Enrollment
217
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ANA UNIFIED·NCES 063531005999
Monroe Elementary
417 East Central Ave., Santa Ana, CA 92707 · (714) 431-3900 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL217 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
192 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 52 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 108% larger than its 5th grade class (25).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
20.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.2pp since 2014
Math
20.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.4% | 16.9% | 21.4% | 58.4% |
| Math | 2.3% | 18.0% | 30.3% | 49.4% |
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 | 20.2% | 20.2% |
| 2023-24 | 19.1% | 20.2% |
| 2022-23 | 20.8% | 17.1% |
| 2021-22 | 22.5% | 24.0% |
| 2018-19 | 23.9% | 27.3% |
| 2017-18 | 25.1% | 29.3% |
| 2016-17 | 26.4% | 19.4% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 31.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for California 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 California'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 Monroe Elementary
Monroe Elementary's state test result (20.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Elementary this school | 217 | 88.5% | 20.6% |
| Tranquillity Elementary Tranquillity | 209 | 88.0% | 18.9% |
| Montebello Gardens Elementary Pico Rivera | 230 | 87.8% | 51.6% |
| Equitas Academy 6 Los Angeles | 211 | 89.6% | N/A |
| Arturo Sanchez Elementary Norwalk | 239 | 87.9% | 33.1% |
| Soto Street Elementary Los Angeles | 186 | 87.1% | 44.4% |
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 Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #4,538 of 5,151 | #366 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #4,284 of 5,172 ▼ 133 | #357 of 382 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #4,827 of 5,172 ▼ 23 | #373 of 382 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #966 of 5,116 | #71 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 217 | #5,285 of 5,915 | #398 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #102 of 5,352 | #9 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.6% | #5,261 of 5,354 | #389 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.5% | #1,278 of 5,625 | #60 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.2% | #339 of 3,837 | #38 of 324 |
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
217
-45 (-17%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 618
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 26.2:1
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 | 217 | 13 | 16.7:1 | 88% (192) |
| 2023-24 | 237 | 13.1 | 18.1:1 | 82% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 250 | 13.3 | 18.9:1 | 80% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 262 | 10 | 26.2:1 | 83% (217) |
| 2017-18 | 330 | 11 | 30.0:1 | 84% (276) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 17 | 25.8:1 | 91% (400) |
| 2010-11 | 433 | N/A | N/A | 94% (408) |
| 2000-01 | 970 | 48 | 20.2:1 | 82% (796) |
| 1990-91 | 618 | 24 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monroe Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (330 to 217); teachers up 18% (11 to 13).
About Monroe Elementary
Monroe Elementary is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Santa Ana, California. The school counted 217 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 53% below the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Santa Ana Unified has 51 schools and 35,993 students, and Monroe Elementary is one of those schools.
The share of Hispanic students at Monroe Elementary is 98%. The county population is about 34% Hispanic. The diversity index for Monroe Elementary is 4%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 13 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 5.6 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 88% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Orange County report 55%.
Among California public elementary schools, Monroe Elementary outscored 12%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Monroe Elementary is 27.7%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 20.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Orange County show that median household income comes to about $116,289, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 649, with about 430,458 students.
Cesar E. Chavez High is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Monroe Elementary ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 20.6% against a local average of 26.7%.
Monroe Elementary is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 262 (2020-21) to 217 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 16.7:1, from 26.2:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
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Other Monroe Elementary schools
35 other US public schools in 18 states are named Monroe Elementary. Monroe Elementary is the 31st largest of the 36.
- Monroe ElementaryHanford, CA · 611 students
- Monroe ElementaryRiverside, CA · 596 students
- Monroe ElementarySan Francisco, CA · 533 students
- Monroe ElementaryMonrovia, CA · 452 students
- Monroe ElementaryStockton, CA · 426 students
Nearby schools
- Cesar E. Chavez High0.4 mi · 350
- Manuel Esqueda Elementary0.4 mi · 811
- Thomas A. Edison Elementary0.4 mi · 332
- Washington Elementary0.8 mi · 529
- Saddleback High1.0 mi · 1,451
- Douglas MacArthur Fundamental Intermediate1.0 mi · 1,005
Frequently asked questions
About Monroe ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Monroe Elementary?
Monroe Elementary enrolls approximately 217 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Monroe Elementary serve?
Monroe Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Monroe Elementary?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Monroe Elementary.
How diverse is Monroe Elementary?
Monroe Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Monroe Elementary?
Monroe Elementary is overseen by Santa Ana Unified in Orange County.
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