Is Mariposa Elementary a good school?

Mariposa Elementary ranks in the bottom 6.2% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Mariposa Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 732 students attended Mariposa Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Mariposa Elementary?

Students at Mariposa Elementary are 35% White, 30% African American, 23% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 3% American Indian, 1% Asian, 1% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of Mariposa Elementary attend?

Students who attend Mariposa Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Piute Middle High : Antelope Valley High

Mariposa Elementary

Summary:

Mariposa Elementary is a public elementary school located in Lancaster, California, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 723 students. The school is part of the Lancaster Elementary District, which is ranked 1436 out of 1568 districts in California and is rated 0 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Mariposa Elementary faces significant challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates that have risen from 17.8% in 2017-2018 to 60.5% in 2021-2022, much higher than the state average and the nearby Linda Verde Elementary. Academically, the school consistently performs below the state and Lancaster Elementary averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels, with particularly low performance for certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic students, English Language Learners, and students with disabilities.

The high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds at Mariposa Elementary, with 95.44% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023, likely contributes to the school's academic struggles. Additionally, the relatively high student-teacher ratio of 27.8 in 2022-2023 suggests that the school may be underresourced, which could impact the quality of instruction and the ability to provide individualized attention to students.

Detail:

Public K-6

737 West Avenue H-6
Lancaster, CA 93534-1517

(661) 942-0437

District: Lancaster Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
5496^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,493

Students who attend Mariposa Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Piute Middle
High:	Antelope Valley High

Student/teacher ratio: 26.1

Number of students: 732

Racial breakdown:

White:

35.1%

African American:

29.8%

Hispanic:

23.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 93.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Mariposa Elementary ranks worse than 93.8% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 9^th among 15 ranked elementary schools in the Lancaster Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 12.76. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Mariposa Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (35.1%), African American (29.8%), Hispanic (23.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 93.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Mariposa Elementary is 26.1. 10 elementary schools in the Lancaster Elementary School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Mariposa Elementary is $8,493, which is the 4^th highest among 15 elementary schools in the Lancaster Elementary School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Mariposa Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Mariposa Elementary 5496^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Mariposa Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Lancaster Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Lancaster Elementary 1436^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Mariposa Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Mariposa Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	18.29	4095^th	4809	14.8%
2005	11.62	4560^th	4822	5.4%
2006	13.17	4454^th	4818	7.6%
2007	8.11	5004^th	5113	2.1%
2008	7.62	5019^th	5113	1.8%
2009	10.53	4981^st	5193	4.1%
2010	15.62	4876^th	5314	8.2%
2011	12.79	5087^th	5377	5.4%
2012	25.84	4256^th	5390	21.0%
2013	18.25	4857^th	5530	12.2%
2015	11.76	5363^rd	5611	4.4%
2016	15.73	4986^th	5614	11.2%
2017	19.27	4762^nd	5692	16.3%
2018	16.63	4956^th	5662	12.5%
2019	17.91	4998^th	5789	13.7%
2022	14.50	5403^rd	5883	8.2%
2023	14.54	5361^st	5874	8.7%
2024	12.76	5496^th	5862	6.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Mariposa Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	40.60	1734^th	3246	46.6%
2019	42.56	1634^th	3275	50.1%
2022	25.50	2912^th	3311	12.1%
2023	50.08	1195^th	3250	63.2%
2024	18.39	3121^st	3160	1.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Mariposa Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	25.51	1884^th	2420	22.1%
2024	20.01	2396^th	2634	9.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Mariposa Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.45	4453^rd	5084	12.4%
2019	25.14	4213^th	5173	18.6%
2022	18.42	4757^th	5264	9.6%
2023	19.52	4742^nd	5374	11.8%
2024	16.09	5069^th	5511	8.0%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Mariposa Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	11.77	329^th	336	2.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Mariposa Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	17.16	4767^th	5413	11.9%
2019	23.30	4359^th	5492	20.6%
2022	15.43	5149^th	5635	8.6%
2023	14.23	5217^th	5617	7.1%
2024	11.65	5375^th	5605	4.1%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Mariposa Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	18.28	2038^th	2128	4.2%
2019	17.68	2517^th	2585	2.6%
2022	18.76	2057^th	2227	7.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Mariposa Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	18.14	4737^th	5431	12.8%
2019	13.80	5133^rd	5510	6.8%
2022	15.09	5206^th	5663	8.1%
2023	16.09	5066^th	5650	10.3%
2024	14.91	5161^st	5636	8.4%

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Rank History for African American students at Mariposa Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	26.74	541^st	700	22.7%
2019	37.33	457^th	747	38.8%
2022	25.65	536^th	663	19.2%
2023	26.65	520^th	662	21.5%
2024	21.21	524^th	593	11.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Mariposa Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	29.27	3603^rd	4830	25.4%
2019	24.67	4055^th	4963	18.3%
2022	24.54	4154^th	5084	18.3%
2023	27.03	3949^th	5098	22.5%
2024	14.79	4769^th	5102	6.5%

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Rank History for White students at Mariposa Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	6.84	2525^th	2647	4.6%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Mariposa Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	324	66	13	127	0	n/a	n/a	0	530
1989	374	66	23	146	4	n/a	n/a	0	613
1990	356	56	30	167	10	n/a	n/a	0	619
1991	342	67	20	147	10	n/a	n/a	0	586
1992	315	81	16	157	4	n/a	n/a	0	573
1993	271	108	16	161	10	n/a	n/a	0	566
1994	288	105	20	171	8	n/a	n/a	0	592
1995	242	122	22	219	7	n/a	n/a	0	612
1996	242	122	22	219	7	n/a	n/a	0	612
1997	185	104	18	218	7	n/a	n/a	0	532
1998	179	103	9	233	11	n/a	n/a	0	535
1999	199	132	11	243	7	n/a	n/a	0	592
2000	188	162	10	269	9	n/a	n/a	0	638
2001	191	188	10	287	4	n/a	n/a	0	680
2002	177	219	20	360	6	n/a	n/a	0	782
2003	177	219	20	360	6	n/a	n/a	0	782
2004	145	246	14	386	6	n/a	n/a	0	797
2005	129	223	11	411	11	n/a	n/a	0	785
2006	120	205	9	411	4	n/a	n/a	0	749
2007	86	210	11	416	3	n/a	n/a	2	728
2008	88	211	12	454	4	n/a	n/a	0	769
2009	103	191	8	454	6	4	8	0	774
2010	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	108	195	9	476	1	2	10	0	801
2012	59	173	9	340	0	1	12	0	594
2013	73	154	6	342	2	1	19	0	597
2014	82	203	8	423	3	0	14	0	733
2015	75	221	9	452	4	0	10	0	771
2016	49	162	7	326	0	0	12	0	556
2017	56	160	6	328	1	1	18	0	570
2018	41	170	3	311	6	0	15	0	546
2019	43	152	4	334	7	0	14	0	554
2020	37	151	3	338	7	0	18	0	554
2021	33	173	2	368	8	0	20	0	604
2022	32	159	1	400	7	1	15	0	615
2023	43	188	0	468	4	1	19	0	723
2024	257	218	9	172	25	9	42	0	732

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Mariposa Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	530	21.0	25.2	n/a
1989	613	23.0	26.6	n/a
1990	619	24.0	25.7	n/a
1991	586	21.0	27.9	n/a
1992	573	21.3	26.9	60.4
1993	566	22.0	25.7	63.4
1994	592	22.0	26.9	67.6
1995	612	22.0	27.8	75.5
1996	612	22.0	27.8	75.5
1997	532	25.0	21.3	74.4
1998	535	26.0	20.6	79.8
1999	592	28.0	21.1	76.4
2000	638	31.0	20.6	78.2
2001	680	32.0	21.3	99.6
2002	782	38.0	20.6	82.5
2003	782	38.0	20.6	82.5
2004	797	38.0	21.0	79.7
2005	785	39.0	20.1	84.5
2006	749	40.0	18.7	76.8
2007	728	37.0	19.7	81
2008	769	40.0	19.2	78.7
2009	774	36.0	20.9	85.1
2010	0	24.0	0.0	n/a
2011	801	n/a	n/a	86.4
2012	594	22.0	27.0	n/a
2013	597	21.0	28.4	91.1
2014	733	26.2	27.9	86.2
2015	771	26.0	29.6	89.4
2016	556	22.0	25.2	91.5
2017	570	23.0	24.7	91.1
2018	546	24.0	22.7	91.6
2019	554	24.0	23.0	93.5
2020	554	n/a	n/a	94.9
2021	604	23.0	26.2	94
2022	615	21.1	29.0	93.7
2023	723	26.0	27.8	95.4
2024	732	28.0	26.1	93.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Mariposa Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	530	21.0	25.2	n/a
1989	613	23.0	26.6	n/a
1990	619	24.0	25.7	n/a
1991	586	21.0	27.9	n/a
1992	573	21.3	26.9	60.4
1993	566	22.0	25.7	63.4
1994	592	22.0	26.9	67.6
1995	612	22.0	27.8	75.5
1996	612	22.0	27.8	75.5
1997	532	25.0	21.3	74.4
1998	535	26.0	20.6	79.8
1999	592	28.0	21.1	76.4
2000	638	31.0	20.6	78.2
2001	680	32.0	21.3	99.6
2002	782	38.0	20.6	82.5
2003	782	38.0	20.6	82.5
2004	797	38.0	21.0	79.7
2005	785	39.0	20.1	84.5
2006	749	40.0	18.7	76.8
2007	728	37.0	19.7	81
2008	769	40.0	19.2	78.7
2009	774	36.0	20.9	85.1
2010	0	24.0	0.0	n/a
2011	801	n/a	n/a	86.4
2012	594	22.0	27.0	n/a
2013	597	21.0	28.4	91.1
2014	733	26.2	27.9	86.2
2015	771	26.0	29.6	89.4
2016	556	22.0	25.2	91.5
2017	570	23.0	24.7	91.1
2018	546	24.0	22.7	91.6
2019	554	24.0	23.0	93.5
2020	554	n/a	n/a	94.9
2021	604	23.0	26.2	94
2022	615	21.1	29.0	93.7
2023	723	26.0	27.8	95.4
2024	732	28.0	26.1	93.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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