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Monarch AcademyPublicMariposa, CAGrades TK-1248 students

Monarch Academy: A special education center. No Scope Score publishes here.

A Scope Score ranks schools a family can choose between. At Monarch Academy, students are placed here by an IEP team, not by address and not by lottery — so a comparative rank would measure something a family's choice never entered. We show what California reports and hold the rank.

special education center

no score · no band · no rank — enrollment assigned, not chosen

48 students · placed by an IEP team

SchoolScope has no scored record for this school, so there is nothing here to rank either way. Why we withhold a score →

Monarch Academy is a special education center in Mariposa, California. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, performance band, archetype or ranking for schools where enrollment is assigned rather than chosen.

SchoolScope holds no scored record for Monarch Academy this year — no Scope Score, band or rank — so there is no picture to draw beyond the figures on this page.

Worth a conversation

If a placement here is part of a child's IEP, this page is background, not the decision — the IEP team meeting is where fit actually gets decided.

  • Ask how this placement was determined, and what the annual IEP review looks at.
  • Ask what related services — speech, occupational therapy, counseling — are provided on site.
  • Ask how and when a return to a less-restrictive setting gets reconsidered.
The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 10 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher10 · district 10
Teaching staff6 teachers
Avg. experience10.0 years
Fully credentialed50%
Intern / emergency permit16.7%
PrincipalTeena Earheart
What gets spent · FY 2019–20

It spends $113,388 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

$12,450 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $113,388, CA average $14,491$113,388 · spent at this school
Federal share$12,450 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 40%Instruction support 20%Student services 24%Administration 16%Buildings & maintenance 1%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$98,900 per pupil
2019$79,022 per pupil
2018$80,311 per pupil
2017$66,143 per pupil
2016$60,229 per pupil
Who is enrolled

Three in four of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 48 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

Hispanic or Latino22.9% · district 20.8% · CA 56.1%
White58.3% · district 60.4% · CA 19.9%
Other18.8% · district 18.9% · CA 9.0%
GenderFemale 18.8% · Male 81.3%
Free or reduced lunch75.0% · CA 64%

Contact

DistrictMariposa County Office of Education
PrincipalTeena Earheart
GradesTK-12
Enrollment48 students
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Data source: California Department of Education. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, band or rank for this school for 2025 — enrollment, staffing, and finance figures above are CDE's own current data. Data updated 2026-09-27.methodology · data updates · report issue

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