Monroe School District

The Monroe School District in Connecticut serves approximately 3,417 students across 5 schools — 3 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school — spanning pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, and the district as a whole ranks in the 63rd percentile of Connecticut districts with a 3-star rating.

Jockey Hollow School stands out as the district’s strongest overall performer, ranking in the 84th percentile among Connecticut middle schools and posting the best ELA scores in the district (73.2% proficient), while maintaining a low 7.0% chronic absenteeism rate. Masuk High School earns high marks for its 97.4% graduation rate and strong SAT ELA and science results, but its 48.2% math proficiency reveals a significant gap compared with its other subjects. Among elementary schools, Monroe Elementary School is the most improved, jumping to the 76th percentile and now the highest-ranked elementary in the district, while Stepney Elementary School posts the best attendance in the district (3.9% chronic absenteeism) despite having the highest poverty rate. Fawn Hollow Elementary School is the district’s biggest concern, falling from the 86th to 66th percentile in two years, driven by sharp declines in 5th-grade science, ELA, and math.

Every school in Monroe exceeds state averages in most subjects, and district-wide chronic absenteeism (7.4%) is less than half the state rate (16.4%). However, high school math is the district’s biggest academic gap, and Fawn Hollow’s 5th-grade science score (53.8%) now sits barely above the state average (52.9%). Spending varies notably — Masuk spends $20,560 per student while Fawn Hollow spends $15,960 — and Jockey Hollow remains a stable academic anchor for the district. For parents, this is a high-performing district overall, with the strongest outcomes at Jockey Hollow and Masuk, but families should watch Fawn Hollow’s decline and Masuk’s math proficiency closely.