Meadow's Edge Elementary School

Located at 16333 Kern Rd, in Mishawaka, Indiana, Meadow's Edge Elementary School is an average-sized elementary campus that teaches 382 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp.

Across the 15 schools in Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp (11,329 students total), Meadow's Edge Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Meadow's Edge Elementary School lists that 55% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 18% Black, 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the resource side, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, St. Joseph County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Meadow's Edge Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.7%, the actual is 40.6%, a residual of +9.8 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for St. Joseph County put median household earnings sit near $66,868, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Meadow's Edge Elementary School is one of 73 public schools in St. Joseph County (combined enrollment of about 35,614 students).

Nearest neighbor: Virgil I Grissom Middle School, around 2.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Meadow's Edge Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 29.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 390 students in 2018 compared to 382 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.