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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Meadows Elementary, El Centro, CA

CEP schoolMeadows Elementary is a public elementary school in El Centro, part of Meadows Union. It enrolled 352 students in 2024-25, with 18.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
352
Teachers (FTE)
19.0
Students per teacher
18.5
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 18.5. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.5
District18.5
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
2059 Bowker Rd., El Centro, CA 92243
Phone
(760)352-7512
District
Meadows Union
County
Imperial County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
062439003655
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
257
Reduced-price lunch
20
Free or reduced-price lunch
27778.7% of enrollment.
Direct certification
180Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Elementary schools elsewhere in El Centro

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.