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Enrollment
421
Elementary
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 300·NCES 170855000492
Meadowdale Elementary School
14 Ash St, Carpentersville, IL 60110 · (224) 484-2900 · Kane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL421 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Illinois public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
14.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
373 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 56%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 10 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
25.0%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.3pp since 2023
Math
19.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 19.1% |
| 2023-24 | 16.7% | 11.5% |
% 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
21.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Meadowdale Elementary School
Meadowdale Elementary School's state test result (21.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowdale Elementary School this school | 421 | 88.6% | 21.3% |
| Ortiz De Dominguez Elementary School Chicago | 404 | 87.4% | N/A |
| T Roosevelt Elementary School Cicero | 450 | 88.9% | 23.7% |
| Golfview Elementary School Carpentersville | 401 | 86.8% | 26.5% |
| Cooper Elementary Dual Language Academy Chicago | 428 | 90.0% | 20.8% |
| Acero Chtr - Carlos Fuentes Elementary School Chicago | 370 | 87.0% | 18.2% |
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 Meadowdale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Kane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #1,568 of 1,925 | #55 of 72 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #1,627 of 2,077 ▼ 76 | #67 of 83 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #1,807 of 2,077 ▼ 128 | #68 of 83 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 421 | #897 of 2,419 | #55 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,371 of 2,035 | #45 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.8% | #2,021 of 2,042 | #87 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.6% | #316 of 2,132 | #2 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #524 of 615 | #28 of 32 |
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
421
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 547
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 | 421 | 29.2 | 14.4:1 | 89% (373) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 28.2 | 15.7:1 | 81% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 28.8 | 15.5:1 | 73% (327) |
| 2020-21 | 413 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 411 | 28 | 14.7:1 | 82% (339) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 25 | 17.6:1 | 82% (363) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 88% (378) |
| 2000-01 | 608 | 33 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 547 | 31 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadowdale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (411 to 421); teachers up 4% (28 to 29.2).
About Meadowdale Elementary School
Meadowdale Elementary School is an elementary school in Carpentersville, Illinois, according to federal school records. It serves 421 students in kindergarten through 5.
CUSD 300 has 20,705 students in 27 schools, and Meadowdale Elementary School is one of those schools.
Hispanic students make up 98% of enrollment at Meadowdale Elementary School. That compares with about 33% Hispanic among all Kane County residents. Meadowdale Elementary School's diversity index is 4%, against a US figure of 70%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.4:1, with 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That matches the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois fairly closely. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 89%. The average for public schools in Kane County is 48%.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Meadowdale Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Meadowdale Elementary School scores 21.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 20.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Kane County, the median household income is $103,163, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Meadowdale Elementary School is one of 167 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Sunny Hill Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Meadowdale Elementary School at 6th of 8.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Meadowdale Elementary School had 413 students in 2020-21 and 421 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
Community posts for Meadowdale Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Kane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
517,255
Census ACS
Median income
$103,163
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
167
87,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 300
- Dundee-Crown High SchoolHigh · 2,573 students
- Harry D Jacobs High SchoolHigh · 2,056 students
- Hampshire High SchoolHigh · 2,046 students
- Westfield Community SchoolElementary · 1,287 students
- Dundee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,144 students
- Carpentersville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,142 students
Other schools in Carpentersville
- Dundee-Crown High SchoolHigh · 2,573 students
- Carpentersville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,142 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 749 students
- Lakewood SchoolElementary · 590 students
- Parkview Elementary SchoolElementary · 552 students
- Golfview Elementary SchoolElementary · 401 students
Other Meadowdale Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Meadowdale Elementary. Meadowdale Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Meadowdale ElementaryLYNNWOOD, WA · 430 students
Nearby schools
- Sunny Hill Elementary School0.7 mi · 245
- Lakewood School0.8 mi · 590
- Dundee-Crown High School0.9 mi · 2,573
- Perry Elementary School1.0 mi · 278
- Golfview Elementary School1.0 mi · 401
- Carpentersville Middle School1.4 mi · 1,142
Frequently asked questions
About Meadowdale Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Meadowdale Elementary School?
Meadowdale Elementary School enrolls approximately 421 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Meadowdale Elementary School serve?
Meadowdale Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Meadowdale Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Meadowdale Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Meadowdale Elementary School?
At Meadowdale Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Who oversees Meadowdale Elementary School?
Meadowdale Elementary School is overseen by CUSD 300 in Kane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.