Is Monroe Elementary a good school?

Monroe Elementary ranks in the bottom 11.0% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Monroe Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 237 students attended Monroe Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Monroe Elementary?

Students at Monroe Elementary are 98% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of Monroe Elementary attend?

Students who attend Monroe Elementary usually go on to attend: High : Century High

Monroe Elementary

Summary:

Monroe Elementary is a public elementary school located in Santa Ana, California, serving 250 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Santa Ana Unified School District, which is ranked 1241 out of 1568 districts in the state.

Monroe Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of California elementary schools, with significantly below-average academic performance across all grade levels and subject areas. In 2023-2024, only 19.05% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 30.96% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school's performance is particularly low in mathematics, with only 20.18% of students proficient or better, compared to 21.03% for the district and 35.54% for the state. Monroe Elementary also struggles in science, with only 5% of students proficient or better, compared to 15.71% for the district and 30.7% for the state. The school has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds (80% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch) and a high percentage of English Language Learners, ranking in the bottom 15% of California elementary schools for these student groups.

While the nearby Jefferson Elementary, Pio Pico Elementary, and Washington Elementary schools generally perform better academically, they also serve a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. Additionally, Monroe Elementary has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 7.4% in 2017-2018 to 21.7% in 2022-2023, a concerning trend that is also seen at nearby schools in the district.

Detail:

Public K-5

417 East Central Ave.
Santa Ana, CA 92707-3501

(714) 431-3900

District: Santa Ana Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5216^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,889

Students who attend Monroe Elementary usually attend:

High:

Century High

Student/teacher ratio: 18.1

Number of students: 237

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

98.3%

Two or more races:

0.8%

White:

0.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 82.3%

See top rated California elementary schools

Compare Monroe Elementary to nearby elementary schools!

Performance Trends

Compare Details Monroe Elementary ranks worse than 89% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 26^th among 34 ranked elementary schools in the Santa Ana Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.88. (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 Monroe Elementary has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Santa Ana Unified School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (98.3%), two or more races (0.8%), African American (0.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 82.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Compare Details (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Monroe Elementary is 18.1, which is the 3^rd best among 34 elementary schools in the Santa Ana Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Monroe Elementary employs 13 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Monroe Elementary is $8,889, which is the 4^th highest among 34 elementary schools in the Santa Ana Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Monroe Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Monroe Elementary 5216^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Monroe Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

English Language Learner students:

Low Socio Economic Status students:

Homeless students:

Female students:

Male students:

Hispanic students:

Santa Ana Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Santa Ana Unified 1241^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

What do you think?

Your rating for Monroe Elementary?

(Ranking FAQ)

Rank History for Monroe Elementary

Compare

Rank History for all students at Monroe Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	22.87	3718^th	4809	22.7%
2005	20.00	3965^th	4822	17.8%
2006	21.88	3864^th	4818	19.8%
2007	23.99	4006^th	5113	21.7%
2008	16.21	4580^th	5113	10.4%
2009	25.00	4069^th	5193	21.6%
2010	45.29	2823^rd	5314	46.9%
2011	52.87	2424^th	5377	54.9%
2012	52.99	2444^th	5390	54.7%
2013	32.43	3859^th	5530	30.2%
2015	24.98	4130^th	5611	26.4%
2016	36.61	3290^th	5614	41.4%
2017	20.54	4646^th	5692	18.4%
2018	22.30	4489^th	5662	20.7%
2019	18.66	4928^th	5789	14.9%
2022	21.99	4649^th	5883	21.0%
2023	14.98	5325^th	5874	9.3%
2024	15.88	5216^th	5862	11.0%

See the entire list of California Elementary School Rankings!

Rank History for English Language Learner students at Monroe Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	22.94	2854^th	3246	12.1%
2019	22.30	3061^st	3275	6.5%
2022	32.93	2372^nd	3311	28.4%
2023	35.61	2116^th	3250	34.9%
2024	26.92	2749^th	3160	13.0%

See the entire list of Best California Elementary Schools for English Language Learner Students!

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	26.82	3997^th	5084	21.4%
2019	23.69	4321^st	5173	16.5%
2022	29.82	3858^th	5264	26.7%
2023	18.39	4819^th	5374	10.3%
2024	20.01	4776^th	5511	13.3%

See the entire list of Best California Elementary Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Homeless students at Monroe Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	27.30	296^th	364	18.7%

See the entire list of Best California Elementary Schools for Homeless Students!

Rank History for Female students at Monroe Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.08	4163^rd	5413	23.1%
2019	28.37	3951^st	5492	28.1%
2022	18.88	4814^th	5635	14.6%
2023	25.65	4174^th	5617	25.7%
2024	21.50	4558^th	5605	18.7%

See the entire list of Best California Elementary Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Disabled students at Monroe Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	39.63	1312^th	2585	49.2%

See the entire list of Best California Elementary Schools for Disabled Students!

Rank History for Male students at Monroe Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	22.66	4317^th	5431	20.5%
2019	14.27	5103^rd	5510	7.4%
2022	27.45	4006^th	5663	29.3%
2023	9.24	5558^th	5650	1.6%
2024	10.01	5483^rd	5636	2.7%

See the entire list of Best California Elementary Schools for Male Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Monroe Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	29.27	3604^th	4830	25.4%
2019	22.47	4218^th	4963	15.0%
2022	28.53	3835^th	5084	24.6%
2023	20.15	4489^th	5098	11.9%
2024	21.68	4355^th	5102	14.6%

See the entire list of Best California Elementary Schools for Hispanic Students!

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

We're sorry, but no reviews have been submitted for Monroe Elementary.

If you have first-hand knowledge about Monroe Elementary, submit a rating!

Reviews:
No reviews have been submitted!

Enrollment information for Monroe Elementary

Compare

Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	31	2	9	610	0	n/a	n/a	0	652
1989	19	4	10	596	0	n/a	n/a	0	629
1990	2	3	9	618	0	n/a	n/a	0	632
1991	6	1	15	596	0	n/a	n/a	0	618
1992	18	2	12	624	0	n/a	n/a	0	656
1993	10	4	14	651	0	n/a	n/a	0	679
1994	12	4	13	692	0	n/a	n/a	0	721
1995	17	3	10	722	0	n/a	n/a	0	752
1996	17	3	10	722	0	n/a	n/a	0	752
1997	14	11	7	784	0	n/a	n/a	0	816
1998	11	4	7	849	0	n/a	n/a	0	871
1999	10	1	9	979	0	n/a	n/a	2	1001
2000	8	6	6	883	1	n/a	n/a	2	906
2001	11	0	12	947	0	n/a	n/a	0	970
2002	12	5	5	874	0	n/a	n/a	2	898
2003	12	5	5	874	0	n/a	n/a	2	898
2004	3	0	2	716	0	n/a	n/a	190	911
2005	13	1	5	857	2	n/a	n/a	16	894
2006	0	0	0	682	0	n/a	n/a	0	682
2007	16	2	5	508	1	n/a	n/a	1	533
2008	12	1	9	484	1	n/a	n/a	0	507
2009	12	1	8	452	1	0	2	0	476
2010	11	2	7	439	0	0	0	0	459
2011	8	2	7	415	1	0	0	0	433
2012	7	1	8	454	0	0	0	0	470
2013	11	1	13	453	2	0	4	0	484
2014	9	0	8	440	1	0	2	0	460
2015	11	2	13	455	4	0	5	0	490
2016	12	0	12	409	2	1	3	0	439
2017	2	2	11	350	3	3	1	0	372
2018	2	2	13	307	3	1	2	0	330
2019	4	2	11	280	1	1	1	0	300
2020	1	1	8	260	1	1	0	0	272
2021	3	4	5	247	1	2	0	0	262
2022	0	4	5	239	2	2	0	0	252
2023	1	5	1	242	0	1	0	0	250
2024	1	1	0	233	0	0	2	0	237

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

Compare

Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	652	26.0	25.0	n/a
1989	629	24.0	26.2	n/a
1990	632	25.0	25.2	n/a
1991	618	24.0	25.7	n/a
1992	656	24.4	26.8	71.3
1993	679	25.8	26.3	81
1994	721	24.7	29.2	83.9
1995	752	29.6	25.4	84.7
1996	752	29.6	25.4	84.7
1997	816	31.6	25.8	84.7
1998	871	38.6	22.6	79.7
1999	1001	43.8	22.9	81.9
2000	906	44.0	20.6	84
2001	970	48.8	19.9	82.1
2002	898	44.8	20.0	86.3
2003	898	44.8	20.0	86.3
2004	911	43.8	20.8	105.5
2005	894	39.3	22.7	82.8
2006	682	29.5	23.1	85.5
2007	533	24.5	21.8	85.2
2008	507	24.3	20.9	88.2
2009	476	23.7	19.2	89.1
2010	459	19.8	23.1	97.4
2011	433	n/a	n/a	94.2
2012	470	18.0	26.1	n/a
2013	484	17.5	27.6	82.4
2014	460	16.5	27.8	94.3
2015	490	20.0	24.5	81.6
2016	439	17.0	25.8	91.1
2017	372	14.0	26.5	89.5
2018	330	11.0	30.0	83.6
2019	300	10.0	30.0	84.7
2020	272	n/a	n/a	85.3
2021	262	10.0	26.2	82.8
2022	252	12.7	19.8	61.1
2023	250	13.2	18.8	80
2024	237	13.0	18.1	82.3

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

Compare

Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	652	26.0	25.0	n/a
1989	629	24.0	26.2	n/a
1990	632	25.0	25.2	n/a
1991	618	24.0	25.7	n/a
1992	656	24.4	26.8	71.3
1993	679	25.8	26.3	81
1994	721	24.7	29.2	83.9
1995	752	29.6	25.4	84.7
1996	752	29.6	25.4	84.7
1997	816	31.6	25.8	84.7
1998	871	38.6	22.6	79.7
1999	1001	43.8	22.9	81.9
2000	906	44.0	20.6	84
2001	970	48.8	19.9	82.1
2002	898	44.8	20.0	86.3
2003	898	44.8	20.0	86.3
2004	911	43.8	20.8	105.5
2005	894	39.3	22.7	82.8
2006	682	29.5	23.1	85.5
2007	533	24.5	21.8	85.2
2008	507	24.3	20.9	88.2
2009	476	23.7	19.2	89.1
2010	459	19.8	23.1	97.4
2011	433	n/a	n/a	94.2
2012	470	18.0	26.1	n/a
2013	484	17.5	27.6	82.4
2014	460	16.5	27.8	94.3
2015	490	20.0	24.5	81.6
2016	439	17.0	25.8	91.1
2017	372	14.0	26.5	89.5
2018	330	11.0	30.0	83.6
2019	300	10.0	30.0	84.7
2020	272	n/a	n/a	85.3
2021	262	10.0	26.2	82.8
2022	252	12.7	19.8	61.1
2023	250	13.2	18.8	80
2024	237	13.0	18.1	82.3

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.

Kindergarten Immunization Rates