Meridian Elementary School

Set in GROSSE ILE, Michigan, Meridian Elementary School is a low-enrollment K-5 school, one of the schools within Grosse Ile Township Schools. It instructs 313 students across grades K through 5.

Grosse Ile Township Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,493 students; Meridian Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Meridian Elementary School logs that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% Native American. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Meridian Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Meridian Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,539, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Wayne County's 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), Meridian Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Grosse Ile High School, roughly 1.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Meridian Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 45.9%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Meridian Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 362 (now 313). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Meridian Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.