Meadow Park Elementary

Meadow Park Elementary operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in Irvine, California, one of the schools within Irvine Unified. Current enrollment sits at 592 students spanning grades K through 6. That puts it 27% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Irvine Unified runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 37,948 students. Meadow Park Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Meadow Park Elementary shows that 38% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 33% Asian, 14% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 28.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Meadow Park Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.9%; this one delivers 75.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household earnings sit near $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Orange County's 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), Meadow Park Elementary is one campus in the mix.

South Lake Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Meadow Park Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 65.1%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Meadow Park Elementary has ticked down 5%, going from 626 students in 2018 to 592 in 2025.

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