Meadow Heights Elementary

Located at 2619 Dolores St., in San Mateo, California, Meadow Heights Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary campus that hosts 238 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within San Mateo-Foster City. That puts it 49% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

San Mateo-Foster City runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 9,906 students. Meadow Heights Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Meadow Heights Elementary reports that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 21% White, 13% multiracial, 12% Asian, 5% Pacific Islander. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Meadow Heights Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, San Mateo County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Meadow Heights Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.5%, the actual is 43.1%, a residual of -8.4 points.

Around the school, census data for San Mateo County shows the typical household earns roughly $158,855 per year, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across San Mateo County's 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students), Meadow Heights Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Beresford Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Meadow Heights Elementary at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.7%.

Meadow Heights Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Meadow Heights Elementary has declined 26%, going from 323 students in 2018 to 238 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 32% to 21% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Meadow Heights Elementary typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.