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Enrollment
792
Elementary
DISTRICT 911 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LUCIE·NCES 120177001081
MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2620 SE MARIPOSA AVE, PORT ST LUCIE, FL 34952 · (772) 337-5960 · St. Lucie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL792 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
402 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 146 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 140 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (140).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 70% · 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
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
48.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
57.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.3% | 57.8% |
| 2023-24 | 46.6% | 48.0% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
48.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 SCHOOL
MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (48.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 792 | 50.8% | 48.9% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY ST. LUCIE PORT ST LUCIE | 687 | 53.0% | 56.5% |
| TRIANGLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MOUNT DORA | 695 | 54.8% | 38.0% |
| GROVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GROVELAND | 683 | 50.8% | 36.2% |
| SUMMERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIVERVIEW | 901 | 52.4% | 47.3% |
| INNOVATION PREPARATORY ACADEMY OF SOUTH FT. MYERS FORT MYERS | 770 | 54.9% | 32.5% |
Matched among Florida 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 SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In St. Lucie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #1,392 of 2,136 | #23 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #1,199 of 2,149 ▲ 285 | #16 of 31 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #1,380 of 2,149 ▼ 63 | #21 of 31 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 792 | #483 of 2,267 | #13 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #1,688 of 2,077 | #23 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #334 of 2,108 | #21 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.8% | #1,273 of 2,188 | #28 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.3% | #285 of 621 | #13 of 22 |
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
792
+132 (+20%) vs 2020
+13% since 2000-01, when it was 704
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 792 | 44 | 18.0:1 | 51% (402) |
| 2023-24 | 756 | 44 | 17.2:1 | 63% (478) |
| 2022-23 | 734 | 43 | 17.1:1 | 75% (550) |
| 2020-21 | 660 | 41 | 16.1:1 | 69% (456) |
| 2017-18 | 699 | 45 | 15.5:1 | 76% (533) |
| 2015-16 | 727 | 46 | 15.8:1 | 75% (542) |
| 2010-11 | 784 | 57 | 13.8:1 | 74% (581) |
| 2000-01 | 704 | 34 | 20.7:1 | 61% (429) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in Florida, with an address in PORT ST LUCIE. It serves 792 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students.
The district, ST. LUCIE, has 49,308 students enrolled across 53 schools.
Hispanic students are the largest group at MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 42% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 29% White, 24% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of St. Lucie County, the Hispanic share is about 22%. By the diversity index, MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 68%.
The teaching staff at MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 18.0:1. Elementary schools in Florida average about 17.5:1, a similar figure. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 51%.
allk12 grades MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 48.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 55.7%.
MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in St. Lucie County, where median household income is about $71,457, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 57 public schools in St. Lucie County, with a combined enrollment of about 50,809.
The closest public school to MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is MORNINGSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.6 miles away. Within five miles of MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7th of 9 on proficiency.
The federal government classifies MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as City: Mid-size.
MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 660 students in 2020-21 and 792 in 2024-25, a 20% rise. The ratio was 16.1:1 in 2020-21 and 18.0:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
St. Lucie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
360,500
Census ACS
Median income
$71,457
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
50,809 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. LUCIE
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,178 students
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHHigh · 2,914 students
- FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNETHigh · 1,956 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
Other schools in PORT ST LUCIE
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHHigh · 2,914 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
- MANATEE ACADEMY K-8Elementary · 1,700 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,662 students
Other Mariposa Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 2 states are named Mariposa Elementary. MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 6.
- Mariposa ElementaryLancaster, CA · 732 students
- Mariposa ElementaryOntario, CA · 537 students
- Mariposa ElementaryBrea, CA · 504 students
- Mariposa ElementaryRedlands, CA · 432 students
- Mariposa ElementaryMariposa, CA · 386 students
Nearby schools
- MORNINGSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 653
- VILLAGE GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SCHOOL1.7 mi · 586
- SOUTHPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 872
- JENSEN BEACH HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,722
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 1,793
- FELIX A WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 792 students in grades PK-05.
Is MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 29% White, 42% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MARIPOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by ST. LUCIE in St. Lucie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.