Monroe Center Grade School

As an average-sized elementary school in Monroe Center, Illinois, Monroe Center Grade School caters to 327 students from grades 3 through 5, overseen by Meridian CUSD 223.

Within Meridian CUSD 223, which oversees 4 schools and 1,469 students, Monroe Center Grade School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Monroe Center Grade School logs that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Monroe Center Grade School reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 31% of students at Monroe Center Grade School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ogle County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Monroe Center Grade School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.9%; this one delivers 42.2%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Ogle County indicate median household earnings sit near $82,132, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Ogle County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,269 students), Monroe Center Grade School is one campus in the mix.

Eswood C C Grade School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.3 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Monroe Center Grade School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 42.7%.

Monroe Center Grade School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Monroe Center Grade School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 321 (now 327).

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.