Monroe High

Located at 1 High School Dr, in Monroe, North Carolina, Monroe High is a substantial high school that teaches 1,215 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Union County Public Schools. That puts it 60% larger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 761 students.

Within Union County Public Schools, which oversees 52 schools and 41,272 students, Monroe High is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Monroe High lists that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 26% Black, 5% White, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Monroe High has 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.2:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Union County's rate of about 41%.

With demographic context factored in, Monroe High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.4%; this one comes in at 25.2%, -23.2 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Union County put 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%. In all, Union County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,934 students), of which Monroe High is one.

Nearest neighbor: East Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Monroe High comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Monroe High has changed only slightly, going from 1,213 students in 2018 to 1,215 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 52% to 65% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

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