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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 566 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VISTA UNIFIED·NCES 064119001249
Mission Meadows Elementary
5657 Spur Ave., Oceanside, CA 92056 · (760) 630-7884 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
301 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 104 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 53% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
42.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.1pp since 2014
Math
33.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.2% | 19.9% | 24.0% | 33.9% |
| Math | 12.6% | 21.1% | 30.9% | 35.4% |
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 | 42.1% | 33.6% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 36.1% |
| 2022-23 | 46.1% | 35.8% |
| 2021-22 | 43.5% | 27.3% |
| 2018-19 | 55.2% | 49.0% |
| 2017-18 | 53.4% | 48.8% |
| 2016-17 | 41.8% | 41.8% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 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
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Mission Meadows Elementary
Mission Meadows Elementary's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Meadows Elementary this school | 473 | 63.6% | 37.2% |
| Peachland Avenue Elementary Newhall | 463 | 60.9% | 51.9% |
| Stockard Coffee Elementary Modesto | 461 | 62.9% | 40.1% |
| Canalino Elementary Carpinteria | 471 | 62.4% | 46.9% |
| Valley Center Elementary Valley Center | 476 | 63.9% | 29.9% |
| Linden Elementary Linden | 414 | 65.0% | 41.0% |
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 Mission Meadows Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #2,733 of 5,151 | #244 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #2,859 of 5,172 ▼ 361 | #250 of 393 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #2,721 of 5,172 ▲ 405 | #251 of 393 ▲ 23 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #2,490 of 5,116 | #172 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #2,766 of 5,915 | #210 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #2,199 of 5,352 | #121 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #1,878 of 5,354 | #200 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.6% | #3,299 of 5,625 | #205 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #1,659 of 3,837 | #117 of 279 |
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
473
-38 (-7%) vs 2020
-52% since 2000-01, when it was 980
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 473 | 21.5 | 22.0:1 | 64% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 20 | 23.6:1 | 56% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 23 | 20.6:1 | 60% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 23 | 22.2:1 | 62% (316) |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 24 | 24.0:1 | 58% (336) |
| 2015-16 | 588 | 24 | 24.5:1 | 50% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | N/A | N/A | 49% (267) |
| 2000-01 | 980 | 45 | 21.8:1 | 35% (347) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mission Meadows Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (576 to 473); teachers down 10% (24 to 21.5).
About Mission Meadows Elementary
Students in Oceanside, California, attend Mission Meadows Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. The school reports 473 students in kindergarten through 5.
Mission Meadows Elementary is part of Vista Unified, where 28 schools serve 18,969 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Mission Meadows Elementary, with 56% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 28% White, 10% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of San Diego County, the Hispanic share is about 35%. Pick two students at random and there is a 60% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 22.0:1. That matches the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California fairly closely. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 64%. That is 10 points above the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Mission Meadows Elementary's results are 5.0 points below predicted: 37.2% against 42.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for San Diego County show that the median household income is $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Mission Meadows Elementary is one of 766 public schools in the county.
Mission Vista High is the closest public school, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 37.2% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 5 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment declined 7% from its 2020-21 level of 511.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Mission Meadows Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vista Unified
- Rancho Buena Vista HighHigh · 1,949 students
- Vista HighHigh · 1,746 students
- Mission Vista HighHigh · 1,670 students
- Madison MiddleMiddle · 1,158 students
- Roosevelt MiddleMiddle · 866 students
- Vista Magnet Middle School of Technology Science and MathMiddle · 836 students
Other schools in Oceanside
- El Camino HighHigh · 2,463 students
- Coastal Academy CharterCombined · 2,015 students
- Oceanside HighHigh · 1,948 students
- Mission Vista HighHigh · 1,670 students
- SIATechHigh · 1,174 students
- Madison MiddleMiddle · 1,158 students
Nearby schools
- Mission Vista High0.8 mi · 1,670
- Guajome Park Academy Charter1.2 mi · 1,355
- Guajome Learning Centers1.2 mi · 61
- Alamosa Park Elementary1.5 mi · 549
- Roosevelt Middle1.6 mi · 866
- Vista High1.9 mi · 1,746
Frequently asked questions
About Mission Meadows ElementaryHow large is Mission Meadows Elementary?
Mission Meadows Elementary enrolls approximately 473 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Mission Meadows Elementary serve?
Mission Meadows Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Mission Meadows Elementary have?
Mission Meadows Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mission Meadows Elementary?
At Mission Meadows Elementary, the student body is approximately 28% White, 56% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Mission Meadows Elementary public or private?
Mission Meadows Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Vista Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.