📍 3900 S Mountain Rd, Mesa, Maricopa County, 85212
Meridian is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mesa, Maricopa County. The school has 791 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gilbert Unified District (4239) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
Meridian enrolls 791 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% White, 27% Hispanic or Latino and 4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 509 | 64% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 217 | 27% |
| Two or more races | 32 | 4% |
| Black or African American | 20 | 2.5% |
| Asian | 7 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
181 of the school's 791 students (23%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Meridian is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-50.
Meridian is one of 38 schools in Gilbert Unified District (4239), based in GILBERT, Arizona. The district serves 31,560 students district-wide and employs 1,878 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 791 students, Meridian is close to the district average of about 831 students per school.