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How has Meadowdale Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDMONDS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530240000350
Meadowdale Elementary
6505 168TH ST SW, LYNNWOOD, WA 98037 · (425) 431-7754 · Snohomish County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
210 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 51%
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 | 32 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 58% smaller than its 6th grade class (76).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
48.7%
WA avg 58.4% . -10.2pp since 2014
Math
46.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -7.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.7% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.4% | 45.1% |
| 2022-23 | 53.1% | 49.6% |
| 2021-22 | 46.7% | 44.0% |
| 2018-19 | 63.4% | 63.7% |
| 2017-18 | 62.0% | 60.4% |
| 2016-17 | 55.0% | 57.1% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 53.5% |
| 2014-15 | 58.9% | 53.4% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 Meadowdale Elementary
Meadowdale Elementary's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowdale Elementary this school | 430 | 48.8% | 48.3% |
| Hazelwood Elementary LYNNWOOD | 419 | 49.2% | 42.7% |
| Covington Elementary School Covington | 456 | 52.0% | 46.7% |
| Oak Heights Elementary LYNNWOOD | 526 | 48.3% | 42.1% |
| Echo Lake Elementary School Shoreline | 416 | 46.4% | 51.6% |
| Lynndale Elementary EDMONDS | 442 | 53.8% | 47.1% |
Matched among Washington 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 Meadowdale Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #457 of 936 | #63 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #509 of 1,103 ▲ 18 | #62 of 106 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #544 of 1,102 ▼ 58 | #64 of 106 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #433 of 928 | #53 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #518 of 1,268 | #79 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #160 of 1,085 | #10 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.5% | #158 of 1,088 | #13 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.8% | #666 of 1,169 | #49 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.3% | #313 of 778 | #10 of 68 |
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
430
-71 (-14%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 430 | 30.5 | 14.1:1 | 49% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 51% (242) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 30.8 | 15.6:1 | 47% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 32 | 15.7:1 | 41% (206) |
| 2017-18 | 533 | 30.4 | 17.6:1 | 45% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 26 | 18.6:1 | 50% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 25 | 20.6:1 | 28% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 449 | 21 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 490 | 21 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadowdale Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (533 to 430); teachers unchanged (30.4 to 30.5).
About Meadowdale Elementary
Meadowdale Elementary serves students in LYNNWOOD, Washington, as a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 430 students in kindergarten through 6.
Edmonds School District, which runs Meadowdale Elementary, has 37 schools and 20,955 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Meadowdale Elementary. The largest is White students, at 35%. Next come 29% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 12% Black, and 7% multiracial. That compares with about 64% White among all Snohomish County residents. Meadowdale Elementary's diversity index is 74%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 14.1 students per teacher and 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.2 below the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 49%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 47.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Snohomish County, the median household income is $111,246, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Meadowdale Elementary is one of 227 public schools in the county.
Meadowdale Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.1 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Meadowdale Elementary comes in 3rd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 430 students in 2024-25, 71 fewer than the 501 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.7:1 to 14.1:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Meadowdale Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Edmonds School District
- Edmonds Woodway High SchoolHigh · 1,605 students
- Meadowdale High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Mountlake Terrace High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Lynnwood High SchoolHigh · 1,335 students
- Meadowdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Alderwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
Other schools in LYNNWOOD
- Meadowdale High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Meadowdale Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- Alderwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Spruce ElementaryElementary · 632 students
- Lake Stickney Elementary SchoolElementary · 628 students
- Lynnwood ElementaryElementary · 578 students
Other Meadowdale Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Meadowdale Elementary. Meadowdale Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Meadowdale Elementary SchoolCarpentersville, IL · 421 students
Nearby schools
- Meadowdale Middle School0.1 mi · 740
- Meadowdale High School0.4 mi · 1,491
- Beverly Elementary0.8 mi · 413
- Lynndale Elementary1.6 mi · 442
- Spruce Elementary1.7 mi · 632
- Lynnwood Elementary1.7 mi · 578
Frequently asked questions
About Meadowdale ElementaryHow many students attend Meadowdale Elementary?
Meadowdale Elementary enrolls approximately 430 students in grades KG-06.
Is Meadowdale Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Meadowdale Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Meadowdale Elementary have?
Meadowdale Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Meadowdale Elementary?
Student demographics at Meadowdale Elementary are roughly 35% White, 29% Hispanic, 12% Black, 17% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Meadowdale Elementary?
Meadowdale Elementary is overseen by Edmonds School District in Snohomish County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.