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If you could change one rule at Oak Meadow Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUCKEYE UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 060627011240
Oak Meadow Elementary
7701 Silva Valley Pkwy., El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 · (916) 933-9746 · El Dorado County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
27.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
64 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
74.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.2pp since 2014
Math
75.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 46.1% | 28.1% | 13.4% | 12.4% |
| Math | 42.9% | 32.7% | 15.2% | 9.2% |
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 | 74.2% | 75.6% |
| 2023-24 | 66.1% | 67.9% |
| 2022-23 | 68.5% | 74.9% |
| 2021-22 | 75.7% | 72.5% |
| 2018-19 | 86.8% | 82.7% |
| 2017-18 | 83.5% | 78.4% |
| 2016-17 | 81.0% | 74.3% |
| 2015-16 | 77.0% | 72.0% |
| 2014-15 | 72.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
70.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Oak Meadow Elementary
Oak Meadow Elementary's state test result (70.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Meadow Elementary this school | 412 | 15.5% | 70.9% |
| Torrey Pines Elementary La Jolla | 465 | 16.8% | 83.7% |
| Madera Elementary El Cerrito | 457 | 12.9% | 74.2% |
| Buena Vista Elementary Walnut Creek | 495 | 18.2% | 72.0% |
| Sunset Hills Elementary San Diego | 381 | 10.0% | 71.3% |
| Rolling Hills Elementary San Diego | 490 | 13.1% | 79.5% |
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 Oak Meadow Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In El Dorado County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #618 of 5,151 | #4 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #396 of 5,172 ▲ 305 | #2 of 25 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #529 of 5,172 ▲ 378 | #5 of 25 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.8pp | #3,065 of 5,116 | #14 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #3,529 of 5,915 | #11 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.5:1 | #5,182 of 5,352 | #25 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #499 of 5,354 | #1 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.5% | #5,293 of 5,625 | #22 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.0% | #125 of 3,837 | #1 of 19 |
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
412
-61 (-13%) vs 2020
-46% since 2010-11, when it was 767
Student : Teacher
27.5:1
was 26.3:1
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 | 412 | 15 | 27.5:1 | 16% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 461 | 17 | 27.1:1 | 17% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 496 | 18 | 27.6:1 | 18% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 18 | 26.3:1 | 14% (68) |
| 2017-18 | 698 | 26 | 26.9:1 | 10% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 758 | 29 | 26.1:1 | 8% (59) |
| 2010-11 | 767 | N/A | N/A | 6% (44) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Meadow Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (698 to 412); teachers down 42% (26 to 15).
About Oak Meadow Elementary
Oak Meadow Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in El Dorado Hills, California. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 412 students.
Oak Meadow Elementary sits within Buckeye Union Elementary, which has 9 schools and 4,151 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Oak Meadow Elementary. The largest is White students, at 43%. The school is also 23% Asian, 19% Hispanic, and 13% multiracial. That is lower than the 78% White share among all El Dorado County residents. Oak Meadow Elementary's diversity index is 71%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 27.5 students per teacher and 15 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 32% average among public schools in El Dorado County.
Oak Meadow Elementary is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 71% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The model predicts 70.4% for a school in California with Oak Meadow Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Oak Meadow Elementary posts 70.9%.
Within El Dorado County, the median household income is $108,845, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. In all, El Dorado County has 69 public schools and roughly 34,706 students.
The shortest distance from Oak Meadow Elementary to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Buckeye Union Mandarin Immersion Charter. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Oak Meadow Elementary is 5th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Oak Meadow Elementary is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Oak Meadow Elementary's enrollment dropped from 473 in 2020-21 to 412 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 26.3:1 to 27.5:1.
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El Dorado County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
192,662
Census ACS
Median income
$108,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
34,706 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Buckeye Union Elementary
- Rolling Hills MiddleMiddle · 778 students
- Charter Montessori Valley View CampusElementary · 692 students
- Camerado Springs MiddleMiddle · 536 students
- Blue Oak ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Silva Valley ElementaryElementary · 416 students
- William Brooks ElementaryElementary · 372 students
Other schools in El Dorado Hills
- CottonwoodCombined · 3,563 students
- Clarksville CharterCombined · 2,347 students
- Oak Ridge HighHigh · 2,346 students
- John Adams Academy - El Dorado HillsCombined · 1,580 students
- Rolling Hills MiddleMiddle · 778 students
- Marina Village MiddleMiddle · 750 students
Other Oak Meadow Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Oak Meadow Elementary. Oak Meadow Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Oak Meadow Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 395 students
Nearby schools
- Buckeye Union Mandarin Immersion Charter0.0 mi · 180
- Silva Valley Elementary0.9 mi · 416
- William Brooks Elementary1.2 mi · 372
- Rolling Hills Middle1.3 mi · 778
- Oak Ridge High1.3 mi · 2,346
- Russell Ranch Elementary1.9 mi · 503
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Meadow ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Oak Meadow Elementary?
Oak Meadow Elementary enrolls approximately 412 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Oak Meadow Elementary serve?
Oak Meadow Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Oak Meadow Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Oak Meadow Elementary is approximately 27.5:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Oak Meadow Elementary?
Student demographics at Oak Meadow Elementary are roughly 43% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 23% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Oak Meadow Elementary public or private?
Oak Meadow Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Buckeye Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.