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Monroe Elementary School

1501 GROVE ST, WYANDOTTE, MI 48192 · (734) 759-5800 · Wayne County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL349 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of Michigan public elementary schools
  • CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats 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 Michigan public elementary schools

Enrollment
349
Elementary
DISTRICT 405 · STATE 369
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
205 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 55%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten6218%
Grade 16218%
Grade 25817%
Grade 35616%
Grade 44413%
Grade 56719%

This year's kindergarten class (62) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).

Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 56% · US 70%
White
27278%
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 63% · US 43%
Hispanic
4613%
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
195%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 18% · US 15%
Two+
113%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
16848%
Female
18152%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Monroe Elementary School→Woodrow Wilson School→Roosevelt High School
Based on grade levels within Wyandotte School District of the City of. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + Proficient
English Language Arts
39.7%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
36.8%
MI avg 44.8%

What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.

Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Michigan's top nor bottom 10%.

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 (36.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Monroe Elementary School this school34958.7%36.5%
Gobles Elementary School
GOBLES
35557.7%44.8%
Bangor Lincoln School
BAY CITY
34461.0%47.5%
West MI Academy of Arts and Academics
SPRING LAKE
37157.7%35.1%
Elms Elementary School
FLUSHING
35655.6%43.3%
Schoolcraft Elementary School
WATERFORD
39854.5%47.3%
Matched among Michigan 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
MeasureThis schoolIn MichiganIn Wayne County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
36.5%#796 of 1,085#100 of 165
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
36.8%#758 of 1,072#99 of 165
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
39.7%#778 of 1,139#101 of 176
Enrollment
ranked largest first
349#891 of 1,630#195 of 301
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.2:1#773 of 1,424#142 of 281
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
37.1%#673 of 1,424#116 of 281
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
58.7%#728 of 1,563#212 of 294
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-12.8%#487 of 979#79 of 177
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 2024-25
Enrollment
349
+9 (+3%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 411
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 18.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2534921.616.2:159% (205)
2023-2438322.317.2:164% (246)
2022-2338321.917.5:167% (258)
2020-213401818.9:162% (211)
2017-1840020.319.7:165% (258)
2015-163591819.9:160% (216)
2010-113911821.7:149% (192)
2000-013161521.1:124% (77)
1990-91411N/AN/AN/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monroe Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 13% (400 to 349); teachers up 6% (20.3 to 21.6).

About Monroe Elementary School

Monroe Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Wyandotte School District of the City of in WYANDOTTE, Michigan. The student body numbers 349 students, from kindergarten through 5.

The district, Wyandotte School District of the City of, operates 9 schools serving 4,149 students.

Monroe Elementary School's enrollment is 78% White. Next come 13% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 49% White among all Wayne County residents. By the diversity index, Monroe Elementary School comes in at 37%.

Monroe Elementary School operates with 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 16.2:1. Elementary schools in Michigan average about 15.8:1, a similar figure. About 59% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.

allk12 grades Monroe Elementary School a C. The grade compares the school only with Michigan public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.

Monroe Elementary School is 3.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (36.5% versus 40.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Michigan.

Among Wayne County residents, median household income is about $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 573 public schools in Wayne County, with a combined enrollment of about 259,786.

Jo Brighton Skills Center is the public school closest to Monroe Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Monroe Elementary School went from 340 students to 349. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 18.9:1 to 16.2:1.

Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Monroe Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.

Wayne County at a glance

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Population
1,772,259
Census ACS
Median income
$60,539
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
573
259,786 students

Quick facts

School name
Monroe Elementary School
District
Wyandotte School District of the City of
Address
1501 GROVE ST, WYANDOTTE, MI 48192
Phone
(734) 759-5800
County
Wayne County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
349
Teachers (FTE)
22
Student–teacher ratio
16.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
205 (59%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
263654007251
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Other Monroe Elementary schools

35 other US public schools in 18 states are named Monroe Elementary. Monroe Elementary School is the 20th largest of the 36.

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Frequently asked questions

About Monroe Elementary School
How large is Monroe Elementary School?
Monroe Elementary School enrolls approximately 349 students in grades KG-05.
Is Monroe Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Monroe Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Monroe Elementary School have?
Monroe Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Monroe Elementary School?
At Monroe Elementary School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 13% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Monroe Elementary School in?
Monroe Elementary School is part of Wyandotte School District of the City of.
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