Redlands, California, is a mid-sized elementary school. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 432 students.
The Redlands Unified system has 25 schools and 19,105 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Mariposa Elementary is White, with 42% of students. The next largest groups are 34% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 3% Black. The school's White share is 9 points above the 33% share among San Bernardino County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
On staff are 19 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 22.8:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is close to this figure. Mariposa Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 34%. For comparison, public schools in San Bernardino County average 74%.
Among California public elementary schools, Mariposa Elementary outscored 78%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
In California, Mariposa Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 65.0% actual against a predicted 59.5%.
In San Bernardino County, median household income comes to about $85,478, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 583, with about 393,648 students.
Sage Oak Charter sits about 1.6 miles from Mariposa Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Mariposa Elementary places 1st of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal data place Mariposa Elementary in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's student count decreased 9% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 22.8 students per teacher, compared with 21.6 in 2020-21.
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San Bernardino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,197,104
Census ACS
Median income
$85,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
393,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Redlands Unified
- Redlands Senior HighHigh · 2,189 students
- Citrus Valley HighHigh · 2,110 students
- Redlands East Valley HighHigh · 1,845 students
- Cope MiddleMiddle · 1,191 students
- Beattie MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Clement MiddleMiddle · 1,023 students
Other schools in Redlands
- Sage Oak CharterCombined · 3,879 students
- Redlands Senior HighHigh · 2,189 students
- Citrus Valley HighHigh · 2,110 students
- Redlands East Valley HighHigh · 1,845 students
- Gorman Learning Center San Bernardino/Santa ClaritaCombined · 1,559 students
- Cope MiddleMiddle · 1,191 students
Other Mariposa Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 2 states are named Mariposa Elementary. Mariposa Elementary is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Mariposa ElementaryLancaster, CA · 732 students
- Mariposa ElementaryOntario, CA · 537 students
- Mariposa ElementaryBrea, CA · 504 students
- Mariposa ElementaryMariposa, CA · 386 students
- MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPORT ST LUCIE, FL · 792 students
Nearby schools
- Sage Oak Charter1.6 mi · 3,879
- Sage Oak Charter School- Keppel1.6 mi · 441
- Sage Oak Charter School - South1.6 mi · 583
- Kimberly Elementary2.0 mi · 457
- Moore Middle2.2 mi · 988
- Crafton Elementary2.5 mi · 694
Frequently asked questions
About Mariposa ElementaryHow many students attend Mariposa Elementary?
Mariposa Elementary enrolls approximately 432 students in grades KG-05.
Is Mariposa Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mariposa Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Mariposa Elementary have?
Mariposa Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Mariposa Elementary?
Student demographics at Mariposa Elementary are roughly 42% White, 34% Hispanic, 3% Black, 9% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Mariposa Elementary in?
Mariposa Elementary is part of Redlands Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.