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Meridian Community Unit School District 101

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Meridian Community Unit School District 101 is located in south Illinois. Meridian Community Unit School District 101 has 96.65 square miles of land area and 1.94 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Meridian Community Unit School District 101 population is 3,649. Meridian Community Unit School District 101 median household income is $33,284 in 2010-2014. Meridian Community Unit School District 101 median house value is $51,000 in 2010-2014. On average, Meridian Community Unit School District 101 is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (472 out of 476, bottom 1%) Elementary/Middle School: (755 out of 757, bottom 0%)* Rank: #868
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	2
Population	3,649 (2010-2014), rank #618
Population Growth	1.14% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	37.01/sq mi, rank #644
Median Household Income:	$33,284 at 2010-2014—44.35% increase since 2005-2009, rank #838
Median House Price:	$51,000 at 2010-2014—29.11% increase since 2005-2009, rank #852
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	96.65 sq mi, rank #257
Water Area:	1.94 sq mi (1.97%), rank #139
State:	Illinois
County:	Pulaski County, Alexander County
City:	Mounds, Villa Ridge, Pulaski, Olmsted, Mound City, Cairo
Zip:	62964, 62996, 62976, 62970, 62963, 62914
Area:	Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL

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Meridian Community Unit School District 101 Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

208 Valley Rd

Mounds IL, 62964, Pulaski County

Phone: 618-634-2292

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	572	593	615	626	655	692	704
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total Teachers:	0.00	NA	41.15	45.77	48.00	53.10	44.80
Prekindergarten:	NA	NA	2.00	2.22	1.00	3.00	3.00
Kindergarten:	NA	NA	2.00	3.03	2.00	2.00	2.00
Elementary:	0.00	NA	23.00	24.18	23.00	27.60	17.30
Secondary:	0.00	NA	14.15	16.34	22.00	20.50	22.50
Ungraded:	NA	0.00	NA	NA	0.00	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	0.00	0.00	9.75	11.03	11.00	12.00	16.70
Instructional Aides:	NA	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	NA	0.75	0.00	0.00	1.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.02	1.00	1.00	0.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.02	1.00	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	NA	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
District Administrators:	0.00	NA	1.00	3.27	2.00	2.00	0.50
District Administrative Support:	NA	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	1.40
School Administrators:	0.00	NA	3.00	3.00	4.00	5.00	1.40
School Administrative Support:	NA	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	1.00
Student Support Services:	NA	NA	3.00	2.74	3.00	2.00	3.00
Other Support Services:	0.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA	NA	6.40
Student-Teacher Ratio:	NA	NA	14.95	13.68	13.65	13.03	15.71

Schools

Meridian Elementary School		Prekindergarten to Grade 8	208 Valley Rd, Mounds IL 62964
Meridian High School		Grade 7 to Grade 12	1401 Mounds Rd, Mounds IL 62964

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ISAT Test
2003	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.6%	75.7%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	79.1%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	65.8%	79.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	85.6%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71.1%	86.7%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	85.1%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.4%	85.2%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	76.1%	86.4%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.0%	87.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	78.4%	87.7%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	24.4%	54.8%
2003	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.9%	62.0%
2004	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	55%	65.1%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53.9%	66.6%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	52%	70.7%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	41.3%	72.9%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	71.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.6%	72.2%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60.9%	73.7%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	59.7%	74.7%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	48.6%	76.0%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	40.0%	58.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	56.1%	84.8%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58.2%	86.4%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	77.3%	84.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.5%	85.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.1%	85.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	67.4%	87.7%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76%	88.1%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	27.5%	60.2%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	40%	72.9%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	45.4%	73.7%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50.0%	73.2%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	40.5%	73.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50.0%	73.7%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	47.9%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44%	76.0%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	15.0%	59.2%
2003	Science	4th Grade	% met std	54.7%	66.5%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	49.2%	67.8%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	63.9%	71.4%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	46.4%	79.9%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	44.4%	79.7%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68.1%	76.2%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	39.1%	76.8%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	50.0%	76.6%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	54.4%	79.4%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	44%	79.8%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	40.0%	80.9%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	49.2%	68.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.4%	71.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	44.2%	73.2%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.3%	78.6%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40.5%	82.5%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.2%	81.3%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.9%	82.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.7%	83.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.3%	84.0%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	53.6%	83.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	32.6%	59.4%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	49.2%	60.4%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.1%	60.9%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	48.1%	62.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.1%	68.5%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	31.7%	69.7%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.9%	73.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	38.6%	73.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	38.6%	74.7%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	42.2%	76.4%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.0%	77.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	28.5%	58.9%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46.5%	79.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.3%	81.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	62.8%	82.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60.8%	82.4%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.5%	84.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	41.9%	83.9%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	58.1%	84.9%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	23.2%	59.6%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	46.5%	72.8%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	42.2%	73.4%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	44.2%	79.1%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54.9%	79.9%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	47.5%	81.2%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	53.5%	84.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	46.6%	81.7%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	20.9%	58.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	42.9%	76.0%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57.5%	79.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76.9%	80.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	52.8%	82.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.5%	84.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62.5%	84.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	56.4%	84.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	20.5%	59.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	34.1%	72%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	47.5%	73.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	38.5%	77.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.7%	77.5%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.2%	77.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	47.5%	78.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	41.1%	78.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	15.8%	58.5%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	57.5%	73.7%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	37.9%	74.4%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	52%	74.6%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	51.1%	80.9%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	70.7%	79.3%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	69.2%	79.2%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	79.5%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	67.4%	82.4%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	47.5%	81.9%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	33.4%	79.9%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	28.2%	79.0%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	34.9%	53.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	24.1%	54.4%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	14.6%	54.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	78.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.0%	81.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.0%	80.3%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.8%	81.7%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.6%	83.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53%	86.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.5%	85.0%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	25.8%	58.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	42.7%	63.7%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	47.5%	67.1%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	46.7%	72.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	49.1%	79.2%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.9%	81.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.7%	81.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	83.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	84.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	44.9%	85.0%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56.8%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	12.9%	59.8%
PSAE Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	16.3%	53.3%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	13.3%	53.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	15.9%	52.8%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	14%	53.7%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	9.1%	52.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	10.6%	53.0%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	20.8%	51.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	12.1%	52.7%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	20.5%	51.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	18.2%	51.6%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	15.6%	51.8%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	30.6%	56.4%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	24.4%	56.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	22.7%	59.5%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	19%	58.4%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	20.5%	54.0%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	8.5%	53.3%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	27.1%	56.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	24.2%	54.0%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	29.4%	51.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	15.2%	50.6%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	21.9%	54.8%
2003	Science	11th Grade	% met std	12.2%	51.3%
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	11.1%	52.9%
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	13.6%	52.5%
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	16.3%	50.8%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	13.7%	51.0%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	4.3%	51.2%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	16.7%	50.5%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	18.2%	52.4%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	29.4%	49.2%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	21.2%	51.7%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	15.6%	49.4%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$7,635,000	$12,415		$8,540,000	$13,642		$8,958,000	$13,676
Federal:	$906,000	$1,473	11.9%	$1,771,000	$2,829	20.7%	$3,067,000	$4,682	34.2%
State:	$5,710,000	$9,285	74.8%	$5,684,000	$9,080	66.6%	$5,188,000	$7,921	57.9%
Local:	$1,019,000	$1,657	13.3%	$1,085,000	$1,733	12.7%	$703,000	$1,073	7.8%
Total Expenditures:	$8,340,000	$13,561		$8,257,000	$13,190		$9,309,000	$14,212
Total Current Expenditures:	$7,799,000	$12,681		$7,723,000	$12,337		$8,609,000	$13,144
Instructional Expenditures:	$4,455,000	$7,244	57.1%	$4,230,000	$6,757	54.8%	$4,733,000	$7,226	55.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$586,000	$953	7.5%	$687,000	$1,097	8.9%	$945,000	$1,443	11.0%
Administration:	$1,057,000	$1,719	13.6%	$1,136,000	$1,815	14.7%	$1,195,000	$1,824	13.9%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,701,000	$2,766	21.8%	$1,670,000	$2,668	21.6%	$1,736,000	$2,650	20.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$164,000	$267		$189,000	$302		$242,000	$369
Construction:	$13,000	$21		$114,000	$182		$128,000	$195
Total Other:	$107,000	$174		$87,000	$139		$140,000	$214
Interest on Debt:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0

Total Salary:	$3,834,000	$6,234		$4,257,000	$6,800		$4,444,000	$6,785
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$2,625,000	$4,268	68.5%	$2,761,000	$4,411	64.9%	$2,860,000	$4,366	64.4%
Other Salary:	$1,209,000	$1,966	31.5%	$1,496,000	$2,390	35.1%	$1,584,000	$2,418	35.6%
Total Benefit:	$1,759,000	$2,860		$1,832,000	$2,927		$1,960,000	$2,992
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,235,000	$2,008	70.2%	$1,166,000	$1,863	63.6%	$1,309,000	$1,998	66.8%
Other Benefit:	$524,000	$852	29.8%	$666,000	$1,064	36.4%	$651,000	$994	33.2%

* Meridian Community Unit School District 101 was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.