MONROE CITY ELEM.

As a moderately sized elementary-level community in MONROE CITY, Missouri, MONROE CITY ELEM. serves 331 students from grades pre-K through 4, operated by MONROE CITY R-I.

Within MONROE CITY R-I, which oversees 3 schools and 780 students, MONROE CITY ELEM. is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MONROE CITY ELEM. lists that 79% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 11% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 93% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MONROE CITY ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.3%, the actual is 42.5%, a residual of -7.8 points.

In the surrounding community, Monroe County reports that median household earnings sit near $54,516, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. MONROE CITY ELEM. is one of 10 public schools in Monroe County (combined enrollment of about 1,520 students).

The closest other public school is MONROE CITY MIDDLE, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MONROE CITY ELEM. ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 55.6%.

MONROE CITY ELEM. operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 25%: 265 students in 2018 compared to 331 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for MONROE CITY ELEM. typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.