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Monroeville Elementary School

297 S Mount Pleasant Ave, Monroeville, AL 36460 · (251) 743-3474 · Monroe County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Alabama public elementary schools
  • DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public elementary schools

Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 231 · STATE 480
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
323 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K4110%
Kindergarten7919%
Grade 18020%
Grade 28320%
Grade 35915%
Grade 46416%

This year's kindergarten class (79) is 23% larger than its 4th grade class (64).

Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
225%
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 50% · US 43%
Hispanic
72%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 12% · US 30%
Black
35788%
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 31% · US 15%
Two+
205%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
22555%
Female
18145%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Monroeville Elementary School→Monroeville Middle School
Based on grade levels within Monroe County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

ACAP 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
47.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
10.6%
AL avg 31.8%

What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.

Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.2%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Monroeville Elementary School

Monroeville Elementary School's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Monroeville Elementary School this school40679.6%24.6%
Erwin Craighead Elementary School
Mobile
38081.6%33.2%
J E Hobbs Elementary School
Camden
35980.2%21.4%
LEAD Academy Building A
Montgomery
35877.7%38.3%
Dozier Elementary School
Montgomery
42676.5%27.7%
George Washington Carver Elementary School
Tuskegee
40676.6%35.0%
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Monroeville Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Alabama
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
24.6%#570 of 626
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
10.6%#602 of 626
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
47.2%#488 of 626
Enrollment
ranked largest first
406#431 of 709
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.2:1#232 of 655
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
22.1%#554 of 658
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
79.6%#93 of 696
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-29.9%#36 of 364
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
406
-71 (-15%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 812
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 14.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-254062516.2:180% (323)
2023-244102615.8:179% (322)
2022-234202815.0:179% (333)
2020-214773314.4:181% (384)
2017-185793815.2:184% (489)
2015-166033616.8:179% (474)
2010-113983112.8:179% (315)
2000-014793613.3:178% (376)
1990-918124219.3:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monroeville Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 30% (579 to 406); teachers down 34% (38 to 25).

About Monroeville Elementary School

Monroeville Elementary School is an elementary school in Monroeville, Alabama, reachable at (251) 743-3474. There are 406 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 4.

Besides Monroeville Elementary School, Monroe County runs 6 other schools. The district enrolls 2,963 students.

At Monroeville Elementary School, 88% of students are Black. It is also 5% White and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Monroe County is roughly 42% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Monroeville Elementary School scores 22%.

Teacher count: 25 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.2:1. The average for elementary schools in Alabama, 17.0:1, is higher. Roughly 80% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Monroe County, the average eligibility rate is 67%.

On the allk12 Grade, Monroeville Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 9% of Alabama public elementary schools.

Monroeville Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (24.6%) and its predicted rate (26.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools.

In Monroe County, home to about 19,388 people, the median household earns about $42,292 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 12% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Monroeville Elementary School shares Monroe County with 8 other public schools.

Monroeville Middle School is about 0.3 miles from Monroeville Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Monroeville Elementary School places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.

For locale, NCES codes Monroeville Elementary School as Town: Remote.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 406, down from 477 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.4 to 16.2 over 4 years.

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Monroe County at a glance

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Population
19,388
Census ACS
Median income
$42,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,963 students

Quick facts

School name
Monroeville Elementary School
District
Monroe County
Address
297 S Mount Pleasant Ave, Monroeville, AL 36460
Phone
(251) 743-3474
County
Monroe County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–04
Total enrollment
406
Teachers (FTE)
25
Student–teacher ratio
16.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
323 (80%)
Locale
33-Town: Remote
NCES ID
010240001562
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Monroe County
Other schools in Monroeville
Other Monroeville Elementary schools

One other US public school is named Monroeville Elementary. Monroeville Elementary School is the largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Monroeville Elementary School
How large is Monroeville Elementary School?
Monroeville Elementary School enrolls approximately 406 students in grades PK-04.
Is Monroeville Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Monroeville Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Monroeville Elementary School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Monroeville Elementary School.
How diverse is Monroeville Elementary School?
Monroeville Elementary School reports a student body of 5% White, 2% Hispanic, 88% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Monroeville Elementary School in?
Monroeville Elementary School is part of Monroe County.
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