Monarch Elementary

Located at 224 Five Forks Road, in Simpsonville, South Carolina, Monarch Elementary is a substantial elementary-level community that works with 870 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Greenville 01. Compared to the state average of about 526 students per school, that is 65% bigger than typical.

Monarch Elementary is one of 89 schools operated by Greenville 01, a district that enrolls 78,776 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Monarch Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. Compared to Greenville County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, Monarch Elementary has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Greenville County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,932, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Greenville County runs 109 public schools (combined enrollment of about 89,863 students), of which Monarch Elementary is one.

Langston Charter Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Monarch Elementary.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Monarch Elementary's enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 955 (now 870). White enrollment moved from 75% to 68% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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