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What do you wish you knew before starting at Monroe Elementary?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
611
Elementary
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HANFORD ELEMENTARY·NCES 061647002081
Monroe Elementary
300 Monroe Dr., Hanford, CA 93230 · (559) 585-3745 · Kings County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL611 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
493 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 28% larger than its 6th grade class (86).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 62% · US 70%
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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
54.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +16.6pp since 2014
Math
43.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 17 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.1% | 33.5% | 21.7% | 23.7% |
| Math | 15.6% | 27.5% | 29.2% | 27.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.6% | 43.1% |
| 2023-24 | 51.5% | 46.4% |
| 2022-23 | 53.4% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.3% | 34.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.6% | 29.2% |
| 2018-19 | 48.3% | 47.9% |
| 2017-18 | 49.5% | 45.2% |
| 2016-17 | 45.4% | 39.4% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 33.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in California's top 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 Monroe Elementary
Monroe Elementary's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Elementary this school | 611 | 80.7% | 49.0% |
| Crestwood Elementary Visalia | 594 | 78.3% | 31.2% |
| Garden Elementary Tulare | 689 | 79.5% | 35.3% |
| Quail Valley Elementary Quail Valley | 528 | 81.8% | 44.8% |
| Pachappa Elementary Riverside | 676 | 76.9% | 48.9% |
| Ada Givens Elementary Merced | 579 | 78.9% | 29.3% |
Matched among California 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 Monroe Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,784 of 5,151 | #10 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #2,061 of 5,172 ▼ 330 | #12 of 30 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #1,708 of 5,172 ▲ 80 | #11 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.7pp | #651 of 5,116 | #7 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 611 | #1,300 of 5,915 | #5 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.5:1 | #3,364 of 5,352 | #25 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.0% | #3,188 of 5,354 | #12 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.7% | #2,130 of 5,625 | #14 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #2,329 of 3,837 | #12 of 25 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
611
-73 (-11%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 719
Student : Teacher
23.5:1
was 24.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 611 | 26 | 23.5:1 | 81% (493) |
| 2023-24 | 621 | 28 | 22.2:1 | 79% (493) |
| 2022-23 | 647 | 28 | 23.1:1 | 76% (491) |
| 2020-21 | 684 | 28 | 24.4:1 | 78% (533) |
| 2017-18 | 700 | 28 | 25.0:1 | 75% (526) |
| 2015-16 | 727 | 28 | 26.0:1 | 76% (549) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | N/A | N/A | 77% (523) |
| 2000-01 | 740 | 34 | 21.8:1 | 55% (404) |
| 1990-91 | 719 | 27 | 26.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monroe Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (700 to 611); teachers down 7% (28 to 26).
About Monroe Elementary
Monroe Elementary is an elementary school in Hanford, California, and it is part of Hanford Elementary. The school offers kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 611 students. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 31% above that mark.
Hanford Elementary includes 12 schools. Together they enroll 5,460 students.
About 73% of the student body at Monroe Elementary is Hispanic. Other groups make up 17% White, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 58% of Kings County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 44%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Monroe Elementary is 23.5:1, based on 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Lunch program data show 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Monroe Elementary is +16.8 points, in the top 10% of California. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 49.0%, and the predicted rate is 32.3%.
The school's county is Kings County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $70,995, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 67 public schools in the county, enrolling about 28,742, Monroe Elementary among them.
Monroe Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Hanford Community Day, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Monroe Elementary is 3rd of 7 on proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
Federal enrollment counts fell from 684 (2020-21) to 611 (2024-25).
The Monroe Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Kings County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
153,298
Census ACS
Median income
$70,995
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
67
28,742 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hanford Elementary
- Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryElementary · 624 students
- John F. Kennedy Junior HighMiddle · 531 students
- Joseph M. SimasElementary · 514 students
- Woodrow Wilson Junior HighMiddle · 505 students
- Jefferson AcademyElementary · 501 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 490 students
Other schools in Hanford
- Hanford HighHigh · 1,498 students
- Hanford West HighHigh · 1,331 students
- Sierra Pacific HighHigh · 1,183 students
- Kings Valley Academy IICombined · 1,090 students
- Kings River-Hardwick ElementaryElementary · 860 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryElementary · 624 students
Other Monroe Elementary schools
35 other US public schools in 18 states are named Monroe Elementary. Monroe Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 36.
- Monroe ElementaryRiverside, CA · 596 students
- Monroe ElementarySan Francisco, CA · 533 students
- Monroe ElementaryMonrovia, CA · 452 students
- Monroe ElementaryStockton, CA · 426 students
- Monroe ElementarySan Leandro, CA · 410 students
Nearby schools
- Hanford Community Day0.5 mi · 38
- Hanford High0.6 mi · 1,498
- George Washington Elementary0.6 mi · 460
- Jefferson Academy0.9 mi · 501
- Earl F. Johnson High (Continuation)1.0 mi · 50
- Joseph M. Simas1.0 mi · 514
Frequently asked questions
About Monroe ElementaryHow many students attend Monroe Elementary?
Monroe Elementary enrolls approximately 611 students in grades KG-06.
Is Monroe Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Monroe Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Monroe Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Monroe Elementary is approximately 23.5:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Monroe Elementary?
Monroe Elementary reports a student body of 17% White, 73% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Monroe Elementary public or private?
Monroe Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hanford Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.