Enrollment
376
Elementary
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JANESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550702000769
Monroe Elementary
55 S Pontiac Dr, Janesville, WI 53545 · (608) 743-6900 · Rock County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
197 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 54% · 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
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
72.7%
WI avg 53.1% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
75.4%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.7% | 75.4% |
| 2023-24 | 70.8% | 74.4% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
71.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 26 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Monroe Elementary
Monroe Elementary's state test result (71.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Elementary this school | 376 | 52.4% | 71.0% |
| Webster Elementary Watertown | 381 | 52.5% | 64.9% |
| Rosenow Elementary Fond du Lac | 351 | 51.3% | 56.0% |
| Kennedy Elementary Janesville | 404 | 52.2% | 71.4% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Janesville | 412 | 50.7% | 73.6% |
| Madison Elementary Stevens Point | 360 | 50.3% | 62.0% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Monroe Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Rock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #169 of 982 | #4 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #119 of 992 ▲ 26 | #3 of 27 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #107 of 992 ▲ 40 | #2 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #403 of 1,157 | #15 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #504 of 901 | #12 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #344 of 901 | #14 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.4% | #375 of 1,064 | #14 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #552 of 664 | #10 of 14 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
376
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 469
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 376 | 27.8 | 13.5:1 | 52% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 349 | 25 | 14.0:1 | 53% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 26.2 | 13.5:1 | 53% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | 26 | 14.2:1 | 55% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 27.3 | 14.6:1 | 41% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 379 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 47% (178) |
| 2010-11 | 376 | 25 | 15.0:1 | 39% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 419 | 28 | 15.0:1 | 19% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 469 | 20 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monroe Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (399 to 376); teachers up 2% (27.3 to 27.8).
About Monroe Elementary
Monroe Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Wisconsin, located in Janesville. The school's 376 students are in pre-K through 5.
Monroe Elementary is one of 22 schools in Janesville School District, which enrolls 9,355 students in total.
Monroe Elementary is 70% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Black. That compares with about 82% White among all Rock County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 48% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Monroe Elementary is 27.8 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.5:1. That is lower than the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The school counts 197 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 52%.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, Monroe Elementary receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Wisconsin with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 45.5%. Monroe Elementary posts 71.0%, 25.5 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in Rock County, the median household income is $75,673, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. There are 65 public schools in Rock County, enrolling about 25,542 students in all.
Marshall Middle is located about 0.1 miles from Monroe Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Monroe Elementary is ahead of the 55.7% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
NCES describes the area around Monroe Elementary as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 369 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 376.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Monroe Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Rock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
164,350
Census ACS
Median income
$75,673
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
25,542 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Janesville School District
- Craig HighHigh · 1,400 students
- Parker HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Marshall MiddleMiddle · 747 students
- Edison MiddleMiddle · 587 students
- Franklin MiddleMiddle · 486 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 412 students
Other schools in Janesville
- Craig HighHigh · 1,400 students
- Parker HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Marshall MiddleMiddle · 747 students
- Edison MiddleMiddle · 587 students
- Franklin MiddleMiddle · 486 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 412 students
Other Monroe Elementary schools
35 other US public schools in 18 states are named Monroe Elementary. Monroe Elementary is the 16th largest of the 36.
- Monroe ElementaryManitowoc, WI · 232 students
- Monroe Elementary SchoolMonroe, OH · 1,166 students
- Monroe ElementaryHanford, CA · 611 students
- Monroe ElementaryMonroe, GA · 605 students
- Monroe ElementaryRiverside, CA · 596 students
Nearby schools
- Marshall Middle0.1 mi · 747
- Harrison Elementary0.8 mi · 266
- Craig High0.9 mi · 1,400
- Jefferson Elementary1.0 mi · 293
- Roosevelt Elementary1.2 mi · 412
- Adams Elementary1.2 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Monroe ElementaryHow many students attend Monroe Elementary?
Monroe Elementary enrolls approximately 376 students in grades PK-05.
Is Monroe Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Monroe Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Monroe Elementary have?
Monroe Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
How diverse is Monroe Elementary?
Monroe Elementary reports a student body of 70% White, 16% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Monroe Elementary public or private?
Monroe Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Janesville School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.