Meadow View Elementary School

As a heavily attended elementary-level community in Plainfield, Illinois, Meadow View Elementary School teaches 627 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Plainfield SD 202. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 65% above typical.

Within Plainfield SD 202, which oversees 30 schools and 24,556 students, Meadow View Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Meadow View Elementary School records that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 22% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Meadow View Elementary School logs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Meadow View Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Will County put median household earnings sit near $109,984, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Will County's 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), Meadow View Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Charles Reed Elementary Sch, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Meadow View Elementary School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 43.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 23%: 509 students in 2018 compared to 627 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 57% to 44%. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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