Is Meadow Lane Elementary a good school?

Meadow Lane Elementary ranks 3432 nd of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Meadow Lane Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 468 students attended Meadow Lane Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Meadow Lane Elementary?

Students at Meadow Lane Elementary are 74% Hispanic, 15% White, 5% Two or more races, 2% African American, 2% Asian, 1% American Indian.

What schools do graduates of Meadow Lane Elementary attend?

Students who attend Meadow Lane Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Liberty Middle High : Lemoore High

Meadow Lane Elementary

Summary:

Meadow Lane Elementary is a public elementary school located in Lemoore, California, serving 487 students in grades K-6. It is part of the Lemoore Union Elementary School District, which is ranked 646 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Meadow Lane Elementary faces significant challenges, including a concerning spike in chronic absenteeism rates, from 8.3% in 2017-2018 to 48.1% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the district average of 22.9% and the state average. The school also consistently underperforms the district and state averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, only 37.75% of Meadow Lane students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 50.39% for the district and 47.04% for the state. In Mathematics, Meadow Lane's proficiency rate was 30.12%, while the district and state averages were 34.4% and 35.54%, respectively.

Meadow Lane Elementary struggles to support its subgroups, particularly White and English Language Learner students, who rank in the bottom quartile of California elementary schools. However, Hispanic and Low Socioeconomic Status students at Meadow Lane perform better, but still lag behind their peers in the district and state. The school also has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 71.45% to 78.64% over the past few years, which is higher than the district average of 80.26% for Lemoore Elementary. While Meadow Lane has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 18 to 19.8 over the past few years, this staffing advantage does not appear to be translating into improved student outcomes.

Detail:

Public K-6

325 Meadow Ln.
Lemoore, CA 93245-3418

(559) 924-6840

District: Lemoore Union Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
3432^nd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,154

Students who attend Meadow Lane Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Liberty Middle
High:	Lemoore High

Student/teacher ratio: 17.8

Number of students: 468

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

73.9%

White:

14.7%

Two or more races:

5.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 78.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Meadow Lane Elementary ranks worse than 58.5% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks last among 4 ranked elementary schools in the Lemoore Union Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 36.01. (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 Meadow Lane Elementary has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Lemoore Union Elementary School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (73.9%), White (14.7%), two or more races (5.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 78.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Meadow Lane Elementary is 17.8, which is the lowest among 4 elementary schools in the Lemoore Union Elementary School District! (See more...)

Compare Meadow Lane Elementary employs 26.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Meadow Lane Elementary is $7,154, which is the lowest among 4 elementary schools in the Lemoore Union Elementary School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Meadow Lane Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Meadow Lane Elementary 3432^nd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Meadow Lane Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Lemoore Union Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Lemoore Union Elementary 646^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Meadow Lane Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Meadow Lane Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	23.10	3695^th	4809	23.2%
2005	13.61	4421^st	4822	8.3%
2006	22.63	3812^th	4818	20.9%
2007	18.85	4386^th	5113	14.2%
2008	18.24	4451^st	5113	12.9%
2009	11.78	4921^st	5193	5.2%
2010	11.10	5108^th	5314	3.9%
2011	21.15	4596^th	5377	14.5%
2012	46.62	2839^th	5390	47.3%
2013	44.86	3019^th	5530	45.4%
2015	38.34	3111^th	5611	44.6%
2016	36.86	3276^th	5614	41.6%
2017	27.59	4039^th	5692	29.0%
2018	28.33	3962^nd	5662	30.0%
2019	34.06	3610^th	5789	37.6%
2021	49.14	657^th	1417	53.6%
2022	43.87	2859^th	5883	51.4%
2023	36.30	3410^th	5874	41.9%
2024	36.01	3432^nd	5862	41.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Meadow Lane Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	37.04	1927^th	3246	40.6%
2019	33.68	2225^th	3275	32.1%
2021	29.91	477^th	602	20.8%
2022	39.29	1859^th	3311	43.9%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	36.55	3274^th	5084	35.6%
2019	40.11	3104^th	5173	40.0%
2021	67.77	267^th	1110	75.9%
2022	59.04	1733^rd	5264	67.1%
2023	49.67	2391^st	5374	55.5%
2024	45.27	2726^th	5511	50.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Meadow Lane Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	30.13	3757^th	5413	30.6%
2019	34.68	3441^st	5492	37.3%
2021	49.15	580^th	1267	54.2%
2022	42.99	2810^th	5635	50.1%
2023	35.46	3330^th	5617	40.7%
2024	39.03	3137^th	5605	44.0%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Meadow Lane Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	41.61	993^rd	2128	53.3%
2019	48.46	1023^rd	2585	60.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Meadow Lane Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	28.58	3809^th	5431	29.9%
2019	34.40	3434^th	5510	37.7%
2021	49.19	573^rd	1272	55.0%
2022	44.76	2722^nd	5663	51.9%
2023	36.38	3312^th	5650	41.4%
2024	33.83	3489^th	5636	38.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Meadow Lane Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	24.63	3928^th	4830	18.7%
2019	33.23	3450^th	4963	30.5%
2022	56.53	1806^th	5084	64.5%
2023	44.84	2567^th	5098	49.6%
2024	39.24	3022^nd	5102	40.8%

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Rank History for White students at Meadow Lane Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	26.80	2157^th	2737	21.2%
2019	26.59	2234^th	2834	21.2%
2022	20.71	2258^th	2726	17.2%
2023	23.31	2147^th	2662	19.3%
2024	23.65	2126^th	2647	19.7%

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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 Lane Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	404	52	64	109	7	n/a	n/a	0	636
1989	393	69	54	167	3	n/a	n/a	0	686
1990	375	64	79	173	1	n/a	n/a	0	692
1991	380	76	84	202	5	n/a	n/a	0	747
1992	404	93	103	226	5	n/a	n/a	0	831
1993	391	94	98	234	2	n/a	n/a	0	819
1994	394	87	111	270	3	n/a	n/a	0	865
1995	313	72	86	220	1	n/a	n/a	0	692
1996	313	72	86	220	1	n/a	n/a	0	692
1997	291	85	74	269	3	n/a	n/a	0	722
1998	307	74	66	297	2	n/a	n/a	0	746
1999	303	102	69	315	2	n/a	n/a	0	791
2000	293	95	75	328	9	n/a	n/a	0	800
2001	258	109	83	325	12	n/a	n/a	0	787
2002	187	53	66	305	16	n/a	n/a	0	627
2003	187	53	66	305	16	n/a	n/a	0	627
2004	146	67	67	315	25	n/a	n/a	0	620
2005	158	60	65	308	16	n/a	n/a	0	607
2006	148	61	70	292	13	n/a	n/a	4	588
2007	167	62	51	271	16	n/a	n/a	20	587
2008	139	54	43	277	8	n/a	n/a	0	521
2009	129	53	40	262	9	4	68	0	565
2010	133	29	39	290	7	3	31	0	532
2011	109	26	38	288	4	3	18	0	486
2012	104	39	38	316	7	5	18	0	527
2013	110	35	35	324	2	4	15	0	525
2014	129	24	30	301	2	3	19	0	508
2015	139	20	25	333	1	4	24	0	546
2016	126	17	22	343	2	3	29	0	542
2017	123	23	28	361	5	7	28	0	575
2018	138	24	37	425	6	4	30	0	664
2019	141	30	24	393	7	4	33	0	632
2020	148	31	26	409	12	5	34	0	665
2021	127	23	23	384	11	3	35	0	606
2022	89	18	11	350	7	4	31	0	510
2023	86	12	12	342	5	2	28	0	487
2024	69	11	10	346	6	1	25	0	468

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 Lane Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	636	26.0	24.4	n/a
1989	686	27.0	25.4	n/a
1990	692	27.0	25.6	n/a
1991	747	31.0	24.0	n/a
1992	831	31.5	26.3	47.2
1993	819	31.5	26.0	55.8
1994	865	31.5	27.5	55.3
1995	692	25.0	27.7	55.5
1996	692	25.0	27.7	55.5
1997	722	27.0	26.7	54.8
1998	746	33.0	22.6	57.1
1999	791	36.0	22.0	62.3
2000	800	37.0	21.6	61
2001	787	37.0	21.3	56.9
2002	627	31.0	20.2	61.7
2003	627	31.0	20.2	61.7
2004	620	29.0	21.4	64
2005	607	29.0	20.9	65.7
2006	588	28.0	21.0	67.6
2007	587	30.0	19.6	67
2008	521	34.0	15.3	59.1
2009	565	27.5	17.9	65.8
2010	532	26.0	20.4	59.8
2011	486	n/a	n/a	68.5
2012	527	22.0	23.9	62
2013	525	22.0	23.8	67.6
2014	508	21.2	23.9	60
2015	546	22.0	24.8	64.3
2016	542	24.0	22.5	70.5
2017	575	26.6	21.5	63.5
2018	664	28.6	23.1	70.9
2019	632	30.2	20.8	68.7
2020	665	n/a	n/a	66.2
2021	606	30.5	19.8	71.5
2022	510	28.2	18.0	77.6
2023	487	26.7	18.2	78.6
2024	468	26.2	17.8	78.8

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 Lane Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	636	26.0	24.4	n/a
1989	686	27.0	25.4	n/a
1990	692	27.0	25.6	n/a
1991	747	31.0	24.0	n/a
1992	831	31.5	26.3	47.2
1993	819	31.5	26.0	55.8
1994	865	31.5	27.5	55.3
1995	692	25.0	27.7	55.5
1996	692	25.0	27.7	55.5
1997	722	27.0	26.7	54.8
1998	746	33.0	22.6	57.1
1999	791	36.0	22.0	62.3
2000	800	37.0	21.6	61
2001	787	37.0	21.3	56.9
2002	627	31.0	20.2	61.7
2003	627	31.0	20.2	61.7
2004	620	29.0	21.4	64
2005	607	29.0	20.9	65.7
2006	588	28.0	21.0	67.6
2007	587	30.0	19.6	67
2008	521	34.0	15.3	59.1
2009	565	27.5	17.9	65.8
2010	532	26.0	20.4	59.8
2011	486	n/a	n/a	68.5
2012	527	22.0	23.9	62
2013	525	22.0	23.8	67.6
2014	508	21.2	23.9	60
2015	546	22.0	24.8	64.3
2016	542	24.0	22.5	70.5
2017	575	26.6	21.5	63.5
2018	664	28.6	23.1	70.9
2019	632	30.2	20.8	68.7
2020	665	n/a	n/a	66.2
2021	606	30.5	19.8	71.5
2022	510	28.2	18.0	77.6
2023	487	26.7	18.2	78.6
2024	468	26.2	17.8	78.8

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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