Monroe Elementary

Located at 2236 East 11th St., in Stockton, California, Monroe Elementary is a medium-sized K-5 school that caters to 426 students (grades K through 8), one of the schools within Stockton Unified.

Stockton Unified runs 54 schools in total, collectively educating 33,590 students. Monroe Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Monroe Elementary reports that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 11% Asian, 9% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Monroe Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Monroe Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 92% of students at Monroe Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, San Joaquin County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Monroe Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.5%; this one delivers 15.8%.

Across the wider county, San Joaquin County reports that median household income runs about $92,179, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across San Joaquin County's 251 public schools (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students), Monroe Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Alexander Hamilton Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Monroe Elementary. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Monroe Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 18.1%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 25%: 568 students in 2018 compared to 426 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 37.0:1 in 2018 to 26.5:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.