MERIDIANA EL

MERIDIANA EL is a K-5 school of sizable scale in IOWA COLONY, Texas, operated by ALVIN ISD, works with 794 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so MERIDIANA EL sits 53% bigger than that benchmark.

MERIDIANA EL is one of 37 schools operated by ALVIN ISD, a district that serves 30,038 students overall.

Demographically, MERIDIANA EL logs that the largest single group is Black at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 25% Hispanic, 14% White, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Brazoria County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, MERIDIANA EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.9%, the actual is 49.5%, a residual of -8.4 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Brazoria County) shows that median household income runs about $97,993, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. MERIDIANA EL is one of 115 public schools in Brazoria County (combined enrollment of about 75,767 students).

The closest other public school is JACKIE DOUCET CAFFEY J H, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MERIDIANA EL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MERIDIANA EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MERIDIANA EL has climbed 12%, going from 708 students in 2018 to 794 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 30% to 14% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the MERIDIANA EL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.