Parkside Elementary

Parkside Elementary is one of the mid-tier K-5 schools in Monroe, Wisconsin, overseen by Monroe School District, with 342 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Monroe School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,140 students. Parkside Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Parkside Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 24% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 93%.

On the resource side, On paper, Parkside Elementary has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Green County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Parkside Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.4%.

Zooming out to the county, 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 roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Parkside Elementary is one of 20 public schools in Green County (combined enrollment of about 5,278 students).

Nearest neighbor: Monroe Middle, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Parkside Elementary. On composite proficiency, Parkside Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Parkside Elementary's enrollment has edged down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 369 (now 342). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 19% to 24% over that span.

On this page, members of the Parkside Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.