Summary:
ZIP code 46157 has exactly one middle school, Monrovia Middle School, serving grades 6–8 in the Monroe-Gregg School District in Monrovia, Indiana. It enrolls 337 students at 215 S Chestnut St. Because it is the only middle school in this ZIP, there are no local middle-school peers to compare; the most useful benchmarks are its district and Indiana. The district currently ranks 265 of 374, or the 29th percentile with 1 star.
Attendance is the clearest bright spot. Monrovia Middle School’s chronic absenteeism rate is 9.0%, compared with 8.9% for the district and 16.7% for Indiana—roughly half the state rate and essentially level with the district. Academically, however, the school trails the state wherever a state comparison exists: 6th grade ELA is 16.26% proficient vs. 41.3% statewide; 7th grade ELA is 23.89% vs. 41.7%; 8th grade ELA is 32.08% vs. 44%; 6th grade math is 16.26% vs. 40.2%; 7th grade math is 20.35% vs. 35.9%; 8th grade math is 22.64% vs. 34.2%; and 6th grade science is 28.46% vs. 41.2%.
Math is the weakest overall subject: all-grade math is 19.59% proficient vs. 29.38% in the district, a 9.79 percentage-point gap, and it fell 6.87 points from 2024–2025. Science is the relative improvement story, rising 3.90 points to 28.46%, nearly matching the district’s 28.57%. Grade 8 is stronger than grade 6, where ELA and math both sit at 16.26%. The rank trend is a warning sign: statewide percentile fell from 40 to 32 to 27, and the star rating went from 2 stars to 2 stars to 1 star. Context includes 46.59% free/reduced lunch, $11,236 per-student spending, and a 13.3 student-teacher ratio.
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