Oak Meadow Elementary

Oak Meadow Elementary is a primary school of medium-sized scale in El Dorado Hills, California, operated by Buckeye Union Elementary, caters to 412 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 9 schools in Buckeye Union Elementary (4,151 students total), Oak Meadow Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Oak Meadow Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 23% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 13% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 27.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, El Dorado County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Oak Meadow Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.3%, the actual is 66.9%, a residual of -3.4 points.

In the area at large, El Dorado County reports that median household income runs about $108,845, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across El Dorado County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,706 students), Oak Meadow Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Buckeye Union Mandarin Immersion Charter, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Oak Meadow Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 75.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Oak Meadow Elementary has ticked down 41%, going from 698 students in 2018 to 412 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 55% to 43% over that span.

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