Enrollment
197
Elementary
DISTRICT 204 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATWOOD HEIGHTS SD 125·NCES 170456000137
Meadow Lane School
11800 S Meadow Lane Dr, Merrionette Park, IL 60803 · (708) 388-6958 · Cook County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL197 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of Illinois public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
121 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 67 | 34% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 30% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 36% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Meadow Lane School→Hamlin Upper Grade Center
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Atwood Heights SD 125. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
31.8%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.8pp since 2023
Math
20.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.8% | 20.2% |
| 2023-24 | 17.0% | 9.7% |
% 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
26.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Meadow Lane School
Meadow Lane School's state test result (26.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Lane School this school | 197 | 61.4% | 26.1% |
| Lawn Manor School Oak Lawn | 210 | 61.4% | N/A |
| Lane Elementary School Alsip | 228 | 59.6% | 31.8% |
| Nathan Hale Intermediate Crestwood | 175 | 66.3% | 27.7% |
| Wolcott School Thornton | 249 | 57.8% | 38.6% |
| Hazelgreen Elementary School Alsip | 290 | 58.3% | 37.9% |
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 Meadow Lane School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #1,410 of 1,925 | #461 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #1,594 of 2,077 ▲ 32 | #530 of 829 ▲ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #1,615 of 2,077 ▲ 59 | #585 of 829 ▲ 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 197 | #2,047 of 2,419 | #821 of 901 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.4% | #962 of 2,132 | #525 of 804 |
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
197
+17 (+9%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 278
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 | 197 | 15 | 13.1:1 | 61% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 178 | 15 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 167 | 14 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 180 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 183 | 14.6 | 12.5:1 | 33% (61) |
| 2015-16 | 224 | 14 | 16.0:1 | 44% (99) |
| 2010-11 | 217 | 13 | 16.7:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 218 | 18 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 278 | 19 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadow Lane School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (183 to 197); teachers up 3% (14.6 to 15).
About Meadow Lane School
Meadow Lane School is a public elementary school in Merrionette Park, Illinois. In all, 197 students attend the school in grades 3 through 5. That is 48% below the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
District-wide, Atwood Heights SD 125 has 3 schools and 589 students.
At Meadow Lane School, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 47%. The remaining students are 29% White, 20% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Cook County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
The school has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.1 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 61% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Among Illinois public elementary schools, Meadow Lane School outscored 15%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Illinois schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Meadow Lane School's results are 9.9 points below predicted: 26.1% against 36.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cook County show that the median household earns about $83,498 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Cook County, 1,406 public schools serve about 697,934 students.
Meadow Lane School is about 0.7 miles from Cassell Elementary School, its nearest public school. Meadow Lane School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Meadow Lane School ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 26.1% against a local average of 32.4%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 9% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Atwood Heights SD 125
- Lawn Manor SchoolElementary · 210 students
- Hamlin Upper Grade CenterMiddle · 182 students
Nearby schools
- Cassell Elementary School0.7 mi · 364
- Vick Early Childhood & Family Center0.9 mi · 417
- Veterans Memorial Middle School0.9 mi · 361
- George Washington Elementary School1.0 mi · 270
- Hamlin Upper Grade Center1.1 mi · 182
- DD Eisenhower High School (Campus)1.2 mi · 1,818
Frequently asked questions
About Meadow Lane SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Meadow Lane School?
Meadow Lane School enrolls approximately 197 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Meadow Lane School serve?
Meadow Lane School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Meadow Lane School?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Meadow Lane School.
How diverse is Meadow Lane School?
Meadow Lane School reports a student body of 29% White, 47% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Meadow Lane School in?
Meadow Lane School is part of Atwood Heights SD 125.
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