Enrollment
321
Elementary
DISTRICT 290 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180084000161
Meridian Street Elementary School
410 N Meridian, Brazil, IN 47834 · (812) 448-8560 · Clay County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of Indiana public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
180 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Clay Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
53.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
57.4%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Indiana's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Meridian Street Elementary School
Meridian Street Elementary School's state test result (54.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meridian Street Elementary School this school | 321 | 56.1% | 54.2% |
| White River Valley Elementary Sch Worthington | 345 | 56.5% | 41.3% |
| Eastbrook North Elementary Van Buren | 304 | 55.9% | 44.0% |
| Rockport-Ohio Elementary School Rockport | 317 | 55.8% | 32.1% |
| Liberty Elementary School Liberty | 367 | 56.1% | 54.5% |
| Oregon-Davis Elementary School Hamlet | 299 | 56.2% | 45.3% |
Matched among Indiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Meridian Street Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Clay County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #246 of 983 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #286 of 986 | #6 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #192 of 986 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 321 | #787 of 1,079 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #919 of 991 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.3% | #980 of 996 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.1% | #462 of 1,058 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.0% | #107 of 353 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
321
+70 (+28%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 338
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 14.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 321 | 17 | 18.9:1 | 56% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 307 | 18.2 | 16.8:1 | 68% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 289 | 15.6 | 18.5:1 | 64% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 251 | 17 | 14.8:1 | 59% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 272 | 16.7 | 16.3:1 | 77% (210) |
| 2015-16 | 273 | 17 | 16.1:1 | 68% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 281 | 14 | 20.1:1 | 69% (195) |
| 2000-01 | 248 | 14 | 17.7:1 | 48% (119) |
| 1990-91 | 338 | 17 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meridian Street Elementary School.
About Meridian Street Elementary School
Meridian Street Elementary School is a small elementary school with an address in Brazil, Indiana. It teaches 321 students in pre-K through 5. It has 26% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Indiana (about 436).
The Clay Community Schools system has 10 schools and 3,995 students.
Meridian Street Elementary School is 96% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 2% multiracial. That is in line with Clay County, where about 95% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 7%.
Meridian Street Elementary School lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 18.9 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Indiana is 15.5:1. About 56% of students at Meridian Street Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 44% average for public schools in Clay County is 12 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Meridian Street Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 86% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Meridian Street Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Indiana schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 54.2%. Predicted: 35.9%. Difference: 18.3 points.
In Clay County, home to about 26,409 people, median household income comes to about $70,010, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 10 public schools in the county, enrolling about 3,995, Meridian Street Elementary School among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, East Side Elementary School, is about 0.9 miles. Within five miles are 7 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Meridian Street Elementary School ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Fringe: the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school's enrollment rose 28% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.8:1 to 18.9:1.
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Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,409
Census ACS
Median income
$70,010
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,995 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clay Community Schools
- Northview High SchoolHigh · 863 students
- North Clay Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Clay City Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Staunton Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Clay City Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 366 students
- Van Buren Elementary SchoolElementary · 275 students
Other schools in Brazil
- Northview High SchoolHigh · 863 students
- North Clay Middle SchoolMiddle · 734 students
- Staunton Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Van Buren Elementary SchoolElementary · 275 students
- Jackson Township Elementary SchoolElementary · 237 students
- Forest Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 232 students
Nearby schools
- East Side Elementary School0.9 mi · 209
- Forest Park Elementary School0.9 mi · 232
- Northview High School2.0 mi · 863
- North Clay Middle School2.2 mi · 734
- Staunton Elementary School3.9 mi · 373
- Van Buren Elementary School4.1 mi · 275
Frequently asked questions
About Meridian Street Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Meridian Street Elementary School?
Meridian Street Elementary School enrolls approximately 321 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Meridian Street Elementary School serve?
Meridian Street Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Meridian Street Elementary School?
Approximately 18.9:1 students per teacher at Meridian Street Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Meridian Street Elementary School?
Student demographics at Meridian Street Elementary School are roughly 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Is Meridian Street Elementary School public or private?
Meridian Street Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clay Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.