[2] [3] The existence of Meredith can be traced as far back to sometime around 1875 where it first appeared on the 1875 Philadelphia Atlas Map.

This likely coincided with the town of Southwark's (now the neighborhood of Queen Village) integration into the city of Philadelphia.

It is a 16 bay, yellow, white, and brown brick building on a limestone base in the Art Deco-style.

Graham added that the school had retained many of its art-related programs, including drama, music, and visual arts, despite budget cuts.

To prevent the elimination of support staff positions parents held a fundraiser: teachers raised about $5,000 ($6772.19 inflation-adjusted) and parents raised over $15,000 ($20316.57 inflation-adjusted) [5] In 2017, there was consideration of establishing a lottery in order to enter the kindergarten at Meredith as there were too many families seeking to send children to the school.

[8] In 2019 one of the school's teachers, Lea DiRusso was exposed to cancer from Meredith Elementary asbestos.