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What tradition at Monroe Middle should never be changed?
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Enrollment
677
Middle
DISTRICT 728 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAMPBELL UNION·NCES 060720000672
Monroe Middle
1055 South Monroe St., San Jose, CA 95128 · (408) 556-0360 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL677 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of California public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
400 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 220 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 223 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 234 | 35% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
24.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -11.6pp since 2014
Math
16.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -10.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.1% | 17.3% | 25.3% | 50.3% |
| Math | 6.0% | 10.3% | 19.0% | 64.8% |
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 | 24.4% | 16.3% |
| 2023-24 | 28.3% | 18.1% |
| 2022-23 | 32.6% | 18.9% |
| 2021-22 | 33.8% | 19.0% |
| 2018-19 | 41.7% | 31.2% |
| 2017-18 | 43.7% | 31.1% |
| 2016-17 | 42.4% | 31.6% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Middle
Monroe Middle's state test result (21.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Middle this school | 677 | 59.1% | 21.8% |
| Arlie F. Hutchinson Middle La Mirada | 646 | 59.3% | 54.9% |
| Brownell Middle Gilroy | 672 | 56.3% | 38.8% |
| Reginald M. Benton Middle La Mirada | 718 | 55.2% | 42.2% |
| Rancho-Starbuck Intermediate Whittier | 687 | 57.2% | 53.7% |
| South Valley Middle Gilroy | 784 | 55.6% | 29.8% |
Matched among California middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #1,003 of 1,224 | #52 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #985 of 1,227 ▼ 144 | #52 of 56 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #1,102 of 1,227 ▼ 130 | #53 of 56 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.1pp | #36 of 1,214 | #4 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 677 | #639 of 1,377 | #34 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #294 of 1,279 | #23 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #779 of 1,278 | #46 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.1% | #842 of 1,329 | #23 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.4% | #174 of 930 | #16 of 53 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
677
-277 (-29%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 849
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 677 | 36 | 18.8:1 | 59% (400) |
| 2023-24 | 696 | 34.7 | 20.1:1 | 56% (392) |
| 2022-23 | 729 | 35.7 | 20.4:1 | 46% (335) |
| 2020-21 | 954 | 47 | 20.3:1 | 62% (587) |
| 2017-18 | 920 | 44 | 20.9:1 | 59% (546) |
| 2015-16 | 874 | 36 | 24.3:1 | 55% (477) |
| 2010-11 | 882 | N/A | N/A | 52% (460) |
| 2000-01 | 917 | 46 | 19.9:1 | 25% (232) |
| 1990-91 | 849 | 39 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monroe Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (920 to 677); teachers down 18% (44 to 36).
About Monroe Middle
At 1055 South Monroe St. in San Jose, California, Monroe Middle operates as a mid-sized middle school. The school counted 677 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8.
Campbell Union has 12 schools; together they serve 6,108 students.
More than half of enrollment at Monroe Middle is Hispanic: 74%. Other groups make up 9% White, 8% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. Santa Clara County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 43%.
The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1. The average for middle schools in California is 20.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 400 students, or 59%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Santa Clara County is 37%.
On the allk12 Grade, Monroe Middle lands at F, ahead of 4% of California public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 44.9% for Monroe Middle, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 21.8%. The 23.2-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of California schools.
For the population of Santa Clara County, median household income comes to about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Santa Clara County's 412 public schools enroll about 230,059 students and include Monroe Middle.
Castlemont Elementary sits about 0.5 miles from Monroe Middle. Monroe Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 21.8% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. As a charter school, Monroe Middle is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
In 2020-21, Monroe Middle enrolled 954 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 677. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 20.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.8:1.
On allk12, people connected to Monroe Middle can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Campbell Union
- Campbell School of InnovationElementary · 815 students
- Rolling Hills MiddleMiddle · 778 students
- Sherman Oaks ElementaryElementary · 524 students
- Forest Hill ElementaryElementary · 506 students
- Lynhaven ElementaryElementary · 463 students
- Capri ElementaryElementary · 457 students
Other schools in San Jose
- Evergreen Valley HighHigh · 2,703 students
- Independence HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Silver Creek HighHigh · 2,139 students
- Santa Teresa HighHigh · 2,134 students
- Piedmont Hills HighHigh · 1,918 students
- Leigh HighHigh · 1,884 students
Other Monroe Middle schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Monroe Middle. Monroe Middle is the 4th largest of the 7.
- Monroe MiddleMonroe, NC · 802 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolWheaton, IL · 716 students
- MONROE MIDDLE SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 716 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMONROE, MI · 674 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolEugene, OR · 519 students
Nearby schools
- Castlemont Elementary0.5 mi · 436
- Del Mar High0.9 mi · 1,350
- Lynhaven Elementary0.9 mi · 463
- Sherman Oaks Elementary1.1 mi · 524
- Rosemary1.1 mi · 413
- Boynton High1.2 mi · 163
Frequently asked questions
About Monroe MiddleHow many students attend Monroe Middle?
Monroe Middle enrolls approximately 677 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Monroe Middle serve?
Monroe Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Monroe Middle?
Approximately 18.8:1 students per teacher at Monroe Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Monroe Middle?
At Monroe Middle, the student body is approximately 9% White, 74% Hispanic, 4% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Monroe Middle in?
Monroe Middle is part of Campbell Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.