Meridian Elem School

Meridian Elem School is one of the middle-of-the-pack K-5 schools in Blue Mound, Illinois, one of the schools within Meridian CUSD 15, with 460 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 21% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Meridian Elem School is one of 3 schools operated by Meridian CUSD 15, a district that teaches 942 students overall.

Demographically, Meridian Elem School lists that nearly all students (92%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Meridian Elem School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Macon County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Meridian Elem School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.8%; this one delivers 43.9%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Macon County indicate median household earnings sit near $62,666, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Macon County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,702 students), Meridian Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Meridian Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.7 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Meridian Elem School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 28.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Meridian Elem School has declined 12%, going from 522 students in 2018 to 460 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 97% to 92%. Class-load math has fell: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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