Enrollment
238
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN MATEO-FOSTER CITY·NCES 063492005913
Meadow Heights Elementary
2619 Dolores St., San Mateo, CA 94403 · (650) 312-7566 · San Mateo County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL238 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
18.3:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
112 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 52 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 44% larger than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
46.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.2pp since 2014
Math
48.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.4% | 23.4% | 14.5% | 38.7% |
| Math | 20.0% | 28.0% | 19.2% | 32.8% |
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 | 46.8% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.5% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 42.1% |
| 2021-22 | 41.5% | 41.7% |
| 2020-21 | 41.1% | 39.8% |
| 2018-19 | 59.5% | 51.2% |
| 2017-18 | 56.4% | 43.5% |
| 2016-17 | 46.5% | 36.3% |
| 2015-16 | 52.0% | 45.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Heights Elementary
Meadow Heights Elementary's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Heights Elementary this school | 238 | 47.1% | 45.3% |
| Kohl Open Elementary Stockton | 221 | 43.9% | 27.9% |
| Hermosa Drive Elementary Fullerton | 302 | 48.7% | 55.3% |
| Sycamore Academy of Science and Cultural Arts - Chino Valley Chino | 305 | 46.2% | N/A |
| Rockdale Visual & Performing Arts Magnet Los Angeles | 325 | 46.5% | 63.2% |
| Rachel Carson Elementary San Jose | 199 | 47.2% | 35.0% |
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 Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #2,043 of 5,151 | #60 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,717 of 5,172 ▲ 39 | #59 of 96 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #2,293 of 5,172 ▲ 384 | #66 of 96 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.8pp | #1,439 of 5,116 | #19 of 96 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 238 | #5,178 of 5,915 | #95 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #338 of 5,352 | #12 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #645 of 5,354 | #22 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.1% | #4,045 of 5,625 | #37 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #801 of 3,837 | #18 of 79 |
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
238
-61 (-20%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 495
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 238 | 13 | 18.3:1 | 47% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 243 | 14 | 17.4:1 | 42% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 254 | 13 | 19.5:1 | 32% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 299 | 15 | 19.9:1 | 36% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 13 | 24.9:1 | 37% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 338 | 15 | 22.5:1 | 30% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 329 | N/A | N/A | 24% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 306 | 15 | 20.4:1 | 20% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 495 | 20 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadow Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (323 to 238); teachers unchanged (13 to 13).
About Meadow Heights Elementary
San Mateo, California, is home to Meadow Heights Elementary, a small elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 238 students. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 49% lower.
The district, San Mateo-Foster City, operates 22 schools serving 9,906 students.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Meadow Heights Elementary, 47% of enrollment. Next come 21% White, 13% multiracial, 12% Asian, and 5% Pacific Islander. That compares with about 25% Hispanic among all San Mateo County residents. By the diversity index, Meadow Heights Elementary comes in at 70%.
Staffing totals 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 47%. The 34% average for public schools in San Mateo County is 13 points lower.
allk12 grades Meadow Heights Elementary a B-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Meadow Heights Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 52.0%. Meadow Heights Elementary scores 45.3%, 6.7 points below that line.
In San Mateo County (population about 742,340), median household income is about $158,855, roughly 54% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Meadow Heights Elementary is one of 176 public schools in San Mateo County, which together enroll about 82,403 students.
Beresford Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. Meadow Heights Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 45.3% average proficiency ranks 4th among 9 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment was 299 in 2020-21 and 238 in 2024-25, a decrease of 61 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 19.9:1 to 18.3:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
San Mateo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,340
Census ACS
Median income
$158,855
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
82,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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Other Meadow Heights Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Meadow Heights Elementary. Meadow Heights Elementary is the largest of the 2.
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Nearby schools
- Beresford Elementary0.4 mi · 218
- Hillsdale High0.5 mi · 1,585
- Abbott Middle0.7 mi · 721
- Borel Middle0.8 mi · 903
- Laurel Elementary0.8 mi · 469
- Aragon High1.1 mi · 1,658
Frequently asked questions
About Meadow Heights ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Meadow Heights Elementary?
Meadow Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 238 students in grades KG-05.
Is Meadow Heights Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Meadow Heights Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Meadow Heights Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Meadow Heights Elementary is approximately 18.3:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Meadow Heights Elementary?
Student demographics at Meadow Heights Elementary are roughly 21% White, 47% Hispanic, 1% Black, 12% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Meadow Heights Elementary in?
Meadow Heights Elementary is part of San Mateo-Foster City.
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