Meridian High School

Located at 728 S Wall St, in Macon, Illinois, Meridian High School is a very small four-year high school that hosts 287 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Meridian CUSD 15. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 66% leaner than typical.

Meridian CUSD 15 runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 942 students. Meridian High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Meridian High School lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Macon County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Meridian High School logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Macon County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Meridian High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.4%; this one delivers 38.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Macon County shows median household earnings sit near $62,666, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Macon County runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,702 students), of which Meridian High School is one.

The closest other public school is Meridian Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Meridian High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 32.4%.

Meridian High School operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Meridian High School's enrollment has rose 9% since 2018, when it stood at 263 (now 287). White enrollment moved from 97% to 92% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.