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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Monroe Middle this year?
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Enrollment
802
Middle
DISTRICT 1,069 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370462001302
Monroe Middle
601 E Sunset Drive, Monroe, NC 28112 · (704) 296-3120 · Union County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL802 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
799 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 245 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 265 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 292 | 36% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 71% · 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
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
29.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
36.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 29 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 North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Middle
Monroe Middle's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Middle this school | 802 | 99.6% | 34.1% |
| Eastway Middle Charlotte | 849 | 99.3% | 30.4% |
| Martin Luther King Jr Middle Charlotte | 844 | 99.6% | 28.1% |
| Brogden Middle Dudley | 603 | 98.2% | 36.3% |
| Broadview Middle Burlington | 512 | 99.4% | 32.3% |
| Smithfield Middle Smithfield | 573 | 98.8% | 34.2% |
Matched among North Carolina middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #402 of 463 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #347 of 461 | #8 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #432 of 463 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 802 | #100 of 478 | #8 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #339 of 456 | #3 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #351 of 456 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #29 of 472 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #161 of 300 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
802
-151 (-16%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 848
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 802 | 45.6 | 17.6:1 | 100% (799) |
| 2023-24 | 855 | 51.3 | 16.6:1 | 100% (852) |
| 2022-23 | 955 | 54.5 | 17.5:1 | 84% (805) |
| 2020-21 | 953 | 55 | 17.3:1 | 100% (950) |
| 2017-18 | 901 | 60.5 | 14.9:1 | 100% (898) |
| 2015-16 | 1,052 | 63 | 16.7:1 | 86% (907) |
| 2010-11 | 859 | 57 | 15.1:1 | 87% (747) |
| 2000-01 | 848 | 63 | 13.5:1 | 67% (565) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monroe Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (901 to 802); teachers down 25% (60.5 to 45.6).
About Monroe Middle
In Monroe, North Carolina, part of Union County, Monroe Middle is a middle school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 802 students in grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in North Carolina is about 605 students, so this school is 33% larger than average.
Monroe Middle falls under Union County Public Schools, which has 52 schools enrolling 41,272 students.
Monroe Middle's enrollment is 65% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 26% Black, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Union County's population at about 13%. Monroe Middle has a diversity index of 50%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Monroe Middle's 45.6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.6:1. For comparison, middle schools in North Carolina average 15.9:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 100%. That is 59 points above the 41% average for public schools in Union County.
In North Carolina, Monroe Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 34.1% actual against a predicted 48.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Union County, median household income is about $102,900, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Monroe Middle is one of 58 public schools in Union County, which together enroll about 45,934 students.
The nearest other public school, East Elementary, is about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Monroe Middle ranks 3rd of 6 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Monroe Middle's location as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Monroe Middle went from 953 students to 802.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
250,958
Census ACS
Median income
$102,900
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
45,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union County Public Schools
- Marvin Ridge HighHigh · 1,961 students
- Weddington HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Cuthbertson HighHigh · 1,857 students
- Porter Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,809 students
- Porter Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,447 students
- Weddington MiddleMiddle · 1,324 students
Other schools in Monroe
- Union AcademyCombined · 2,186 students
- Sun Valley HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Piedmont HighHigh · 1,270 students
- Monroe HighHigh · 1,215 students
- Parkwood HighHigh · 1,082 students
- Piedmont MiddleMiddle · 980 students
Other Monroe Middle schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Monroe Middle. Monroe Middle is the largest of the 7.
- Monroe Middle SchoolWheaton, IL · 716 students
- MONROE MIDDLE SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 716 students
- Monroe MiddleSan Jose, CA · 677 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMONROE, MI · 674 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolEugene, OR · 519 students
Nearby schools
- East Elementary0.5 mi · 423
- Monroe High0.7 mi · 1,215
- Wolfe School0.8 mi · 109
- Benton Heights Elementary1.6 mi · 451
- Central Academy of Technology and Arts1.6 mi · 875
- Walter Bickett Elementary2.5 mi · 444
Frequently asked questions
About Monroe MiddleHow large is Monroe Middle?
Monroe Middle enrolls approximately 802 students in grades 06-08.
Is Monroe Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Monroe Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Monroe Middle?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Monroe Middle.
How diverse is Monroe Middle?
Monroe Middle reports a student body of 5% White, 65% Hispanic, 26% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Monroe Middle?
Monroe Middle is overseen by Union County Public Schools in Union County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.