Mariposa Language and Learning Academy

Mariposa Language and Learning Academy is an elementary-level community of cozy scale in RENO, Nevada, overseen by Washoe County, enrolling 210 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 56% smaller than the state mean of about 480.

Within Washoe County, which oversees 113 schools and 63,412 students, Mariposa Language and Learning Academy is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mariposa Language and Learning Academy reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 32.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.1:1, putting Mariposa Language and Learning Academy higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Mariposa Language and Learning Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Washoe County (around 56%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Mariposa Language and Learning Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 31.1%, a residual of -1.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for Washoe County shows median household income runs about $88,096, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Mariposa Language and Learning Academy is one of 127 public schools in Washoe County (combined enrollment of about 68,279 students).

Nearest neighbor: EDWARD L. PINE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mariposa Language and Learning Academy at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 27.6%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. Mariposa Language and Learning Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Mariposa Language and Learning Academy's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 214 (now 210).

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