MERIDIAN EL

MERIDIAN EL operates as a micro-enrollment elementary school in MERIDIAN, Texas, one of the schools within MERIDIAN ISD. Current enrollment sits at 170 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 67% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within MERIDIAN ISD, which oversees 2 schools and 382 students, MERIDIAN EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, MERIDIAN EL reports that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 42% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, MERIDIAN EL reports 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Bosque County's rate of about 65%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, MERIDIAN EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 39.0%; actual is 24.0%, a gap of -14.9 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Bosque County) logs that median household income runs about $68,914, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Bosque County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,462 students), MERIDIAN EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MERIDIAN H S, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 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 EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.8%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 25%: 227 students in 2018 compared to 170 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 57% to 48% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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