Meadows Elementary

Set in Valencia, California, Meadows Elementary is a high-enrollment primary school, part of Newhall. It caters to 729 students across grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Meadows Elementary sits 57% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 10 schools in Newhall (6,020 students total), Meadows Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Meadows Elementary shows that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.0:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Meadows Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 58.2%; actual is 76.4%, +18.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Meadows Elementary is one.

Old Orchard Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Meadows Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 58.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 10%: 664 students in 2018 compared to 729 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 26.0:1 today.

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