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Enrollment
422
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKLIN-MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY·NCES 061437009827
Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary
1250 Taper Ln., San Jose, CA 95122 · (408) 283-6300 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
389 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 62% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
36.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -9.6pp since 2014
Math
37.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.8% | 16.5% | 26.4% | 37.2% |
| Math | 12.3% | 25.0% | 25.4% | 37.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.4% | 37.3% |
| 2023-24 | 38.2% | 36.2% |
| 2022-23 | 40.3% | 32.3% |
| 2021-22 | 42.4% | 37.2% |
| 2018-19 | 57.9% | 46.2% |
| 2017-18 | 54.0% | 45.9% |
| 2016-17 | 51.3% | 46.3% |
| 2015-16 | 52.0% | 45.0% |
| 2014-15 | 46.0% | 36.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for California 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 California'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 Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary
Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary this school | 422 | 92.2% | 38.6% |
| Heritage Elementary Lodi | 432 | 93.3% | 27.6% |
| Rowland Elementary Rowland Heights | 461 | 91.1% | 16.6% |
| R. F. Hazard Elementary Santa Ana | 383 | 91.4% | 59.5% |
| Gates Street Elementary Los Angeles | 450 | 93.8% | 41.4% |
| Charles Bursch Elementary Baldwin Park | 409 | 91.4% | 28.0% |
Matched among California 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 Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #2,624 of 5,151 | #155 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #2,515 of 5,172 ▼ 25 | #153 of 226 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #3,288 of 5,172 ▼ 392 | #165 of 226 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #953 of 5,116 | #76 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #3,392 of 5,915 | #129 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #985 of 5,352 | #66 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.5% | #3,636 of 5,354 | #191 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.2% | #813 of 5,625 | #1 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #1,529 of 3,837 | #105 of 189 |
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
422
-69 (-14%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 617
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 422 | 21 | 20.1:1 | 92% (389) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 21.5 | 20.1:1 | 66% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 432 | 22.7 | 19.1:1 | 68% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | 22 | 22.3:1 | 77% (376) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 23 | 22.6:1 | 78% (407) |
| 2015-16 | 541 | 24 | 22.5:1 | 81% (437) |
| 2010-11 | 821 | N/A | N/A | 81% (662) |
| 2000-01 | 711 | 34 | 20.9:1 | 59% (423) |
| 1990-91 | 617 | 22 | 28.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (521 to 422); teachers down 9% (23 to 21).
About Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary
Among the schools in San Jose, California, is Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. A total of 422 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 6.
Franklin-McKinley Elementary has a total of 16 schools and 5,663 students, Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary among them.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary, at 77%. The remaining shares are 19% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Santa Clara County's population at about 25%. Pick two students at random and there is a 37% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 20.1:1. This ratio sits 2.2 below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 92% in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Santa Clara County averages 37%, lower than here.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary would score about 25.5%. It scores 38.6%, 13.0 points above that figure.
Census Bureau estimates for Santa Clara County show that the median household income is $164,281, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary is one of 412 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary is Alpha: Jose Hernandez, at a distance of about 0.4 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary is 3rd among 5 schools close by.
The federal government classifies Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary's location as City: Large.
The school enrolled 422 students in 2024-25, 69 fewer than the 491 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 22.3:1 to 20.1:1.
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Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Franklin-McKinley Elementary
- Windmill Springs ElementaryElementary · 598 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 525 students
- Shirakawa (George Sr.) ElementaryElementary · 508 students
- Stonegate ElementaryElementary · 500 students
- Captain Jason M. Dahl ElementaryElementary · 396 students
- G. W. Hellyer ElementaryElementary · 387 students
Other schools in San Jose
- Evergreen Valley HighHigh · 2,703 students
- Independence HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Silver Creek HighHigh · 2,139 students
- Santa Teresa HighHigh · 2,134 students
- Piedmont Hills HighHigh · 1,918 students
- Leigh HighHigh · 1,884 students
Nearby schools
- Alpha: Jose Hernandez0.4 mi · 440
- Alpha: Blanca Alvarado0.4 mi · 500
- Bridges Academy0.5 mi · 274
- College Connection Academy0.5 mi · 213
- Luis Valdez Leadership Academy0.5 mi · 225
- ACE Esperanza Middle0.5 mi · 205
Frequently asked questions
About Jeanne R. Meadows ElementaryHow many students attend Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary?
Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary enrolls approximately 422 students in grades KG-06.
Is Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary have?
Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary?
Student demographics at Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary are roughly 0% White, 77% Hispanic, 1% Black, 19% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary public or private?
Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Franklin-McKinley Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.