Schools in Mariposa County Unified · Mariposa County

About schools in Mariposa County

None of Mariposa County's six public schools crack the top quartile statewide, yet the two leading schools — Sierra Foothill Charter in Catheys Valley and Mariposa County High in Mariposa — both land around the 65th–66th percentile, suggesting a reasonably consistent floor across this single-district, largely rural system. With just one high school serving the entire county and elementary options spread across remote communities like El Portal near Yosemite's gates, families are working with limited choices rather than a competitive landscape. For those already rooted here, the schools perform respectably given the geography; families relocating with school performance as a priority will find modest but stable options.