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How has MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
613
Elementary
DISTRICT 366 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360384000133
MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
880 JACKSON ST, BALDWIN, NY 11510 · (516) 434-6500 · Nassau County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL613 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
246 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 43 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (110).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 72% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
53.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 50.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for New York 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 New York'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 MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 613 | 40.1% | 47.5% |
| PENNINGTON SCHOOL MOUNT VERNON | 409 | 44.0% | 49.3% |
| PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALDWIN | 429 | 41.5% | 66.0% |
| PS 316 ELIJAH STROUD BROOKLYN | 644 | 51.6% | 71.6% |
| BROOKLYN PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL - CSD 13.2 BROOKLYN | 580 | 48.8% | 74.9% |
| PS 9 SARAH SMITH GARNET SCHOOL (THE) BROOKLYN | 782 | 37.2% | 53.5% |
Matched among New York 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 MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #1,266 of 2,335 | #150 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,140 of 2,342 ▲ 146 | #145 of 172 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,215 of 2,343 ▲ 167 | #139 of 172 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 613 | #418 of 2,585 | #28 of 193 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #790 of 2,338 | #69 of 184 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #294 of 2,388 | #27 of 184 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.1% | #1,691 of 2,534 | #49 of 193 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.6% | #252 of 606 | #25 of 70 |
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
613
+48 (+8%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 761
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 613 | 56.2 | 10.9:1 | 40% (246) |
| 2023-24 | 594 | 55.1 | 10.8:1 | 46% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 588 | 56 | 10.5:1 | 40% (238) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | 54 | 10.5:1 | 34% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 554 | 54 | 10.3:1 | 23% (126) |
| 2015-16 | 587 | 55 | 10.7:1 | 25% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 650 | 61 | 10.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 714 | 50 | 14.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 761 | 53 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of BALDWIN, New York. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 613 students. The school's enrollment is 38% above the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
Within BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 7 schools. The district enrolls 4,309 students.
The most common group at MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Black students, at 46%. Other groups make up 29% Hispanic, 13% White, 6% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Nassau County as a whole is about 11% Black, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 56.2 full-time equivalents, or about 10.9 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in New York have 12.8:1, compared with 10.9:1 here. About 40% of students, or 246, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Nassau County is 31%.
After adjusting for student poverty, MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.5%; the prediction is 60.2%.
Census estimates describe Nassau County this way: the median household income is $146,202, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. In all, Nassau County has 315 public schools and roughly 200,775 students.
The shortest distance from MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to BALDWIN MIDDLE SCHOOL. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 9th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment grew from 565 in 2020-21 to 613 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Nassau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,389,591
Census ACS
Median income
$146,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
315
200,775 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BALDWIN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,470 students
- BALDWIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,007 students
- PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 429 students
- STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 293 students
- LENOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 261 students
- BROOKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 236 students
Other schools in BALDWIN
- BALDWIN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,470 students
- BALDWIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,007 students
- PLAZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 429 students
- STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 293 students
- LENOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 261 students
- BROOKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 236 students
Other Meadow Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Meadow Elementary. MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Meadow ElementaryPetaluma, CA · 384 students
Nearby schools
- BALDWIN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,007
- STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 293
- SCHOOL 31.2 mi · 447
- SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,668
- SCHOOL 9M-OCEANSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 801
- LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL1.3 mi · 519
Frequently asked questions
About MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 613 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 13% White, 29% Hispanic, 46% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
MEADOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.