Meadow Ridge School, Orland Park IL

Original Research by School Decision on Meadow Ridge School

Meadow Ridge School serves grades three through five in Orland Park, a southwestern Cook County suburb. The school teaches roughly the same grade band across all three grades tested, with enrollments that grow modestly from third through fifth grade. The student body is predominantly white, with a significant Asian population and meaningful representation of Black and Hispanic students; enrollment data on free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility and English learner status were not available.

In reading on the Illinois Assessment of Readiness, Meadow Ridge's proficiency performance is mixed. Third-grade reading is a strength, with proficiency well above the median for Cook County schools. Fifth-grade reading is also solid. Fourth-grade reading dips, sitting near the county median rather than above it. This variation across grades suggests that reading instruction holds up in the early and later elementary years but warrants closer attention in grade four. The school's reading proficiency index positions it above the midpoint among county schools overall.

Mathematics proficiency is more consistently below the median. Third grade shows the highest math results, but they remain below the point where most county schools achieve. Fourth-grade math proficiency drops further, to less than half the students meeting standards. Fifth-grade math recovers somewhat but remains below the county median. Fifth-grade science, the only science grade tested at the school, shows proficiency near the county middle ground. A parent may want to explore with the school what math support systems exist and whether the school has strategies to address the widening proficiency gaps from third to fourth grade.

Orland Park itself is a planned suburban community of mixed character. It blends residential neighborhoods and parkland with extensive retail development anchored by Orland Square Mall. The village has invested deliberately in creating a walkable downtown district around the 143rd Street Metra station, though that project remains under construction and still lacks the retail and dining tenants needed to anchor foot traffic throughout the day. Housing values in the 60467 zip code are above the state median and have edged upward over the past year. The local job base centers on retail, healthcare (including the new University of Chicago Medicine Center for Advanced Care), and professional services.

Meadow Ridge sits within Orland School District 135, which completed major facility expansions across five schools in summer 2024, including additions at the elementary level. The district also rolled out a new mathematics curriculum and equipped early childhood and self-contained classrooms with interactive learning boards, changes that directly affect daily instruction in the school. These facility and curricular investments position the district for growth as Orland Park's housing development accelerates around the downtown area.

Discipline data, attendance records, and staffing details were not available. A graduation rate does not apply to this elementary school. Prospective families should review the school's current resources in mathematics instruction and support, particularly the bridge from third to fourth grade, given the proficiency patterns in the state data.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 360%

School 60% · District 61% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 443%

School 43% · District 52% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 553%

School 53% · District 51% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 31 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 374%

School 74% · District 61% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

Grade 465%

School 65% · District 70% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Grade 579%

School 79% · District 75% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 33 pts above county median

Science

Grade 555%

School 55% · District 54% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

This schoolOrland SD 135, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.