Meridian Elementary School
Mounds, IL · Meridian CUSD 101
Regular public school · Grades PK - 5 · Rural, distant
1,837th of 2,105 Illinois elementary schools statewide · better than 13%▼ Declining
1401 Mounds Rd, Mounds, IL 62964
(618)342-6778NCES ID 172697002874Directory 2023–24
SchoolRow ranks Meridian Elementary School 1,837th of 2,105 Illinois elementary schools for 2024–25, based on Illinois Report Card 2024–25 English and Math results — better than 13% of elementary schools statewide. Its statewide percentile went from 18th in 2019 to 13th in 2025 — declining.
Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, Illinois Report Card 2024–25
White (last reported 2019) stops before 2023: IL suppresses a group once too few of its students are tested, so the line ends rather than the school having stopped testing.
Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, by student race and ethnicity. Only groups IL reports for this school appear — small groups are suppressed at the source to protect student privacy, so a missing line means too few testers, not zero. Tap a group to compare it with the IL average for that same group.
Racial and ethnic breakdown of 232 students (2023–24, NCES) — history since 1988, with comparable seven-category changes from 2010
| Group | Trend | 2010 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 60.0% | 47.0% | ▼ 13.0 pts | |
| White | 29.8% | 38.4% | ▲ 8.6 pts | |
| Two or more races | 10.3% | 11.2% | ▲ 0.9 pts | |
| Hispanic | 0.0% | 3.0% | ▲ 3.0 pts |
NCES history for this school begins in 1988. Race categories changed by 2010: earlier data combines Asian and Pacific Islander students and does not consistently identify multiracial students. The chart retains that history, while the change table uses 2010 onward.
Closest same-level schools, with 2024–25 state rank · ▲▼ = points better or worse than Meridian Elementary School
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What school district is Meridian Elementary School in?
Meridian Elementary School is part of the Meridian CUSD 101 district in Mounds, Illinois.
Is Meridian Elementary School a good school?
SchoolRow ranks Meridian Elementary School 1,837th of 2,105 Illinois elementary schools (better than 13% statewide) based on 2024–25 test results (Illinois Report Card 2024–25).
What is the racial makeup of Meridian Elementary School?
Black 47%, White 38%, Two or more races 11%, Hispanic 3% (232 students, 2023–24).
Sources: state education department data (Illinois Report Card 2024–25, low-income, chronic absenteeism), National Center for Education Statistics via the Urban Institute (enrollment, demographics, staffing), Zillow Group (home values). Rankings are computed by SchoolRow from state English and Math results within grade level; they measure test performance, not everything that makes a school good.