Monticello Elementary

Monticello Elementary operates as an intimate K-5 school in Monticello, Wisconsin, part of Monticello School District. Current enrollment sits at 131 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 59% smaller than the state mean of about 323.

Monticello School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 289 students. Monticello Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Monticello Elementary shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Monticello Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 34% of students at Monticello Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Monticello Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.1%.

In the area at large, census data for Green County shows the typical household earns roughly $82,852 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Monticello Elementary is one of 20 public schools in Green County (combined enrollment of about 5,278 students).

The closest other public school is Monticello High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Monticello Elementary comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 66.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 153 students in 2018 compared to 131 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 95% to 89% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.