Meadows Elementary

Located at 1101 Helen Dr., in Millbrae, California, Meadows Elementary is a compact elementary campus that instructs 360 students (grades K through 5), part of Millbrae Elementary. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 23% below typical.

Millbrae Elementary runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,106 students. Meadows Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Meadows Elementary reports that the largest single group is Asian, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 16% White, 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 31% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.5:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 15% of students at Meadows Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Mateo County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Meadows Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.7%; this one delivers 77.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for San Mateo County shows the typical household earns roughly $158,855 per year, roughly 54% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Mateo County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students), of which Meadows Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Green Hills Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Meadows Elementary. On composite proficiency, Meadows Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 52.2%.

Meadows Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 17%: 434 students in 2018 compared to 360 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 22% to 16%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.2:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 in 2025.

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