Meehan Elementary School

Meehan Elementary School is a primary school of sprawling scale in Belvidere, Illinois, operated by Belvidere CUSD 100, enrolling 688 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Meehan Elementary School sits 81% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 10 schools in Belvidere CUSD 100 (7,523 students total), Meehan Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Meehan Elementary School lists that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 38% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Meehan Elementary School lists 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Meehan Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.6%, the actual is 27.0%, a residual of -12.6 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Boone County) logs that median household income runs about $84,571, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Meehan Elementary School is one of 17 public schools in Boone County (combined enrollment of about 8,993 students).

Belvidere South Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Meehan Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 31.1%.

Meehan Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Meehan Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 15% since 2018, when it stood at 597 (now 688). Hispanic enrollment moved from 46% to 57% across the same window.

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