MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-tier elementary-level community in PORT ST LUCIE, Florida, one of the schools within ST. LUCIE. Current enrollment sits at 792 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 31% larger than typical.

MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 53 schools operated by ST. LUCIE, a district that hosts 49,308 students overall.

Looking at the student body, MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 29% White, 24% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, St. Lucie County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.9%.

In the area at large, census data for St. Lucie County shows median household earnings sit near $71,457, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 57 public schools in St. Lucie County (combined enrollment of about 50,809 students).

Nearest neighbor: MORNINGSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 59.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 13% since 2018, when it stood at 699 (now 792). White enrollment moved from 41% to 29% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 today.

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