Monroe Middle

Monroe Middle operates as a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in Monroe, Wisconsin, overseen by Monroe School District. Current enrollment sits at 483 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 27% larger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 381 students.

Monroe Middle is one of 5 schools operated by Monroe School District, a district that works with 2,140 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Monroe Middle logs that White students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder consists of 17% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 93% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Monroe Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.2%; this one delivers 57.9%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Green County indicate median household earnings sit near $82,852, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Green County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,278 students), of which Monroe Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Parkside Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Monroe Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 52.8%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Monroe Middle's enrollment has decreased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 567 (now 483). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 86% to 78%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Monroe Middle community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.