Meridian High School
Mounds, IL · Meridian CUSD 101
Regular public school · Grades 6 - 12 · Rural, distant
573rd of 601 Illinois high schools statewide · better than 5%· Stable
1401 Mounds Rd, Mounds, IL 62964
(618)342-6778NCES ID 172697002873Directory 2023–24
SchoolRow ranks Meridian High School 573rd of 601 Illinois high schools for 2024–25, based on Illinois Report Card 2024–25 English and Math results — better than 5% of high schools statewide. Its statewide percentile went from 7th in 2019 to 5th in 2025.
Percent meeting or exceeding the state standard, Illinois Report Card 2024–25
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 210 students (2023–24, NCES) — history since 1988, with comparable seven-category changes from 2010
| Group | Trend | 2010 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 64.4% | 57.6% | ▼ 6.8 pts | |
| White | 33.7% | 31.0% | ▼ 2.7 pts | |
| Two or more races | 1.8% | 9.5% | ▲ 7.7 pts | |
| Hispanic | 0.0% | 1.4% | ▲ 1.4 pts | |
| American Indian | 0.0% | 0.5% | ▲ 0.5 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 High School
- –Cairo Jr/Sr High SchoolCairo USD 1 · 7.7 mi awayCompare
- #483Century Jr/Sr High SchoolCentury CUSD 100 · 10.4 mi away483rd of 601
ELA 30% ▲15 · Math 25%Compare - –Egyptian Sr High SchoolEgyptian CUSD 5 · 10.9 mi awayCompare
- –Dongola High SchoolDongola USD 66 · 16.3 mi awayCompare
- #479Joppa Jr & Sr High SchoolJoppa-Maple Grove UD 38 · 18.7 mi away479th of 601
ELA 28% ▲13Compare - #229Anna-Jonesboro High SchoolAnna Jonesboro CHSD 81 · 23 mi away229th of 601
ELA 59% ▲44 · Math 36%Compare - #293Massac County High SchoolMassac UD 1 · 24.8 mi away293rd of 601
ELA 49% ▲34 · Math 37%Compare - #308Vienna High SchoolVienna HSD 133 · 25.1 mi away308th of 601
ELA 54% ▲39 · Math 30%Compare
What school district is Meridian High School in?
Meridian High School is part of the Meridian CUSD 101 district in Mounds, Illinois.
Is Meridian High School a good school?
SchoolRow ranks Meridian High School 573rd of 601 Illinois high schools (better than 5% statewide) based on 2024–25 test results (Illinois Report Card 2024–25).
What is the racial makeup of Meridian High School?
Black 58%, White 31%, Two or more races 10%, Hispanic 1% (210 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.