Enrollment
352
Elementary
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACTON-AGUA DULCE UNIFIED·NCES 060000107534
Meadowlark Elementary
3015 West Sacramento St., Acton, CA 93510 · (661) 269-8140 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
246 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 85 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 20% larger than its 4th grade class (71).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Acton-Agua Dulce Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
41.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.5pp since 2014
Math
32.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.3% | 25.2% | 19.3% | 39.3% |
| Math | 10.3% | 22.1% | 31.6% | 36.0% |
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 | 41.5% | 32.4% |
| 2023-24 | 29.4% | 33.3% |
| 2022-23 | 27.6% | 31.5% |
| 2021-22 | 40.3% | 28.6% |
| 2018-19 | 39.0% | 35.1% |
| 2017-18 | 49.6% | 40.4% |
| 2016-17 | 44.9% | 35.0% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Meadowlark Elementary
Meadowlark Elementary's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowlark Elementary this school | 352 | 69.9% | 34.1% |
| Elmhurst Elementary Ventura | 378 | 71.7% | 33.0% |
| Fairgrove Elementary Grover Beach | 365 | 67.9% | 49.2% |
| First Street Elementary Lincoln | 381 | 69.8% | 50.6% |
| Mt. Woodson Elementary Ramona | 349 | 67.9% | 41.5% |
| West Park Elementary Napa | 296 | 70.6% | 25.8% |
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 Meadowlark Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #3,053 of 5,151 | #763 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #2,980 of 5,172 ▼ 242 | #776 of 1,129 ▼ 100 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #2,774 of 5,172 ▲ 1,061 | #672 of 1,129 ▲ 245 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #2,459 of 5,116 | #619 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 352 | #4,252 of 5,915 | #922 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #1,760 of 5,352 | #512 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #2,754 of 5,354 | #449 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.9% | #2,958 of 5,625 | #855 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #1,630 of 3,837 | #547 of 947 |
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
352
+65 (+23%) vs 2020
+19% since 2000-01, when it was 295
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 352 | 16.5 | 21.4:1 | 70% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 16 | 22.4:1 | 65% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 337 | 13 | 25.9:1 | 61% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 287 | 14 | 20.5:1 | 59% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 430 | 19 | 22.6:1 | 57% (245) |
| 2015-16 | 440 | 18 | 24.4:1 | 48% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | N/A | N/A | 28% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 295 | 18 | 16.4:1 | 22% (65) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadowlark Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (430 to 352); teachers down 13% (19 to 16.5).
About Meadowlark Elementary
Meadowlark Elementary is one of the public schools in Acton, California. It is a small elementary school. The school's 352 students are in kindergarten through 4. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Meadowlark Elementary is among 3 schools run by Acton-Agua Dulce Unified, which serves 1,053 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Meadowlark Elementary, with 62% of enrollment. The school is also 34% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 48%. The school's diversity index is 50%, meaning two students picked at random have a 50% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Meadowlark Elementary employs 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 21.4:1. This ratio sits 0.9 below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 70% in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Meadowlark Elementary is 4.5 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 34.1% actual, 38.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Los Angeles County census figures show that the median household income is $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, enrolling about 1,265,907 students in all.
High Desert is the public school closest to Meadowlark Elementary, about 1.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 4. Meadowlark Elementary is 2nd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment grew 23% from its 2020-21 level of 287.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Acton-Agua Dulce Unified
- Vasquez HighHigh · 394 students
- High DesertMiddle · 307 students
Other schools in Acton
- iLEAD HybridCombined · 3,817 students
- Vasquez HighHigh · 394 students
- iLEAD Online CharterCombined · 356 students
- High DesertMiddle · 307 students
Other Meadowlark Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 7 states are named Meadowlark Elementary. Meadowlark Elementary is the 9th largest of the 12.
- Meadowlark ElementaryWinston-Salem, NC · 827 students
- Meadowlark ElementaryBozeman, MT · 492 students
- Meadowlark ElementaryCheyenne, WY · 453 students
- MEADOWLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLKEARNEY, NE · 417 students
- Meadowlark ElementaryPittsburg, KS · 403 students
Nearby schools
- High Desert1.3 mi · 307
- iLEAD Hybrid1.4 mi · 3,817
- iLEAD Online Charter1.4 mi · 356
- Vasquez High2.1 mi · 394
- Anaverde Hills6.2 mi · 517
- Palmdale Learning Plaza7.5 mi · 800
Frequently asked questions
About Meadowlark ElementaryHow many students attend Meadowlark Elementary?
Meadowlark Elementary enrolls approximately 352 students in grades KG-04.
Is Meadowlark Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Meadowlark Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Meadowlark Elementary?
Approximately 21.4:1 students per teacher at Meadowlark Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Meadowlark Elementary?
At Meadowlark Elementary, the student body is approximately 34% White, 62% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian.
Is Meadowlark Elementary public or private?
Meadowlark Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Acton-Agua Dulce Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.