Meadow Lane School

Set in Merrionette Park, Illinois, Meadow Lane School is a cozy elementary school, run under Atwood Heights SD 125. It hosts 197 students across grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 48% smaller than the state mean of about 381.

Atwood Heights SD 125 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 589 students; Meadow Lane School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Meadow Lane School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% White, 20% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Meadow Lane School lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Meadow Lane School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.0%; this one delivers 26.1%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household income runs about $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Meadow Lane School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cassell Elem School, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Meadow Lane School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 32.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Meadow Lane School's enrollment has ticked up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 183 (now 197). Black enrollment moved from 13% to 20% across the same window.

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