Enrollment
312
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DANVILLE CCSD 118·NCES 171179001391
Meade Park Elementary School
200 S Kansas Ave, Danville, IL 61834 · (217) 444-1925 · Vermilion County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL312 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
301 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (55).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 69% · 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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
20.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.1pp since 2023
Math
14.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.0% | 14.7% |
| 2023-24 | 7.9% | 8.9% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. 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
15.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 Meade Park Elementary School
Meade Park Elementary School's state test result (15.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meade Park Elementary School this school | 312 | 96.5% | 15.3% |
| Wells Elementary School East Moline | 307 | 94.8% | 19.7% |
| Liberty Elementary School Danville | 377 | 95.0% | 13.3% |
| Taft Primary School Kankakee | 316 | 91.1% | 18.5% |
| Pleasant Valley Primary School Peoria | 248 | 98.0% | 33.0% |
| South Shores Elementary School Decatur | 335 | 87.2% | 8.0% |
Matched among Illinois 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 Meade Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Vermilion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #1,743 of 1,925 | #14 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #1,743 of 2,077 ▼ 74 | #13 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #1,924 of 2,077 ▲ 66 | #13 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 312 | #1,473 of 2,419 | #8 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,188 of 2,035 | #7 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #373 of 2,042 | #5 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.5% | #106 of 2,132 | #1 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #803 of 1,461 | #5 of 8 |
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
312
+32 (+11%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 324
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 | 312 | 22.5 | 13.9:1 | 96% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 18.5 | 16.9:1 | 96% (300) |
| 2022-23 | 281 | 18.5 | 15.2:1 | 95% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 280 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 23 | 15.4:1 | 86% (305) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 20 | 19.4:1 | 93% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 414 | 20 | 20.7:1 | 96% (399) |
| 2000-01 | 364 | 22 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 324 | 23 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meade Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (355 to 312); teachers down 2% (23 to 22.5).
About Meade Park Elementary School
Meade Park Elementary School runs as a small elementary school in Danville, Illinois. In all, 312 students attend the school in kindergarten through 4.
Meade Park Elementary School is among 9 schools run by Danville CCSD 118, which serves 4,940 students.
Federal enrollment data show Meade Park Elementary School is 51% Black. Other groups include 27% White, 12% multiracial, and 11% Hispanic. The county population is about 15% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
Staffing at Meade Park Elementary School comes to 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.9:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. On the income side, 96% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Vermilion County report 71%.
In Illinois, Meade Park Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 15.3% actual against a predicted 15.8%.
In the surrounding county, Vermilion County, the median household earns about $56,877 a year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Vermilion County has 41 public schools with about 11,267 students, including Meade Park Elementary School.
Among nearby public schools, Northeast Elementary Magnet School is closest at about 1.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Meade Park Elementary School comes in 7th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Meade Park Elementary School as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 312, compared with 280 in 2020-21.
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Vermilion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,386
Census ACS
Median income
$56,877
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
11,267 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Danville CCSD 118
- Danville High SchoolHigh · 1,253 students
- North Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- South View Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 664 students
- Mark Denman Elementary SchoolElementary · 545 students
- Southwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 469 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
Other schools in Danville
- Danville High SchoolHigh · 1,253 students
- North Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 740 students
- South View Upper Elementary SchoolMiddle · 664 students
- Mark Denman Elementary SchoolElementary · 545 students
- Southwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 469 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
Nearby schools
- Northeast Elementary Magnet School1.4 mi · 347
- Mark Denman Elementary School1.6 mi · 545
- Danville High School2.5 mi · 1,253
- North Ridge Middle School3.1 mi · 740
- South View Upper Elementary School3.1 mi · 664
- Edison Elementary School3.4 mi · 233
Frequently asked questions
About Meade Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Meade Park Elementary School?
Meade Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 312 students in grades KG-04.
Is Meade Park Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Meade Park Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Meade Park Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Meade Park Elementary School is approximately 13.9:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Meade Park Elementary School?
Meade Park Elementary School reports a student body of 27% White, 11% Hispanic, 51% Black, 12% Two or more.
What district is Meade Park Elementary School in?
Meade Park Elementary School is part of Danville CCSD 118.
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