Meadow Green Elementary

Meadow Green Elementary is a primary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Whittier, California, one of the schools within Lowell Joint, hosting 470 students in grades K through 6.

Across the 6 schools in Lowell Joint (2,980 students total), Meadow Green Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Meadow Green Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 16% White, 9% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Meadow Green Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 45.4%; actual is 62.3%, +16.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Meadow Green Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: John Foster Dulles Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Meadow Green Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 50.5%.

Meadow Green Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Meadow Green Elementary's enrollment has shrank 4% since 2018, when it stood at 490 (now 470). Class-load math has narrowed: from 27.2:1 in 2018 to 24.7:1 in 2025.

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