Meadowview School

As a low-enrollment elementary campus in Country Club Hills, Illinois, Meadowview School enrolls 293 students from grades 3 through 5, run under Country Club Hills SD 160. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Meadowview School sits 23% below that benchmark.

Country Club Hills SD 160 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 849 students. Meadowview School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Meadowview School records that nearly all students (86%) are Black. The remainder consists of 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Meadowview School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Meadowview School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 33.7%; Meadowview School posts 19.8%, -13.8 points below that line.

Around the school, Cook County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Cook County's 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), Meadowview School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Zenon J Sykuta School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Meadowview School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Meadowview School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 28.0%.

Meadowview School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Meadowview School has contracted 25%, going from 390 students in 2018 to 293 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 93% to 86%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.