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Best kept secret at Monroe Elementary School?
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Enrollment
519
Elementary
DISTRICT 377 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181029001659
Monroe Elementary School
312 Donmoyer Ave, South Bend, IN 46614 · (574) 393-2500 · St. Joseph County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Indiana public elementary schools
- FTest 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
352 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 57% · 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
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
7.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
9.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 7 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
9.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 28% typical for Indiana 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 Elementary School
Monroe Elementary School's state test result (9.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Elementary School this school | 519 | 67.8% | 9.3% |
| Caze Elementary School Evansville | 510 | 66.9% | 13.7% |
| Liberty Park Elementary School Indianapolis | 443 | 66.6% | 18.5% |
| Lodge Community School Evansville | 510 | 63.5% | 8.2% |
| Nuner Fine Arts Academy South Bend | 489 | 62.6% | 15.9% |
| West Newton Elementary School West Newton | 559 | 62.6% | 28.1% |
Matched among Indiana 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In St. Joseph County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.3% | #959 of 983 | #36 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.5% | #958 of 986 | #37 of 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 7.4% | #975 of 986 | #39 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 519 | #334 of 1,079 | #8 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #467 of 991 | #20 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #66 of 996 | #9 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.8% | #202 of 1,058 | #10 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +65.3% | #16 of 353 | #2 of 12 |
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
519
+169 (+48%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 532
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 519 | 34.8 | 14.9:1 | 68% (352) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 37 | 12.2:1 | 72% (325) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 30.8 | 13.6:1 | 90% (377) |
| 2020-21 | 350 | 23 | 15.2:1 | 73% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 314 | 20.5 | 15.3:1 | 87% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 345 | 19 | 18.2:1 | 85% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 381 | 21 | 18.1:1 | 79% (302) |
| 2000-01 | 577 | 39 | 14.8:1 | 65% (377) |
| 1990-91 | 532 | 31 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monroe Elementary School.
About Monroe Elementary School
Monroe Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in South Bend, Indiana. It has an enrollment of 519 students in kindergarten through 5.
Monroe Elementary School is one school in a 29-school district, South Bend Community School Corp, which enrolls 13,585 students.
Black students account for 43% of enrollment at Monroe Elementary School, more than any other group. Other groups make up 21% White, 20% Hispanic, and 15% multiracial. County-wide, 13% of St. Joseph County residents are Black. The diversity index for Monroe Elementary School is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.9 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Indiana is about 15.5:1. Monroe Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 68%. The 46% average for public schools in St. Joseph County is 22 points lower.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Monroe Elementary School outscored 1%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Monroe Elementary School is 27.6%. It actually posts 9.3%, which is 18.3 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Indiana schools.
For St. Joseph County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $66,868 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Monroe Elementary School, St. Joseph County has 73 public schools.
Monroe Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Riley High School, about 0.8 miles away. The five-mile area around Monroe Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Monroe Elementary School ranks 4th of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 9.3% against a local average of 15.9%.
NCES assigns Monroe Elementary School the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal records list enrollment at Monroe Elementary School as 350 in 2020-21 and 519 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Monroe Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
St. Joseph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
273,040
Census ACS
Median income
$66,868
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
35,614 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Bend Community School Corp
- Adams High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Riley High SchoolHigh · 1,238 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Jefferson Traditional SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Edison Middle SchoolElementary · 551 students
Other schools in South Bend
- Adams High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Riley High SchoolHigh · 1,238 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- Success Academy Primary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Jefferson Traditional SchoolMiddle · 591 students
- Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
Other Monroe Elementary schools
35 other US public schools in 18 states are named Monroe Elementary. Monroe Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 36.
- Monroe Elementary SchoolMonroe, OH · 1,166 students
- Monroe ElementaryHanford, CA · 611 students
- Monroe ElementaryMonroe, GA · 605 students
- Monroe ElementaryRiverside, CA · 596 students
- Monroe Elementary SchoolNew Richmond, OH · 554 students
Nearby schools
- Riley High School0.8 mi · 1,238
- South Bend SNAP1.0 mi · 87
- Marshall Traditional School1.1 mi · 400
- Lincoln Elementary School1.3 mi · 383
- Jackson Middle School1.4 mi · 537
- Juvenile Justice Center1.5 mi · 16
Frequently asked questions
About Monroe Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Monroe Elementary School?
Monroe Elementary School enrolls approximately 519 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Monroe Elementary School serve?
Monroe Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Monroe Elementary School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Monroe Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Monroe Elementary School?
Student demographics at Monroe Elementary School are roughly 21% White, 20% Hispanic, 43% Black, 0% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Monroe Elementary School in?
Monroe Elementary School is part of South Bend Community School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.