Monroe High School

As a large high school in Monroe, Washington, Monroe High School works with 1,515 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Monroe School District. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 573 students each, so Monroe High School sits 164% above that benchmark.

Within Monroe School District, which oversees 12 schools and 5,874 students, Monroe High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Monroe High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 30% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Monroe High School has 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Monroe High School is in the bottom 10% of Washington public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 53.3%; Monroe High School posts 42.6%, -10.7 points below that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Snohomish County put median household income runs about $111,246, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Snohomish County's 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), Monroe High School is one campus in the mix.

Leaders In Learning is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Monroe High School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Monroe High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 43.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 1,705 students in 2018 compared to 1,515 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 69% to 56% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

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