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Best kept secret on campus at Monroe Middle School?
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Enrollment
519
Middle
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 494
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EUGENE SD 4J·NCES 410474000566
Monroe Middle School
2800 Bailey Ln, Eugene, OR 97401 · (541) 790-6300 · Lane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 19.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
332 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 76%
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 | 170 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 171 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 178 | 34% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 59% · 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
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
35.8%
OR avg 43.0% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
24.8%
OR avg 31.8% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.8% | 24.8% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 22.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. 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
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Oregon 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 Oregon'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 →
Where Monroe Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Lane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #122 of 190 | #13 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #112 of 200 | #11 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #129 of 201 | #14 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 519 | #94 of 208 | #4 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #101 of 180 | #17 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #74 of 180 | #4 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #120 of 141 | #15 of 16 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
519
-26 (-5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 23.8:1
% White
62%
was 67%
% Hispanic
23%
was 19%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
3%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 519 | 27.8 | 18.7:1 | 64% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 25.9 | 19.9:1 | 64% (332) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | N/A | N/A | 55% (297) |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 22.9 | 23.8:1 | 46% (250) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monroe Middle School.
About Monroe Middle School
Monroe Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Eugene, Oregon, administered by Eugene SD 4J. The student body numbers 519 students, from grades 6 through 8.
Eugene SD 4J has 36 schools and 15,712 students, and Monroe Middle School is one of those schools.
White students account for 62% of enrollment at Monroe Middle School. Enrollment also includes 23% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's White share is 19 points below the 81% share among Lane County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Monroe Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
Federal staffing data show 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Monroe Middle School and a ratio of 18.7:1. Middle schools in Oregon have a similar average ratio of 19.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 64% of students. For comparison, public schools in Lane County average 76%.
A school with Monroe Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Oregon is predicted to score 37.7%. Monroe Middle School scores 27.1%, 10.6 points below that line.
Census estimates describe Lane County this way: median household income is about $71,544, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Lane County number 117 and enroll about 42,240.
The next-closest public school is Buena Vista Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Monroe Middle School at 7th of 7.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Monroe Middle School had 545 students in 2017-18 and 519 in 2024-25, a 5% decrease. The White share was 67% in 2017-18 and 62% in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 23.8:1 to 18.7:1.
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Lane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
384,207
Census ACS
Median income
$71,544
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
42,240 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Eugene SD 4J
- South Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
- Sheldon High SchoolHigh · 1,462 students
- North Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,079 students
- Churchill High SchoolHigh · 1,031 students
- Gilham Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · 557 students
Other schools in Eugene
- South Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
- Sheldon High SchoolHigh · 1,462 students
- Willamette High SchoolHigh · 1,455 students
- North Eugene High SchoolHigh · 1,079 students
- Churchill High SchoolHigh · 1,031 students
- Meadow View SchoolElementary · 672 students
Nearby schools
- Buena Vista Elementary School0.5 mi · 420
- Sheldon High School0.6 mi · 1,462
- Holt Elementary School0.6 mi · 469
- Martin Luther King Jr. Education Center1.0 mi · 7
- Cal Young Middle School1.2 mi · 475
- Guy Lee Elementary School1.4 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About Monroe Middle SchoolHow large is Monroe Middle School?
Monroe Middle School enrolls approximately 519 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Monroe Middle School serve?
Monroe Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Monroe Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Monroe Middle School is approximately 18.7:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Monroe Middle School?
At Monroe Middle School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 23% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Monroe Middle School in?
Monroe Middle School is part of Eugene SD 4J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.