Monroe Middle

Monroe Middle operates as a mid-tier middle-grades school in Monroe, North Carolina, operated by Union County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 802 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 33% bigger than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 605 students.

Union County Public Schools runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 41,272 students. Monroe Middle is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Monroe Middle lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%; the rest comes out to 26% Black, 5% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Union County as a whole is about 13% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Monroe Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.1%.

In the surrounding community, Union County reports that median household earnings sit near $102,900, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Union County's 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,934 students), Monroe Middle is one campus in the mix.

East Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Monroe Middle ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.3%.

Monroe Middle operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Monroe Middle's enrollment has shrank 11% since 2018, when it stood at 901 (now 802). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 52% to 65%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

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