Is Meadow Heights Elementary a good school?

Meadow Heights Elementary ranks 2464 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Meadow Heights Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 243 students attended Meadow Heights Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Meadow Heights Elementary?

Students at Meadow Heights Elementary are 49% Hispanic, 20% White, 14% Two or more races, 12% Asian, 4% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of Meadow Heights Elementary attend?

Students who attend Meadow Heights Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Abbott Middle

Meadow Heights Elementary

Summary:

Meadow Heights Elementary is a public elementary school in San Mateo, California, serving 254 students in grades K-5. It is part of the San Mateo-Foster City School District, which is ranked 452 out of 1,568 districts in the state.

While Meadow Heights Elementary has a slightly lower student-teacher ratio than the district average, it faces some significant challenges. The school's test scores are generally lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels and subjects, with proficiency rates around 40-45% in English Language Arts and Math, compared to the district's 50-55% and the state's 35-47%. This performance is particularly low for Hispanic students and English Language Learners, who rank in the bottom 25% of California elementary schools in these subgroups. Additionally, Meadow Heights has seen a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 4.3% in 2018-2019 to 23.3% in 2022-2023, notably higher than the district average of 15-20%.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Baywood Elementary and George Hall Elementary, which have proficiency rates in the 60-70% range for ELA and Math, Meadow Heights Elementary is underperforming. The school's high rates of chronic absenteeism and free/reduced lunch, as well as its demographics with a higher proportion of Hispanic and English Language Learner students, may be contributing factors to the lower academic performance. Addressing these challenges through targeted interventions and community engagement could be crucial for improving student outcomes at Meadow Heights Elementary.

Detail:

Public K-5

2619 Dolores St.
San Mateo, CA 94403-2644

(650) 312-7566

District: San Mateo-Foster City

SchoolDigger Rank:
2464^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,069

Students who attend Meadow Heights Elementary usually attend:

Middle:

Abbott Middle

Student/teacher ratio: 17.3

Number of students: 243

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

49.4%

White:

19.8%

Two or more races:

14.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 42.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Meadow Heights Elementary ranks better than 58% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 12^th among 17 ranked elementary schools in the San Mateo-Foster City School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 51.64. (See more...)

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

Compare Details Student population at Meadow Heights Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (49.4%), White (19.8%), two or more races (14%). (See more...)

Compare Details 42.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Meadow Heights Elementary is 17.3, which is the lowest among 17 elementary schools in the San Mateo-Foster City School District! (See more...)

Compare Meadow Heights Elementary employs 14 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Meadow Heights Elementary is $8,069, which is the 7^th highest among 17 elementary schools in the San Mateo-Foster City School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Meadow Heights Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Meadow Heights Elementary 2464^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Meadow Heights Elementary in the ranking list.)

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San Mateo-Foster City:

SchoolDigger ranks San Mateo-Foster City 452^nd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Meadow Heights Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Meadow Heights Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	87.14	628^th	4809	86.9%
2005	87.59	614^th	4822	87.3%
2006	72.89	1223^rd	4818	74.6%
2007	61.96	1723^rd	5113	66.3%
2008	84.19	785^th	5113	84.6%
2009	82.57	854^th	5193	83.6%
2010	73.95	1282^nd	5314	75.9%
2011	71.35	1433^rd	5377	73.3%
2012	85.19	715^th	5390	86.7%
2013	64.32	1869^th	5530	66.2%
2015	67.18	1604^th	5611	71.4%
2016	64.81	1770^th	5614	68.5%
2017	49.13	2595^th	5692	54.4%
2018	59.26	2070^th	5662	63.4%
2019	66.95	1749^th	5789	69.8%
2021	53.67	600^th	1417	57.7%
2022	50.78	2501^st	5883	57.5%
2023	54.24	2319^th	5874	60.5%
2024	51.64	2464^th	5862	58.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Meadow Heights Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	31.77	2268^th	3246	30.1%
2019	38.69	1865^th	3275	43.1%
2021	16.01	601^st	602	0.2%
2022	27.74	2768^th	3311	16.4%
2023	27.91	2679^th	3250	17.6%
2024	39.44	1862^nd	3160	41.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Meadow Heights Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	57.30	720^th	2420	70.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Meadow Heights Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	33.34	3529^th	5084	30.6%
2019	25.65	4184^th	5173	19.1%
2021	25.75	898^th	1110	19.1%
2022	13.48	5050^th	5264	4.1%
2023	13.47	5146^th	5374	4.2%
2024	20.40	4754^th	5511	13.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Meadow Heights Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	55.85	2199^th	5413	59.4%
2019	68.37	1584^th	5492	71.2%
2021	52.58	541^st	1267	57.3%
2022	50.17	2405^th	5635	57.3%
2023	54.27	2196^th	5617	60.9%
2024	56.52	2099^th	5605	62.6%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Meadow Heights Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	78.86	351^st	2585	86.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Meadow Heights Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	60.62	1895^th	5431	65.1%
2019	63.19	1814^th	5510	67.1%
2021	53.40	523^rd	1272	58.9%
2022	50.95	2393^rd	5663	57.7%
2023	52.98	2287^th	5650	59.5%
2024	46.40	2664^th	5636	52.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Meadow Heights Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	29.68	3574^th	4830	26.0%
2019	23.96	4112^th	4963	17.1%
2022	25.29	4093^rd	5084	19.5%
2023	26.66	3981^st	5098	21.9%
2024	28.81	3807^th	5102	25.4%

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Rank History for White students at Meadow Heights Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	48.30	1571^st	2737	42.6%
2019	74.34	663^rd	2834	76.6%

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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.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Meadow Heights Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	323	20	96	52	0	n/a	n/a	0	491
1989	294	19	88	45	1	n/a	n/a	0	447
1990	280	18	100	65	2	n/a	n/a	0	465
1991	276	24	109	83	3	n/a	n/a	0	495
1992	282	22	120	94	2	n/a	n/a	0	520
1993	291	18	96	130	3	n/a	n/a	0	538
1994	310	17	84	123	1	n/a	n/a	0	535
1995	322	22	84	120	0	n/a	n/a	0	548
1996	322	22	84	120	0	n/a	n/a	0	548
1997	326	17	79	103	0	n/a	n/a	0	525
1998	318	12	83	113	0	n/a	n/a	0	526
1999	160	9	54	65	0	n/a	n/a	0	288
2000	155	9	60	66	2	n/a	n/a	3	295
2001	159	9	70	64	0	n/a	n/a	4	306
2002	132	18	76	70	0	n/a	n/a	3	299
2003	132	18	76	70	0	n/a	n/a	3	299
2004	130	8	80	68	0	n/a	n/a	0	286
2005	126	9	62	76	0	n/a	n/a	1	274
2006	127	13	69	77	0	n/a	n/a	4	290
2007	143	11	58	91	0	n/a	n/a	4	307
2008	133	9	59	82	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	283
2009	134	10	62	94	0	5	8	0	313
2010	135	6	64	89	0	3	12	0	309
2011	137	4	69	94	0	7	18	0	329
2012	131	3	61	94	0	9	18	0	316
2013	133	3	54	105	1	10	24	0	330
2014	127	2	54	107	1	12	33	0	336
2015	129	3	49	122	1	11	33	0	348
2016	121	4	59	108	1	13	32	0	338
2017	112	3	40	116	1	15	29	0	316
2018	104	5	50	115	1	15	33	0	323
2019	101	6	42	138	0	13	39	0	339
2020	88	2	45	148	0	12	35	0	330
2021	73	0	41	128	0	14	43	0	299
2022	58	1	37	127	0	11	46	1	281
2023	53	0	36	115	0	10	39	1	254
2024	48	0	30	120	0	10	34	1	243

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 Meadow Heights Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	491	19.0	25.8	n/a
1989	447	16.5	27.0	n/a
1990	465	18.0	25.8	n/a
1991	495	20.0	24.7	n/a
1992	520	20.3	25.6	20.4
1993	538	22.0	24.5	22.1
1994	535	23.0	23.3	23.6
1995	548	23.2	23.6	20.1
1996	548	23.2	23.6	20.1
1997	525	24.0	21.9	18.7
1998	526	24.0	21.9	17.9
1999	288	15.0	19.2	24
2000	295	15.0	19.7	22.3
2001	306	15.0	20.4	20.5
2002	299	15.0	19.9	26
2003	299	15.0	19.9	26
2004	286	14.0	20.4	25.9
2005	274	13.0	21.1	27.1
2006	290	14.2	20.4	29.7
2007	307	16.0	19.2	29
2008	283	16.0	17.7	27.9
2009	313	15.0	18.4	26.2
2010	309	15.0	20.6	24.3
2011	329	n/a	n/a	24
2012	316	13.5	23.4	n/a
2013	330	14.2	23.2	28.2
2014	336	14.0	24.0	31
2015	348	15.0	23.2	33
2016	338	15.0	22.5	29.9
2017	316	14.0	22.5	39.2
2018	323	13.0	24.8	36.8
2019	339	14.0	24.2	38.1
2020	330	n/a	n/a	37.3
2021	299	15.0	19.9	36.1
2022	281	14.0	20.0	35.2
2023	254	13.0	19.5	32.3
2024	243	14.0	17.3	42.4

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 Meadow Heights Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	491	19.0	25.8	n/a
1989	447	16.5	27.0	n/a
1990	465	18.0	25.8	n/a
1991	495	20.0	24.7	n/a
1992	520	20.3	25.6	20.4
1993	538	22.0	24.5	22.1
1994	535	23.0	23.3	23.6
1995	548	23.2	23.6	20.1
1996	548	23.2	23.6	20.1
1997	525	24.0	21.9	18.7
1998	526	24.0	21.9	17.9
1999	288	15.0	19.2	24
2000	295	15.0	19.7	22.3
2001	306	15.0	20.4	20.5
2002	299	15.0	19.9	26
2003	299	15.0	19.9	26
2004	286	14.0	20.4	25.9
2005	274	13.0	21.1	27.1
2006	290	14.2	20.4	29.7
2007	307	16.0	19.2	29
2008	283	16.0	17.7	27.9
2009	313	15.0	18.4	26.2
2010	309	15.0	20.6	24.3
2011	329	n/a	n/a	24
2012	316	13.5	23.4	n/a
2013	330	14.2	23.2	28.2
2014	336	14.0	24.0	31
2015	348	15.0	23.2	33
2016	338	15.0	22.5	29.9
2017	316	14.0	22.5	39.2
2018	323	13.0	24.8	36.8
2019	339	14.0	24.2	38.1
2020	330	n/a	n/a	37.3
2021	299	15.0	19.9	36.1
2022	281	14.0	20.0	35.2
2023	254	13.0	19.5	32.3
2024	243	14.0	17.3	42.4

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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