Monterey Elementary

Monterey Elementary is a mid-tier elementary campus in Roanoke, Virginia, part of Roanoke City Public Schools. The school teaches 508 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 24 schools in Roanoke City Public Schools (13,811 students total), Monterey Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Monterey Elementary records that 37% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 26% White, 25% Black, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Roanoke city as a whole is about 9% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 101% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Monterey Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.7%; this one delivers 51.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Roanoke city indicate median household earnings sit near $55,378, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Roanoke city runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,392 students), of which Monterey Elementary is one.

Preston Park Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Monterey Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 49.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Monterey Elementary has climbed 3%, going from 495 students in 2018 to 508 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 19% to 37%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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