Summary:
Zip code 61084 has three schools in Stillman Valley: Highland Elementary School (pre-K–grade 2), Meridian Junior High School (grades 6–8), and Stillman Valley High School (grades 9–12). Test results are available for the junior high and high school, but not the elementary school, so they do not support a direct achievement ranking across all three. The clearest standout is Meridian Junior High’s ELA result: 70% of students met the state benchmark in 2025–2026, compared with 56% statewide, a 14-point lead.
Meridian’s ELA results were above the state in all three grades, with the largest gap in grade 7: 74% versus 58%, or 16 points. Its math results were more mixed: 43% overall versus 40% statewide, including grade 6 at 33% versus 36%, while grades 7 and 8 were above the state. At the high school, 2025–2026 ACT results were above state results in ELA (54% versus 50%) and science (52% versus 48%); math was nearly level (40.0% versus 39.8%). Its PreACT results were less consistent: grade 9 math was 30% versus 42% statewide, while grade 10 science was 59% versus 48%. Highland has no supplied test scores for comparison.
Recent results show different trends by school and subject, rather than one area-wide pattern. From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, high school ACT ELA rose 3 points and science rose 6, while math fell 4; Meridian’s overall ELA declined 3 points, but math rose 3. SchoolDigger ranks Meridian CUSD 223 342nd of 738 districts, at the 54th percentile with 3 stars. SchoolDigger’s school percentiles fell from 77 to 60 for the high school and from 66 to 65 for Meridian Junior High between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026. In 2024–2025, all three schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible: about 30% at the junior high and high school and 34% at Highland. Student-teacher ratios were similar, ranging from 13.3 to 13.8.
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