Meadowbrook Middle

Summary:

Meadowbrook Middle is a public middle school located in Poway, CA, serving grades 6-8 with an enrollment of 1,030 students. It is part of the highly-rated Poway Unified School District, which is ranked 125 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. Meadowbrook Middle has consistently maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past several years, ranking in the top 15% of California middle schools.

Meadowbrook Middle students consistently outperform the state average in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics, with proficiency rates of 59.4% in ELA and 49.39% in Math, compared to the state averages of 47.04% and 35.54% respectively. The school also has strong performance across various student subgroups, with Asian students ranking 211 out of 741 California middle schools and English Language Learners ranking 240 out of 1,477 schools, both in the top 30% of the state. However, Meadowbrook Middle has seen a recent increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 4.4% in 2017-2018 to 17.0% in 2022-2023, which is an area of concern.

When compared to other middle schools in the Poway Unified District, such as Mesa Verde, Black Mountain, and Oak Valley, Meadowbrook Middle performs well, but these schools consistently rank higher in the state. Meadowbrook also significantly outperforms middle schools in the Escondido Union and San Diego Unified districts, such as Bear Valley Middle, which has proficiency rates around 30% in both ELA and Math.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 12320 Meadowbrook Ln.
       Poway, CA  92064-3599


(858) 748-0802

District: Poway Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
459th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $6,905 Help


Feeder schools for Meadowbrook Middle:

Elementary:    Creekside Elementary
    Morning Creek Elementary
    Pomerado Elementary
    Shoal Creek Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  21.5 Help
Number of students:  984

Racial breakdown:

White:
36.5%
Hispanic:
28.2%
Asian:
21.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  25.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Meadowbrook Middle ranks better than 83.5% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 5th among 6 ranked middle schools in the Poway Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 80.94. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Meadowbrook Middle has the smallest middle school student body size in the Poway Unified School District. Student population at Meadowbrook Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (36.5%), Hispanic (28.2%), Asian (21.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 25.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Poway Unified School District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Meadowbrook Middle is 21.5, which is the 2nd best among 6 middle schools in the Poway Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Meadowbrook Middle is $6,905, which is the 3rd highest among 6 middle schools in the Poway Unified School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Meadowbrook Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Meadowbrook Middle 459th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Meadowbrook Middle in the ranking list.)

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Poway Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Poway Unified 125th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Meadowbrook Middle

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Rank History for all students at Meadowbrook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 84.07 221st 1769 87.5%
2005 80.35 280th 1777 84.2%
2006 84.18 222nd 1804 87.7%
2007 84.77 219th 1999 89.0%
2008 80.04 286th 2005 85.7%
2009 77.12 345th 2063 83.3%
2010 72.35 497th 2179 77.2%
2011 71.89 495th 2236 77.9%
2012 72.72 509th 2259 77.5%
2013 70.37 584th 2379 75.5%
2015 87.25 285th 2477 88.5%
2016 89.22 248th 2497 90.1%
2017 85.23 350th 2508 86.0%
2018 85.44 333rd 2480 86.6%
2019 86.14 346th 2715 87.3%
2022 84.87 390th 2740 85.8%
2023 85.01 373rd 2802 86.7%
2024 80.94 459th 2777 83.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Meadowbrook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.83 221st 462 52.2%
2019 53.77 289th 554 47.8%
2022 60.43 266th 665 60.0%
2023 57.45 302nd 678 55.5%
2024 56.83 305th 699 56.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Meadowbrook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.57 257th 1364 81.2%
2019 66.21 231st 1442 84.0%
2022 66.84 226th 1540 85.3%
2023 61.97 245th 1529 84.0%
2024 62.38 240th 1477 83.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Meadowbrook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 66.70 308th 1538 80.0%
2024 74.86 231st 1550 85.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Meadowbrook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.82 839th 2230 62.4%
2019 60.12 728th 2369 69.3%
2022 49.04 1050th 2458 57.3%
2023 59.90 751st 2549 70.5%
2024 50.42 1025th 2575 60.2%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Meadowbrook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 55.81 115th 336 65.8%
2023 85.15 26th 321 91.9%
2024 64.64 87th 394 77.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Meadowbrook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.54 358th 2262 84.2%
2019 83.10 366th 2380 84.6%
2022 85.15 338th 2509 86.5%
2023 85.97 325th 2547 87.2%
2024 77.16 492nd 2546 80.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Meadowbrook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.38 166th 1369 87.9%
2019 73.95 244th 1491 83.6%
2022 75.75 222nd 1531 85.5%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Meadowbrook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 77.88 35th 193 81.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Meadowbrook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.04 303rd 2273 86.7%
2019 86.81 304th 2407 87.4%
2022 82.45 397th 2527 84.3%
2023 82.13 391st 2558 84.7%
2024 81.93 391st 2547 84.6%
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Rank History for Asian students at Meadowbrook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.74 200th 700 71.4%
2019 69.49 250th 745 66.4%
2022 71.00 226th 733 69.2%
2023 69.38 245th 718 65.9%
2024 71.85 211th 741 71.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Meadowbrook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.91 121st 600 79.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Meadowbrook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.58 480th 2072 76.8%
2019 74.52 408th 2213 81.6%
2022 71.37 467th 2359 80.2%
2023 70.67 491st 2391 79.5%
2024 68.56 534th 2383 77.6%
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Rank History for White students at Meadowbrook Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.76 343rd 1496 77.1%
2019 76.88 322nd 1602 79.9%
2022 74.36 337th 1555 78.3%
2023 70.06 418th 1552 73.1%
2024 57.18 637th 1535 58.5%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Meadowbrook Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1055 26 99 61 1 n/a n/a 0 1242
1989 977 26 114 58 1 n/a n/a 0 1176
1990 1010 20 132 57 0 n/a n/a 0 1219
1991 931 26 156 59 0 n/a n/a 0 1172
1992 963 35 195 64 0 n/a n/a 0 1257
1993 992 42 215 85 1 n/a n/a 0 1335
1994 919 41 235 107 2 n/a n/a 0 1304
1995 835 35 206 103 9 n/a n/a 0 1188
1996 835 35 206 103 9 n/a n/a 0 1188
1997 879 38 208 112 7 n/a n/a 0 1244
1998 924 47 202 129 7 n/a n/a 0 1309
1999 916 46 231 147 12 n/a n/a 0 1352
2000 921 44 232 140 9 n/a n/a 28 1374
2001 947 47 267 145 13 n/a n/a 42 1461
2002 1002 50 285 178 7 n/a n/a 81 1603
2003 1002 50 285 178 7 n/a n/a 81 1603
2004 963 45 281 188 8 n/a n/a 70 1555
2005 922 45 271 183 10 n/a n/a 73 1504
2006 806 39 292 200 9 n/a n/a 71 1417
2007 743 39 319 206 8 n/a n/a 74 1389
2008 686 48 334 231 5 n/a n/a 0 1304
2009 657 43 309 208 8 13 49 0 1287
2010 603 37 281 218 9 10 71 0 1229
2011 646 43 289 234 8 10 25 0 1255
2012 625 55 298 247 9 8 34 0 1276
2013 639 58 292 266 6 7 52 0 1320
2014 634 53 315 268 5 5 67 0 1347
2015 627 40 333 271 5 3 64 0 1343
2016 628 40 332 293 4 3 71 0 1371
2017 582 39 334 313 3 3 83 0 1357
2018 567 42 312 344 1 3 114 0 1383
2019 535 33 269 329 1 4 144 0 1315
2020 437 37 249 350 1 3 188 2 1267
2021 424 25 245 344 1 3 148 1 1191
2022 390 24 231 304 0 2 144 2 1097
2023 378 19 227 282 2 1 119 2 1030
2024 359 25 209 277 1 0 111 2 984

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Meadowbrook Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1242 56.3 22.0 n/a
1989 1176 51.4 22.8 n/a
1990 1219 53.7 22.7 n/a
1991 1172 54.0 21.7 n/a
1992 1257 54.9 22.8 7.2
1993 1335 56.8 23.5 9.6
1994 1304 54.9 23.8 12.9
1995 1188 48.8 24.3 17
1996 1188 48.8 24.3 17
1997 1244 49.8 25.0 13.7
1998 1309 52.4 25.0 15
1999 1352 53.5 25.3 14.5
2000 1374 58.0 23.7 12.6
2001 1461 61.4 23.8 16.1
2002 1603 68.3 23.5 11.3
2003 1603 68.3 23.5 11.3
2004 1555 65.5 23.7 15.2
2005 1504 59.0 25.5 14.4
2006 1417 57.6 24.6 16.9
2007 1389 57.8 24.0 17.9
2008 1304 62.3 20.9 19.8
2009 1287 51.1 22.2 17.6
2010 1229 43.2 28.4 20.7
2011 1255 n/a n/a 22.4
2012 1276 43.9 29.0 n/a
2013 1320 45.7 28.8 23.4
2014 1347 49.6 27.1 25.8
2015 1343 53.0 25.3 23.8
2016 1371 52.0 26.3 23.1
2017 1357 53.5 25.3 23.2
2018 1383 52.6 26.2 27
2019 1315 51.4 25.5 30.3
2020 1267 n/a n/a 25.7
2021 1191 54.0 22.0 23.8
2022 1097 48.3 22.6 23.1
2023 1030 44.8 22.9 24.8
2024 984 45.6 21.5 25.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Meadowbrook Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1242 56.3 22.0 n/a
1989 1176 51.4 22.8 n/a
1990 1219 53.7 22.7 n/a
1991 1172 54.0 21.7 n/a
1992 1257 54.9 22.8 7.2
1993 1335 56.8 23.5 9.6
1994 1304 54.9 23.8 12.9
1995 1188 48.8 24.3 17
1996 1188 48.8 24.3 17
1997 1244 49.8 25.0 13.7
1998 1309 52.4 25.0 15
1999 1352 53.5 25.3 14.5
2000 1374 58.0 23.7 12.6
2001 1461 61.4 23.8 16.1
2002 1603 68.3 23.5 11.3
2003 1603 68.3 23.5 11.3
2004 1555 65.5 23.7 15.2
2005 1504 59.0 25.5 14.4
2006 1417 57.6 24.6 16.9
2007 1389 57.8 24.0 17.9
2008 1304 62.3 20.9 19.8
2009 1287 51.1 22.2 17.6
2010 1229 43.2 28.4 20.7
2011 1255 n/a n/a 22.4
2012 1276 43.9 29.0 n/a
2013 1320 45.7 28.8 23.4
2014 1347 49.6 27.1 25.8
2015 1343 53.0 25.3 23.8
2016 1371 52.0 26.3 23.1
2017 1357 53.5 25.3 23.2
2018 1383 52.6 26.2 27
2019 1315 51.4 25.5 30.3
2020 1267 n/a n/a 25.7
2021 1191 54.0 22.0 23.8
2022 1097 48.3 22.6 23.1
2023 1030 44.8 22.9 24.8
2024 984 45.6 21.5 25.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Meadowbrook Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $6,905

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Meadowbrook Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 346th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 373rd of 2802 Middle schools
 0.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Meadowbrook Middle)65.561.7
 3.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Poway Unified)7370.4
 2.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Meadowbrook Middle)52.251.4
 0.7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Poway Unified)63.161.4
 1.7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Meadowbrook Middle)73.464.8
 8.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Poway Unified)75.174.3
 0.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Meadowbrook Middle)65.452.1
 13.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Poway Unified)65.761.7
 4.1%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Meadowbrook Middle)67.362.1
 5.1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Poway Unified)74.572
 2.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Meadowbrook Middle)58.449.3
 9.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Poway Unified)68.660.7
 7.9%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Meadowbrook Middle)52.349.7
 2.5%
   8th Grade Science (Poway Unified)61.861.5
 0.3%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students13151030
 21.7%
African American3319
 42.4%
American Indian12
 100%
Asian269227
 15.6%
Hispanic329282
 14.3%
Pacific Islander41
 75%
White535378
 29.3%
Two or More Races144119
 17.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients30.3%24.8%
 5.5%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 984 students attended Meadowbrook Middle.

Meadowbrook Middle ranks 459th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students at Meadowbrook Middle are 36% White, 28% Hispanic, 21% Asian, 11% Two or more races, 3% African American.


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