ALA Monroe

As an intimate K-5 school in Monroe, North Carolina, ALA Monroe hosts 237 students from grades K through 8, overseen by ALA Monroe. Enrollment runs roughly 49% leaner than the state mean of about 467.

ALA Monroe is the operating authority for ALA Monroe, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, ALA Monroe reports that the most-represented group is Black (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 14% White, 10% multiracial, 6% Asian. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 11% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, ALA Monroe reports 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Union County indicate the typical household earns roughly $102,900 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. ALA Monroe is one of 58 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 45,934 students).

Apprentice Academy High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a residential site. ALA Monroe operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the ALA Monroe community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.