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How has Oak Meadows Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
818
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MENIFEE UNION·NCES 062454011715
Oak Meadows Elementary
28600 Poinsettia St., Murrieta, CA 92563 · (951) 246-4210 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL818 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of California public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- B+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
22.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
505 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 156 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 141 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 158 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (156) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (158).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
45.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.7pp since 2014
Math
40.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.1% | 24.2% | 25.2% | 29.5% |
| Math | 15.6% | 24.9% | 27.0% | 32.5% |
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 | 45.3% | 40.4% |
| 2023-24 | 48.8% | 43.1% |
| 2022-23 | 46.3% | 36.7% |
| 2021-22 | 43.8% | 32.0% |
| 2018-19 | 61.7% | 50.8% |
| 2017-18 | 58.5% | 55.2% |
| 2016-17 | 55.3% | 47.3% |
| 2015-16 | 59.0% | 49.0% |
| 2014-15 | 50.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Meadows Elementary
Oak Meadows Elementary's state test result (44.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Meadows Elementary this school | 818 | 61.7% | 44.1% |
| Evans Ranch Elementary Menifee | 817 | 66.2% | 43.9% |
| Southshore Elementary Menifee | 843 | 59.3% | 41.6% |
| Herk Bouris Elementary Lake Elsinore | 734 | 61.3% | 51.5% |
| John F. Kennedy Elementary Riverside | 864 | 56.8% | 56.8% |
| Daniel N. Buchanan Elementary Murrieta | 828 | 62.3% | 52.5% |
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 Meadows Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #2,151 of 5,151 | #83 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #2,262 of 5,172 ▼ 297 | #82 of 283 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #2,425 of 5,172 ▼ 435 | #101 of 283 ▼ 28 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #1,662 of 5,116 | #95 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 818 | #332 of 5,915 | #51 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,272 of 5,352 | #69 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #1,051 of 5,354 | #38 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.7% | #3,390 of 5,625 | #239 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #2,820 of 3,837 | #162 of 207 |
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
818
-16 (-2%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 928
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 23.2:1
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 | 818 | 37 | 22.1:1 | 62% (505) |
| 2023-24 | 846 | 36 | 23.5:1 | 64% (538) |
| 2022-23 | 844 | 37 | 22.8:1 | 55% (467) |
| 2020-21 | 834 | 36 | 23.2:1 | 43% (360) |
| 2017-18 | 899 | 37 | 24.3:1 | 41% (368) |
| 2015-16 | 1,046 | 39 | 26.8:1 | 38% (399) |
| 2010-11 | 928 | N/A | N/A | 31% (291) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Meadows Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (899 to 818); teachers unchanged (37 to 37).
About Oak Meadows Elementary
Oak Meadows Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in Murrieta, California, one of the schools in Menifee Union. There are 818 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. The school is 76% above the average for elementary schools in California.
Oak Meadows Elementary is one school in a 17-school district, Menifee Union, which enrolls 12,247 students.
At Oak Meadows Elementary, 52% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 20% White, 13% multiracial, 8% Asian, and 7% Black. Census estimates put Riverside County at about 51% Hispanic, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
Oak Meadows Elementary has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 22.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 62% at Oak Meadows Elementary. Public schools in Riverside County average 74%.
Oak Meadows Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of California public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Oak Meadows Elementary is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 44.1% actual, 43.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
In the wider Riverside County area, the median household earns about $93,074 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Riverside County, 543 public schools serve about 424,872 students.
Sally Buselt Elementary, about 1.9 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Oak Meadows Elementary ranks 7th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Oak Meadows Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (834) and 2024-25 (818). Its ratio of students to teachers was 23.2:1 in 2020-21, and 22.1:1 in 2024-25.
The Oak Meadows Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Menifee Union
- Harvest Hill S.T.E.A.M. AcademyElementary · 1,196 students
- Bell Mountain MiddleMiddle · 1,066 students
- Kathryn Newport MiddleMiddle · 965 students
- Menifee Valley MiddleMiddle · 941 students
- Southshore ElementaryElementary · 843 students
- Evans Ranch ElementaryElementary · 817 students
Other schools in Murrieta
- Vista Murrieta HighHigh · 3,328 students
- Murrieta Valley HighHigh · 2,104 students
- Murrieta Mesa HighHigh · 2,066 students
- Thompson MiddleMiddle · 1,565 students
- Dorothy McElhinney MiddleMiddle · 1,451 students
- Shivela MiddleMiddle · 1,282 students
Other Oak Meadows Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Oak Meadows Elementary. Oak Meadows Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Oak Meadows Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 477 students
Nearby schools
- Sally Buselt Elementary1.9 mi · 374
- Dorothy McElhinney Middle2.0 mi · 1,451
- Lisa J. Mails Elementary2.2 mi · 1,006
- Vista Murrieta High2.2 mi · 3,328
- Antelope Hills Elementary2.5 mi · 839
- Liberty High2.9 mi · 2,537
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Meadows ElementaryHow many students attend Oak Meadows Elementary?
Oak Meadows Elementary enrolls approximately 818 students in grades KG-05.
Is Oak Meadows Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oak Meadows Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Oak Meadows Elementary?
Approximately 22.1:1 students per teacher at Oak Meadows Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Oak Meadows Elementary?
Student demographics at Oak Meadows Elementary are roughly 20% White, 52% Hispanic, 7% Black, 8% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Oak Meadows Elementary public or private?
Oak Meadows Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Menifee Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.