Monroe Elementary

Monroe Elementary is one of the cozy elementary schools in Santa Ana, California, run under Santa Ana Unified, with 217 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 53% below typical.

Santa Ana Unified comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 35,993 students; Monroe Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Monroe Elementary lists that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

On the income-and-resources front, Monroe Elementary records 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Monroe Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.8%, the actual is 20.5%, a residual of -6.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household income runs about $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Monroe Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cesar E. Chavez High, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Monroe Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 25.9%.

Monroe Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Monroe Elementary's enrollment has edged down 34% since 2018, when it stood at 330 (now 217). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 93% to 98%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 30.0:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.