Meadow Glen Elementary

Set in Lexington, South Carolina, Meadow Glen Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school, overseen by Lexington 01. It serves 775 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 47% bigger than the state mean of about 526.

Within Lexington 01, which oversees 31 schools and 27,074 students, Meadow Glen Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Meadow Glen Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment; the rest consists of 20% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Lexington County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the surrounding community, Lexington County reports that the typical household earns roughly $77,408 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Lexington County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,555 students), of which Meadow Glen Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Meadow Glen Middle, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 926 students in 2018 compared to 775 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 70% to 57%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

On this page, members of the Meadow Glen Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.