Is Monroe Elementary a good school?

Monroe Elementary ranks 2046 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Monroe Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 522 students attended Monroe Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Monroe Elementary?

Students at Monroe Elementary are 51% Hispanic, 40% Asian, 6% Two or more races, 3% White.

What schools do graduates of Monroe Elementary attend?

Students who attend Monroe Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Hoover (Herbert) Middle High : Academy (The)- SF @McAteer High : Asawa (Ruth) SF School of the Arts A Public School High : Balboa High High : Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic High High : Galileo High High : Jordan (June) School for Equity High : Lincoln (Abraham) High High : Lowell High High : Marshall (Thurgood) High High : Mission High High : O'Connell (John) High High : S.F. International High High : Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High High : Washington (George) High

Monroe Elementary

Summary:

Monroe Elementary is a public elementary school located in San Francisco, California, serving 528 students in grades K-5. It is part of the San Francisco Unified School District, which is ranked 651 out of 1,568 districts in the state.

While Monroe Elementary has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger, its academic performance lags behind the district and state averages. The school's test scores in subjects like English Language Arts and Math are consistently lower than the San Francisco Unified School District and California as a whole. Additionally, Monroe Elementary has experienced relatively high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 24.4% to 29.2% in recent years, which can negatively impact student learning. The school also serves a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 72.81% to 75.76% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

When comparing Monroe Elementary to nearby schools within the San Francisco Unified School District, some interesting patterns emerge. Glen Park Elementary and Sunnyside Elementary generally outperform Monroe Elementary, while Hillcrest Elementary, Guadalupe Elementary, Revere (Paul) Elementary, and Mission Education Center all have significantly lower performance compared to Monroe Elementary and the district/state averages.

Detail:

Public K-5

260 Madrid St.
San Francisco, CA 94112-2055

(415) 469-4736

District: San Francisco Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
2046^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,103

Students who attend Monroe Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Hoover (Herbert) Middle
High:	Academy (The)- SF @McAteer
	Asawa (Ruth) SF School of the Arts A Public School
	Balboa High
	Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic High
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	Galileo High
	Jordan (June) School for Equity
	Lincoln (Abraham) High
	Lowell High
	Marshall (Thurgood) High
	Mission High
	O'Connell (John) High
	S.F. International High
	Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High
	Washington (George) High

Student/teacher ratio: 25.9

Number of students: 522

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

50.6%

Asian:

39.8%

Two or more races:

5.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 78.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Monroe Elementary ranks better than 65.1% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 40^th among 71 ranked elementary schools in the San Francisco Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 60.35. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (50.6%), Asian (39.8%), two or more races (5.7%). (See more...)

Compare Details 78.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Monroe Elementary is 25.9. 65 elementary schools in the San Francisco Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Monroe Elementary is $6,103, which is the highest among 72 elementary schools in the San Francisco Unified School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Monroe Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Monroe Elementary 2046^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Monroe Elementary in the ranking list.)

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San Francisco Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks San Francisco Unified 651^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Monroe Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Monroe Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	35.27	2928^th	4809	39.1%
2005	42.66	2564^th	4822	46.8%
2006	45.05	2437^th	4818	49.4%
2007	45.84	2571^st	5113	49.7%
2008	47.93	2497^th	5113	51.2%
2009	50.03	2486^th	5193	52.1%
2010	60.09	1984^th	5314	62.7%
2011	48.74	2671^st	5377	50.3%
2012	49.83	2629^th	5390	51.2%
2013	47.74	2808^th	5530	49.2%
2015	65.24	1702^nd	5611	69.7%
2016	61.52	1921^st	5614	65.8%
2017	66.69	1713^th	5692	69.9%
2018	52.28	2430^th	5662	57.1%
2019	50.57	2571^st	5789	55.6%
2022	47.27	2683^rd	5883	54.4%
2023	57.65	2162^nd	5874	63.2%
2024	60.35	2046^th	5862	65.1%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Monroe Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	33.19	441^st	610	27.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Monroe Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	44.96	1506^th	3246	53.6%
2019	62.35	754^th	3275	77.0%
2022	60.38	746^th	3311	77.5%
2023	72.69	431^st	3250	86.7%
2024	66.39	502^nd	3160	84.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Monroe Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	17.92	2500^th	2634	5.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Monroe Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	58.53	1822^nd	5084	64.2%
2019	55.27	2047^th	5173	60.4%
2022	63.22	1505^th	5264	71.4%
2023	64.95	1476^th	5374	72.5%
2024	74.40	1080^th	5511	80.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Monroe Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	52.88	2333^rd	5413	56.9%
2019	39.07	3167^th	5492	42.3%
2022	48.97	2469^th	5635	56.2%
2023	55.97	2129^th	5617	62.1%
2024	57.38	2063^rd	5605	63.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Monroe Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	50.48	2422^nd	5431	55.4%
2019	61.87	1875^th	5510	66.0%
2022	44.65	2732^nd	5663	51.8%
2023	57.14	2080^th	5650	63.2%
2024	62.14	1879^th	5636	66.7%

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Rank History for Asian students at Monroe Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	48.20	687^th	1071	35.9%
2019	21.09	972^nd	1149	15.4%
2022	33.96	859^th	1154	25.6%
2023	41.43	834^th	1190	29.9%
2024	49.05	766^th	1203	36.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Monroe Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	23.45	4016^th	4830	16.9%
2019	33.76	3408^th	4963	31.3%
2022	27.73	3893^rd	5084	23.4%
2023	29.09	3790^th	5098	25.7%
2024	38.93	3049^th	5102	40.2%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Monroe Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	79	18	145	168	0	n/a	n/a	0	410
1989	80	19	151	185	1	n/a	n/a	0	436
1990	84	26	149	189	5	n/a	n/a	0	453
1991	82	20	162	198	4	n/a	n/a	0	466
1992	68	27	167	206	6	n/a	n/a	0	474
1993	63	24	177	195	6	n/a	n/a	0	465
1994	54	15	187	205	5	n/a	n/a	0	466
1995	31	10	202	193	1	n/a	n/a	0	437
1996	31	10	202	193	1	n/a	n/a	0	437
1997	21	5	225	200	1	n/a	n/a	0	452
1998	24	7	218	207	0	n/a	n/a	0	456
1999	17	5	231	207	0	n/a	n/a	0	460
2000	13	12	221	205	2	n/a	n/a	0	453
2001	4	16	242	205	0	n/a	n/a	4	471
2002	8	13	220	206	0	n/a	n/a	15	462
2003	8	13	220	206	0	n/a	n/a	15	462
2004	13	12	220	205	1	n/a	n/a	16	467
2005	16	14	211	205	1	n/a	n/a	20	467
2006	19	13	208	206	1	n/a	n/a	25	472
2007	25	13	197	201	2	n/a	n/a	33	471
2008	26	13	187	222	3	n/a	n/a	0	451
2009	34	11	178	224	2	0	31	0	480
2010	33	13	165	239	1	1	39	0	491
2011	39	14	173	245	2	0	37	0	510
2012	38	13	165	267	1	1	27	0	512
2013	28	10	134	282	1	4	49	0	508
2014	35	16	181	272	0	3	17	0	524
2015	35	12	182	262	0	2	18	0	511
2016	32	7	194	255	0	2	21	0	511
2017	25	7	202	280	0	1	38	0	553
2018	22	8	190	261	0	2	42	0	525
2019	23	9	202	251	0	3	40	0	528
2020	22	5	203	256	0	0	45	0	531
2021	22	6	205	250	0	0	54	0	537
2022	17	5	199	251	0	0	35	0	507
2023	19	5	213	260	0	0	30	1	528
2024	15	5	208	264	0	0	30	0	522

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Monroe Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	410	16.0	25.6	n/a
1989	436	17.0	25.6	n/a
1990	453	17.0	26.6	n/a
1991	466	17.6	26.4	n/a
1992	474	17.9	26.4	63.7
1993	465	16.8	27.7	75.5
1994	466	15.8	29.5	77.9
1995	437	16.0	27.3	91.1
1996	437	16.0	27.3	91.1
1997	452	18.0	25.1	69.5
1998	456	22.0	20.7	80.9
1999	460	21.5	21.4	77.2
2000	453	23.0	19.7	60.7
2001	471	24.0	19.6	72.2
2002	462	29.0	15.9	80.3
2003	462	29.0	15.9	80.3
2004	467	27.0	17.3	82.7
2005	467	27.5	17.0	70.9
2006	472	26.0	18.2	0
2007	471	25.6	18.4	71.9
2008	451	26.5	17.0	70.7
2009	480	27.0	17.1	67.9
2010	491	28.8	17.0	70.3
2011	510	n/a	n/a	74.1
2012	512	22.6	22.6	71.1
2013	508	23.5	21.6	77.4
2014	524	22.0	23.8	78.8
2015	511	21.0	24.3	81.2
2016	511	22.0	23.2	77.3
2017	553	17.0	32.5	68.9
2018	525	23.0	22.8	73.1
2019	528	13.3	39.6	72.5
2020	531	n/a	n/a	71.6
2021	537	20.3	26.4	72.8
2022	507	20.8	24.3	75.9
2023	528	20.8	25.3	75.8
2024	522	20.0	25.9	78.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Monroe Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	410	16.0	25.6	n/a
1989	436	17.0	25.6	n/a
1990	453	17.0	26.6	n/a
1991	466	17.6	26.4	n/a
1992	474	17.9	26.4	63.7
1993	465	16.8	27.7	75.5
1994	466	15.8	29.5	77.9
1995	437	16.0	27.3	91.1
1996	437	16.0	27.3	91.1
1997	452	18.0	25.1	69.5
1998	456	22.0	20.7	80.9
1999	460	21.5	21.4	77.2
2000	453	23.0	19.7	60.7
2001	471	24.0	19.6	72.2
2002	462	29.0	15.9	80.3
2003	462	29.0	15.9	80.3
2004	467	27.0	17.3	82.7
2005	467	27.5	17.0	70.9
2006	472	26.0	18.2	0
2007	471	25.6	18.4	71.9
2008	451	26.5	17.0	70.7
2009	480	27.0	17.1	67.9
2010	491	28.8	17.0	70.3
2011	510	n/a	n/a	74.1
2012	512	22.6	22.6	71.1
2013	508	23.5	21.6	77.4
2014	524	22.0	23.8	78.8
2015	511	21.0	24.3	81.2
2016	511	22.0	23.2	77.3
2017	553	17.0	32.5	68.9
2018	525	23.0	22.8	73.1
2019	528	13.3	39.6	72.5
2020	531	n/a	n/a	71.6
2021	537	20.3	26.4	72.8
2022	507	20.8	24.3	75.9
2023	528	20.8	25.3	75.8
2024	522	20.0	25.9	78.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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