Monticello Middle School

Monticello Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Longview, Washington, under Longview School District. It enrolls 525 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8.

Monticello Middle School is part of Longview School District, where 17 schools serve 6,382 students.

The share of White students at Monticello Middle School is 58%, a majority. It is also 23% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 4% Pacific Islander. For comparison, the population of Cowlitz County is roughly 83% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.

With 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.6:1. The average for middle schools in Washington is 18.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Monticello Middle School, 73% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Cowlitz County report 58%.

In the surrounding county, Cowlitz County, the median household earns about $76,531 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Cowlitz County has 48 public schools with about 17,080 students, including Monticello Middle School.

Discovery High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Monticello Middle School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Monticello Middle School is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 7%, from 565 to 525.

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