Meadow Elementary

As a low-enrollment primary school in Petaluma, California, Meadow Elementary instructs 384 students from grades K through 6, run under Waugh Elementary.

Across the 2 schools in Waugh Elementary (787 students total), Meadow Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Meadow Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 59%; the rest breaks down as 20% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 5% Asian. Compared to Sonoma County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Meadow Elementary records 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Sonoma County (around 51%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Meadow Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.6%, the actual is 73.3%, a residual of +1.8 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Sonoma County indicate median household earnings sit near $104,674, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Sonoma County runs 184 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,389 students), of which Meadow Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Kenilworth Junior High, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Meadow Elementary at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 51.7%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Meadow Elementary's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 421 (now 384). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 today.

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