Millikin Basics+ Elementary School moved from Central Park Elementary to Mariposa School

Posted under: General Area in Santa Clara, Schools in Santa Clara, In My Neighborhood in Santa Clara  |  September 29, 2014 7:37 PM

The rising number of parents who wished to enroll their children in the Santa Clara Unified School District's Millikin Basics+ Elementary School prompted the school’s move away from its former site at Central Park Elementary on Sonoma Place (just north of Central Park) to a bigger campus at the former site of Mariposa School on Hobart Terrace on the West side of Mariposa Gardens in 2013.

Due to an unexpected population drop and unused capacity in neighboring schools, Central Park Elementary was closed in 2012.

After updating the former Mariposa school site, the Millikin Basics + program re-opened at the former Mariposa site in 2012-2013.

The new Millikin Basics+ Elementary School was formerly Mariposa School, established in 1956.
Mariposa School later closed due to declining enrollment, and then was rented out to another educational institution before the school district reclaimed it for the site of the new Millikin campus.

While the old Millikin campus held 402 students, the new campus holds 432 students.