Enrollment
232
Elementary
DISTRICT 281 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANITOWOC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550861000978
Monroe Elementary
2502 S 14th St, Manitowoc, WI 54220 · (920) 663-9550 · Manitowoc County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL232 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
128 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
32.8%
WI avg 53.1% . -6.1pp since 2023
Math
28.2%
WI avg 54.8% . -11.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.8% | 28.2% |
| 2023-24 | 38.9% | 39.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 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 (38.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe Elementary this school | 232 | 55.2% | 38.5% |
| North Woods International School La Crosse | 255 | 58.8% | 46.6% |
| Webster Elementary Green Bay | 271 | 54.2% | 58.0% |
| MacArthur Elementary Green Bay | 223 | 56.5% | 58.0% |
| Riverview Early Learning Center Manitowoc | 237 | 48.1% | N/A |
| Howard Elementary Green Bay | 262 | 55.0% | 55.7% |
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 Manitowoc County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #772 of 982 | #11 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #844 of 992 ▼ 89 | #12 of 13 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #809 of 992 ▼ 47 | #11 of 13 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 232 | #822 of 1,157 | #12 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #50 of 901 | #3 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.4% | #185 of 901 | #4 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.2% | #339 of 1,064 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.2% | #63 of 664 | #2 of 9 |
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
232
-44 (-16%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 351
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 232 | 23.2 | 10.0:1 | 55% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 270 | 23 | 11.7:1 | 56% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 22 | 13.0:1 | 51% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 23 | 12.0:1 | 58% (159) |
| 2017-18 | 342 | 23.1 | 14.8:1 | 42% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 366 | 21 | 17.4:1 | 49% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 366 | 22 | 16.6:1 | 40% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 388 | 23 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 351 | 14 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monroe Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (342 to 232); teachers unchanged (23.1 to 23.2).
About Monroe Elementary
In Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Monroe Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school has 232 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Wisconsin enroll about 323 students on average.
Manitowoc School District runs 11 schools with a combined 4,452 students. Monroe Elementary is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show Monroe Elementary is 57% White. The next largest groups are 13% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 9% Black. The school's White share is 31 points below the 88% share among Manitowoc County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
The school's 23.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. Income data for the school show 55% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Manitowoc County, the average is 40%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Monroe Elementary would be expected to post about 43.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.5%.
The school is in Manitowoc County, where median household income comes to about $69,148, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Manitowoc County's 30 public schools enroll about 10,090 students and include Monroe Elementary.
Measured in a straight line, Jefferson Elementary is about 0.8 miles from Monroe Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Monroe Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Monroe Elementary is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.
A 16% decline took enrollment from 276 in 2020-21 to 232 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 12.0:1 in 2020-21 to 10.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Manitowoc County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
81,406
Census ACS
Median income
$69,148
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
10,090 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Manitowoc School District
- Lincoln HighHigh · 1,385 students
- Washington MiddleMiddle · 566 students
- Wilson MiddleMiddle · 478 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 356 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 344 students
- Jackson ElementaryElementary · 336 students
Other schools in Manitowoc
- Lincoln HighHigh · 1,385 students
- Washington MiddleMiddle · 566 students
- Wilson MiddleMiddle · 478 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 356 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 344 students
- Jackson ElementaryElementary · 336 students
Other Monroe Elementary schools
35 other US public schools in 18 states are named Monroe Elementary. Monroe Elementary is the 30th largest of the 36.
- Monroe ElementaryJanesville, WI · 376 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
- Jefferson Elementary0.8 mi · 344
- Washington Middle0.9 mi · 566
- Lincoln High0.9 mi · 1,385
- Franklin Elementary2.0 mi · 356
- Madison Elementary2.4 mi · 202
- Wilson Middle2.9 mi · 478
Frequently asked questions
About Monroe ElementaryHow large is Monroe Elementary?
Monroe Elementary enrolls approximately 232 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Monroe Elementary serve?
Monroe Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Monroe Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Monroe Elementary is approximately 10.0:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Monroe Elementary?
Student demographics at Monroe Elementary are roughly 57% White, 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, 9% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Monroe Elementary?
Monroe Elementary is overseen by Manitowoc School District in Manitowoc County.
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