Monroe Elementary

Monroe Elementary operates as a mid-sized primary school in Janesville, Wisconsin, part of Janesville School District. Current enrollment sits at 376 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 22 schools in Janesville School District (9,355 students total), Monroe Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Monroe Elementary shows that 70% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 Elementary sits in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 45.5%; actual is 71.0%, +25.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Rock County shows median household earnings sit near $75,673, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Monroe Elementary is one of 65 public schools in Rock County (combined enrollment of about 25,542 students).

Nearest neighbor: Marshall Middle, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Monroe Elementary comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 55.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 399 students in 2018 compared to 376 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 76% to 70% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

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