Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary

Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in San Jose, California, run under Franklin-McKinley Elementary, works with 422 students in grades K through 6.

Franklin-McKinley Elementary comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 5,663 students; Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary records that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder reads as 19% Asian. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 92% of students at Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

With demographic context factored in, Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 24.6%; actual is 39.1%, +14.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, census data for Santa Clara County shows median household earnings sit near $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary is one.

Alpha: Blanca Alvarado is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jeanne R. Meadows Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 19%: 521 students in 2018 compared to 422 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 67% to 77% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.