Monee Elementary School

Monee Elementary School, a reasonably sized elementary campus in Monee, Illinois, run under Crete Monee CUSD 201U, teaches 373 students, covering grades K through 5.

Crete Monee CUSD 201U runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 4,562 students. Monee Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Monee Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is Black (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 22% Hispanic, 16% White, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Will County as a whole is about 12% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Monee Elementary School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 65% of students at Monee Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Will County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Monee Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Will County put the typical household earns roughly $109,984 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Will County's 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), Monee Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Crete-Monee Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Monee Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 30.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 18%: 453 students in 2018 compared to 373 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 34% to 16% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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