Enrollment
384
Elementary
DISTRICT 394 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUGH ELEMENTARY·NCES 064179010332
Meadow Elementary
880 Maria Dr., Petaluma, CA 94954 · (707) 762-4905 · Sonoma County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
22.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
51 students
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 75 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 39% larger than its 6th grade class (54).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
81.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +18.1pp since 2014
Math
69.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 18 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 53.1% | 27.9% | 13.5% | 5.4% |
| Math | 40.1% | 29.7% | 21.6% | 8.6% |
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 | 81.1% | 69.8% |
| 2023-24 | 77.1% | 69.4% |
| 2022-23 | 76.4% | 69.3% |
| 2021-22 | 83.4% | 61.9% |
| 2020-21 | 66.1% | 49.5% |
| 2018-19 | 79.1% | 68.9% |
| 2017-18 | 76.1% | 64.9% |
| 2016-17 | 65.3% | 64.0% |
| 2015-16 | 64.0% | 55.0% |
| 2014-15 | 63.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
74.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Meadow Elementary
Meadow Elementary's state test result (74.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Elementary this school | 384 | 13.3% | 74.7% |
| Carmel River Elementary Carmel | 400 | 14.8% | 79.5% |
| Corona Creek Elementary Petaluma | 403 | 14.4% | 62.2% |
| Mountain View Elementary Santa Barbara | 351 | 16.8% | 79.8% |
| Tierra Bonita Elementary Poway | 377 | 8.2% | 77.8% |
| Ada W. Harris Elementary Cardiff-by-the-Sea | 382 | 11.0% | 71.2% |
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 Meadow Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #440 of 5,151 | #3 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #607 of 5,172 ▲ 28 | #5 of 79 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.1% | #218 of 5,172 ▲ 151 | #2 of 79 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.8pp | #2,377 of 5,116 | #32 of 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #3,878 of 5,915 | #36 of 105 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,301 of 5,352 | #44 of 76 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #1,927 of 5,354 | #24 of 76 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.3% | #5,380 of 5,625 | #89 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #2,847 of 3,837 | #31 of 50 |
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
384
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+3% since 2000-01, when it was 374
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 384 | 17.3 | 22.1:1 | 13% (51) |
| 2023-24 | 371 | 16.3 | 22.7:1 | 12% (46) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 16.3 | 23.1:1 | 12% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 17 | 22.8:1 | 10% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 18 | 23.4:1 | 20% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 436 | 17 | 25.6:1 | 18% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 466 | N/A | N/A | 11% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 374 | 18 | 20.8:1 | 7% (25) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadow Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (421 to 384); teachers down 4% (18 to 17.3).
About Meadow Elementary
Meadow Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Petaluma, California. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 6, with 384 students enrolled.
Waugh Elementary, which runs Meadow Elementary, has 2 schools and 787 students.
At Meadow Elementary, White students make up 59% of the student body. After that, the student body is 20% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, and 5% Asian. For comparison, Sonoma County is about 62% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Meadow Elementary total 17.3 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 22.1:1. That matches the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California fairly closely. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 13%. The 51% average for public schools in Sonoma County is 38 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Meadow Elementary is A-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 81% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Meadow Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 74.7% and a predicted 71.8%.
In Sonoma County (population about 485,040), the median household income is $104,674, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Meadow Elementary is one of 184 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is Kenilworth Junior High, about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Meadow Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Meadow Elementary the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 388 in 2020-21 and 384 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Sonoma County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
485,040
Census ACS
Median income
$104,674
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
184
63,389 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Petaluma
- Casa Grande HighHigh · 1,653 students
- Petaluma HighHigh · 1,193 students
- Kenilworth Junior HighMiddle · 812 students
- Heartwood CharterCombined · 739 students
- Mary Collins Charter School at Cherry ValleyElementary · 494 students
- Petaluma Junior HighMiddle · 454 students
Other Meadow Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Meadow Elementary. Meadow Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBALDWIN, NY · 613 students
Nearby schools
- Kenilworth Junior High0.5 mi · 812
- Corona Creek Elementary0.7 mi · 403
- Sonoma Mountain Elementary0.8 mi · 422
- Cinnabar Charter1.2 mi · 156
- Cinnabar Elementary1.2 mi · 20
- Loma Vista Immersion Academy1.2 mi · 451
Frequently asked questions
About Meadow ElementaryHow large is Meadow Elementary?
Meadow Elementary enrolls approximately 384 students in grades KG-06.
Is Meadow Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Meadow Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Meadow Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Meadow Elementary is approximately 22.1:1 (17 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Meadow Elementary?
Meadow Elementary reports a student body of 59% White, 20% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Meadow Elementary in?
Meadow Elementary is part of Waugh Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.