Monroe Middle School

Summary:

Monroe Middle School is a public middle school located in Wheaton, Illinois, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 682 students. The school is part of the Community Unit School District 200, which is ranked 79 out of 813 school districts in Illinois and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Monroe Middle School consistently ranks in the top 20% of Illinois middle schools, with a statewide ranking between 131 and 274 over the past 10 years. The school's performance on state assessments (IAR and ISA) is significantly higher than the state averages across all grades and subjects, with 67.9% of students proficient or better in ELA and 46.7% proficient or better in Math, compared to the state averages of 41.2% and 28.4%, respectively. Monroe Middle School also excels in serving specific student groups, with high rankings among Illinois middle schools for African American, Hispanic, White, Multi-racial, Special Education, and Disabled students.

Compared to nearby schools, Monroe Middle School's academic performance is consistently higher than the nearby schools within the same district, as well as schools in other nearby districts. The school's student-teacher ratio of 11.3 in 2022-2023 is lower than the nearby schools, and its spending per student of $16,671 in 2022-2023 is higher than the district average and some of the nearby schools, suggesting the school is well-resourced. While the school's performance for English Language Learner (ELL) students is an area for improvement, the significant decrease in chronic absenteeism rates from 26.3% in 2020-2021 to 14.2% in 2023-2024 indicates the school has implemented effective strategies to improve student attendance and engagement.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 1855 Manchester Rd
       Wheaton, IL  60187-4612


(630) 682-2285

District: Cusd 200

SchoolDigger Rank:
140th of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,801 Help


Students who attend Monroe Middle School usually attend:

High:    Wheaton North High School

Feeder schools for Monroe Middle School:

Elementary:    Carl Sandburg Elementary School
    Emerson Elementary School
    Pleasant Hill Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  11.3 Help
Number of students:  682

Racial breakdown:

White:
58.1%
Hispanic:
19.6%
African American:
9.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  36.1% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Monroe Middle School ranks better than 89.7% of middle schools in Illinois. It also ranks 3rd among 4 ranked middle schools in the Cusd 200 School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 87.18. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high 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
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Compare Details Monroe Middle School has the largest middle school student body size in the Cusd 200 School District.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Monroe Middle School is $17,801, which is the 2nd highest among 4 middle schools in the Cusd 200 School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Monroe Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Monroe Middle School 140th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Monroe Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Cusd 200:

SchoolDigger ranks Cusd 200 79th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Monroe Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Monroe Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 84.15 157th 1185 86.8%
2004 83.28 163rd 1204 86.5%
2005 88.41 74th 1209 93.9%
2006 79.46 214th 1272 83.2%
2007 81.92 155th 1287 88.0%
2008 81.68 164th 1293 87.3%
2009 83.25 131st 1318 90.1%
2010 85.48 84th 1327 93.7%
2011 79.15 217th 1344 83.9%
2012 73.40 352nd 1365 74.2%
2013 76.31 287th 1367 79.0%
2014 77.21 264th 1322 80.0%
2015 85.64 162nd 1302 87.6%
2016 86.69 131st 1294 89.9%
2017 85.13 159th 1293 87.7%
2018 83.71 173rd 1293 86.6%
2019 76.63 268th 1356 80.2%
2021 76.88 230th 1241 81.5%
2022 75.45 274th 1369 80.0%
2023 85.75 161st 1367 88.2%
2024 87.18 140th 1363 89.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Monroe Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 93.04 9th 195 95.4%
2024 84.06 25th 184 86.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Monroe Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.09 202nd 285 29.1%
2019 31.01 291st 339 14.2%
2021 52.53 72nd 277 74.0%
2022 36.62 298th 454 34.4%
2023 57.46 108th 480 77.5%
2024 35.97 318th 486 34.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Monroe Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.25 36th 602 94.0%
2019 81.96 61st 792 92.3%
2021 84.17 37th 548 93.2%
2022 82.58 52nd 781 93.3%
2023 93.76 37th 805 95.4%
2024 83.66 90th 802 88.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Monroe Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.76 306th 1161 73.6%
2019 55.30 463rd 1217 62.0%
2021 59.20 283rd 1019 72.2%
2022 50.06 513th 1221 58.0%
2023 66.92 278th 1234 77.5%
2024 79.56 144th 1219 88.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Monroe Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.77 208th 1226 83.0%
2019 74.82 274th 1276 78.5%
2021 79.08 163rd 1017 84.0%
2022 74.42 268th 1286 79.2%
2023 82.17 178th 1275 86.0%
2024 87.24 123rd 1251 90.2%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Monroe Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 87.65 29th 674 95.7%
2024 88.78 36th 639 94.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Monroe Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.34 146th 1223 88.1%
2019 76.88 238th 1296 81.6%
2021 69.75 242nd 1048 76.9%
2022 75.11 247th 1286 80.8%
2023 86.61 123rd 1292 90.5%
2024 85.51 141st 1264 88.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Monroe Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.24 128th 209 38.8%
2019 24.12 167th 201 16.9%
2021 22.41 95th 112 15.2%
2022 25.08 162nd 198 18.2%
2023 36.50 133rd 192 30.7%
2024 26.06 150th 184 18.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Monroe Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.18 82nd 511 84.0%
2019 47.77 244th 565 56.8%
2021 68.83 53rd 385 86.2%
2022 39.69 293rd 573 48.9%
2023 67.18 114th 569 80.0%
2024 90.58 23rd 548 95.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Monroe Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.04 182nd 590 69.2%
2019 56.37 231st 639 63.8%
2021 57.61 159th 517 69.2%
2022 52.97 247th 662 62.7%
2023 75.90 103rd 661 84.4%
2024 70.07 140th 643 78.2%
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Rank History for White students at Monroe Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.32 93rd 889 89.5%
2019 74.68 176th 905 80.6%
2021 70.50 191st 813 76.5%
2022 73.72 177th 898 80.3%
2023 84.97 96th 895 89.3%
2024 84.19 107th 875 87.8%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board 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.

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Enrollment information for Monroe Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1992 480 10 13 9 3 n/a n/a 0 515
1993 502 15 20 9 1 n/a n/a 0 547
1994 498 14 23 15 2 n/a n/a 0 552
1995 583 7 24 15 0 n/a n/a 0 629
1996 583 7 24 15 0 n/a n/a 0 629
1997 624 14 25 18 0 n/a n/a 0 681
1998 678 28 29 29 0 n/a n/a 0 764
1999 712 29 29 32 0 n/a n/a 0 802
2000 744 31 29 29 1 n/a n/a 0 834
2001 702 43 28 25 1 n/a n/a 0 799
2002 703 48 55 68 0 n/a n/a 0 874
2003 703 48 55 68 0 n/a n/a 0 874
2004 703 70 41 89 0 n/a n/a 0 903
2005 696 70 38 110 0 n/a n/a 4 918
2006 657 76 37 98 0 n/a n/a 6 874
2007 662 73 34 109 0 n/a n/a 7 885
2008 616 64 30 82 0 n/a n/a 13 805
2009 599 52 26 63 0 n/a n/a 16 756
2010 567 57 25 55 0 n/a n/a 21 725
2011 537 53 18 77 0 3 30 0 718
2012 524 58 19 86 1 1 24 0 713
2013 536 76 22 115 0 0 26 0 775
2014 538 84 34 116 0 0 31 0 803
2015 532 83 35 118 0 0 33 0 801
2016 494 87 42 112 1 1 36 0 773
2017 474 83 47 131 0 1 33 0 769
2018 428 89 67 125 0 1 26 0 736
2019 447 89 71 136 0 0 33 0 776
2020 474 76 72 125 0 0 34 0 781
2021 435 77 73 143 1 1 29 0 759
2022 409 71 64 134 1 0 27 0 706
2023 396 64 59 134 1 2 26 0 682

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 Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1992 515 30.1 17.1 n/a
1993 547 28.4 19.3 n/a
1994 552 29.0 19.0 n/a
1995 629 33.8 18.6 n/a
1996 629 33.8 18.6 n/a
1997 681 37.9 18.0 n/a
1998 764 41.7 18.3 n/a
1999 802 49.3 16.3 n/a
2000 834 50.1 16.6 n/a
2001 799 52.0 15.4 n/a
2002 874 65.8 13.3 15.6
2003 874 65.8 13.3 15.6
2004 903 61.1 14.8 19.8
2005 918 60.5 15.2 22.5
2006 874 62.9 13.9 24.2
2007 885 56.0 15.8 25.6
2008 805 47.0 17.1 24.5
2009 756 56.2 13.5 19.9
2010 725 50.3 14.4 20.7
2011 718 46.6 15.3 24.8
2012 713 46.0 15.5 28.3
2013 775 68.4 11.3 27.7
2014 803 54.3 14.7 27.4
2015 801 52.0 15.4 30.1
2016 773 52.0 14.8 26
2017 769 52.6 14.6 30.4
2018 736 54.6 13.4 32.9
2019 776 56.0 13.8 30.5
2020 781 56.9 13.7 31.5
2021 759 n/a n/a n/a
2022 706 58.6 12.0 28.6
2023 682 60.0 11.3 36.1

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 Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1992 515 30.1 17.1 n/a
1993 547 28.4 19.3 n/a
1994 552 29.0 19.0 n/a
1995 629 33.8 18.6 n/a
1996 629 33.8 18.6 n/a
1997 681 37.9 18.0 n/a
1998 764 41.7 18.3 n/a
1999 802 49.3 16.3 n/a
2000 834 50.1 16.6 n/a
2001 799 52.0 15.4 n/a
2002 874 65.8 13.3 15.6
2003 874 65.8 13.3 15.6
2004 903 61.1 14.8 19.8
2005 918 60.5 15.2 22.5
2006 874 62.9 13.9 24.2
2007 885 56.0 15.8 25.6
2008 805 47.0 17.1 24.5
2009 756 56.2 13.5 19.9
2010 725 50.3 14.4 20.7
2011 718 46.6 15.3 24.8
2012 713 46.0 15.5 28.3
2013 775 68.4 11.3 27.7
2014 803 54.3 14.7 27.4
2015 801 52.0 15.4 30.1
2016 773 52.0 14.8 26
2017 769 52.6 14.6 30.4
2018 736 54.6 13.4 32.9
2019 776 56.0 13.8 30.5
2020 781 56.9 13.7 31.5
2021 759 n/a n/a n/a
2022 706 58.6 12.0 28.6
2023 682 60.0 11.3 36.1

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.

Immunization Rates

Monroe Middle School

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMeningococcal
201597.6%97.1%97.1%97.1%97.9%97.0%97.1%
201697.6%97.6%97.6%97.6%98.1%97.6%33.4%
201795.6%95.6%95.6%95.6%94.7%95.4%95.7%61.0%
201897.5%97.3%97.3%97.3%97.2%96.6%97.5%95.2%
201998.7%99.5%99.5%99.2%98.5%98.0%98.2%96.3%
202197.9%97.9%97.8%97.9%98.2%98.1%98.5%93.9%
202297.6%98.0%97.9%97.9%97.9%97.7%98.2%94.2%
202397.1%98.0%98.0%98.0%97.7%97.6%98.4%94.3%
202498.6%98.3%98.3%98.3%98.3%98.0%98.3%94.6%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Monroe Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $337 (2.6%) $12,613 (97.4%) $12,950
2020 $293 (2.2%) $12,930 (97.8%) $13,223
2021 $468 (3.3%) $13,722 (96.7%) $14,190
2022 $468 (3.3%) $13,722 (96.7%) $14,190
2023 $461 (2.8%) $16,210 (97.2%) $16,671
2024 $1,382 (7.8%) $16,419 (92.2%) $17,801

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Monroe Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 268th of 1356 Middle schoolsRanks 161st of 1367 Middle schools
 8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Monroe Middle School)32.761.4
 28.7%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Cusd 200)42.858.1
 15.3%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)3534.2
 0.8%
6th Grade Mathematics (Monroe Middle School)35.343.2
 7.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Cusd 200)38.141.5
 3.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)25.323.4
 1.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Monroe Middle School)54.165.9
 11.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Cusd 200)54.762.6
 7.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)41.237.9
 3.3%
7th Grade Mathematics (Monroe Middle School)45.650.4
 4.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Cusd 200)44.144.1
   7th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)29.926.9
 3%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Monroe Middle School)53.865.2
 11.4%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Cusd 200)61.772.9
 11.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)39.640.5
 0.9%
8th Grade Mathematics (Monroe Middle School)46.436.9
 9.5%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Cusd 200)4737.7
 9.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)32.625.7
 6.9%
8th Grade Science (Monroe Middle School)68.456.5
 11.9%
   8th Grade Science (Cusd 200)70.468.3
 2.1%
   8th Grade Science (Illinois)5552
 3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students776682
 12.1%
African American8964
 28.1%
American Indian01
Asian7159
 16.9%
Hispanic136134
 1.5%
Pacific Islander02
White447396
 11.4%
Two or More Races3326
 21.2%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients30.5%36.1%
 5.5%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Monroe Middle School

In the 2022-23 school year, 682 students attended Monroe Middle School.

Students at Monroe Middle School are 58% White, 20% Hispanic, 9% African American, 9% Asian, 4% Two or more races.

Students who attend Monroe Middle School usually go on to attend Wheaton North High School

Monroe Middle School ranks 140th of 1363 Illinois middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.


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