Enrollment
210
Elementary
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHOE COUNTY·NCES 320048000560
Mariposa Language and Learning Academy
3875 GLEN STREET, RENO, NV 89502 · (775) 826-4040 · Washoe County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL210 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of Nevada public elementary schools
- C+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.
- ·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 Nevada public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
32.9:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
210 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 85%
Community
0
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 | 20 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 58% larger than its 6th grade class (19).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
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Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
40.1%
NV avg 45.8% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
23.3%
NV avg 35.6% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.1% | 23.3% |
| 2023-24 | 37.5% | 23.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. 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
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Nevada 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 Nevada'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 Language and Learning Academy
Mariposa Language and Learning Academy's state test result (31.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mariposa Language and Learning Academy this school | 210 | 100.0% | 31.1% |
| Bailey Charter School RENO | 174 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Echo Loder Elementary School RENO | 325 | 100.0% | 12.3% |
| Veterans Memorial S.t.e.m. Academy RENO | 236 | 100.0% | 20.9% |
| Roger Corbett Elementary RENO | 323 | 100.0% | 22.8% |
| Agnes Risley Elementary SPARKS | 363 | 100.0% | 21.8% |
Matched among Nevada 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 Language and Learning Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Washoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #221 of 367 | #39 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #313 of 388 ▼ 34 | #62 of 75 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #213 of 390 ▲ 4 | #45 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 210 | #379 of 442 | #73 of 77 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 32.9:1 | #364 of 379 | #71 of 73 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.1% | #381 of 381 | #74 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #310 of 386 | #35 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #300 of 304 | #63 of 64 |
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
210
+38 (+22%) vs 2020
+23% since 2010-11, when it was 171
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 | 210 | 6.4 | 32.9:1 | 100% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 182 | 6.5 | 28.0:1 | 100% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 179 | N/A | N/A | 100% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 172 | N/A | N/A | 100% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 214 | N/A | N/A | 100% (214) |
| 2015-16 | 137 | N/A | N/A | 94% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 171 | 10 | 17.1:1 | 98% (168) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mariposa Language and Learning Academy.
About Mariposa Language and Learning Academy
In RENO, Nevada, Mariposa Language and Learning Academy is a small elementary school. It enrolls 210 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 6. That is 56% below the average of about 480 students for elementary schools in Nevada.
A total of 114 schools make up Washoe County, with 63,959 students enrolled.
Roughly 95% of students at Mariposa Language and Learning Academy are Hispanic. Among people living in Washoe County, the Hispanic share is about 26%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mariposa Language and Learning Academy scores 10%.
Teacher count: 6.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 32.9:1. Across elementary schools in Nevada, the average ratio is 18.1:1. Roughly 100% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 56% average for public schools in Washoe County is 44 points.
Mariposa Language and Learning Academy holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 40% of Nevada public elementary schools.
Mariposa Language and Learning Academy posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.1%, compared with a predicted 32.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Nevada schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Washoe County show that median household income comes to about $88,096, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 127, with about 68,279 students.
Edward L. Pine Middle School is the nearest public school to Mariposa Language and Learning Academy, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Mariposa Language and Learning Academy ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Mariposa Language and Learning Academy had a net gain of 38 students, or 22%.
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Washoe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
497,200
Census ACS
Median income
$88,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
127
68,279 students
Quick facts
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- North Valleys High SchoolHigh · 2,307 students
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- Earl Wooster High SchoolHigh · 1,338 students
Nearby schools
- Edward L. Pine Middle School0.6 mi · 740
- Smithridge S.t.e.m. Academy0.7 mi · 494
- Bailey Charter School1.0 mi · 174
- North Star Online School1.0 mi · 575
- Earl Wooster High School1.2 mi · 1,338
- Echo Loder Elementary School1.3 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About Mariposa Language and Learning AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Mariposa Language and Learning Academy?
Mariposa Language and Learning Academy enrolls approximately 210 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Mariposa Language and Learning Academy serve?
Mariposa Language and Learning Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mariposa Language and Learning Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mariposa Language and Learning Academy is approximately 32.9:1 (6 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mariposa Language and Learning Academy?
At Mariposa Language and Learning Academy, the student body is approximately 2% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Mariposa Language and Learning Academy in?
Mariposa Language and Learning Academy is part of Washoe County.
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