Monroe County High School

Monroe County High School is a public high school in Monroeville, Alabama, serving 304 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Monroe County School District, which is ranked 99 out of 135 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Monroe County High School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Alabama high schools, with a ranking between 220-341 out of 367-378 schools over the past several years. The school's performance on state assessments is significantly below the state and county averages, with only 2.78% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to the county average of 18.58% and the state average of 23.71%. The school's four-year graduation rate has ranged from 83.0% to 90.0%, which is generally lower than the state average, and its dropout rate has fluctuated between 5.4% and 15.3%, which is higher than the state average.

The school has a high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 81.91% to 82.3% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch over the past few years. The school's high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 14.8% to 21.4%, and relatively high student-teacher ratio, ranging from 14.1 to 16.6, may also contribute to the academic challenges faced by the school. While the performance of African American and low-income students is relatively better compared to the overall school population, the school still faces significant challenges in providing a quality education to its students.