Summary:
In zip code 47368, there is one public high school serving grades 7-12: Monroe Central Junior-Senior High School, which is part of the Monroe Central School Corp.
Monroe Central Junior-Senior High School has a student enrollment of 466 students and a student-teacher ratio of 13.9, which is favorable and suggests smaller class sizes. The school has consistently received a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past three reported years, indicating stable performance. Its statewide rank has improved, moving from 257th out of 388 in 2020-2021 to 156th out of 398 in 2022-2023. The school boasts a strong four-year graduation rate of 88.4%. However, a notable concern is the chronic absenteeism rate of 17.8%, which is relatively high and could impact student engagement and academic success. With 44.42% of students receiving free or reduced lunch, a significant portion of the student body comes from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Academically, Monroe Central Junior-Senior High School shows mixed results on standardized tests. In English Language Arts (ELA), the school's proficiency for all grades is 39.88%, slightly above the district average but below the state average. 7th-grade ELA proficiency is slightly below the state average, while 8th-grade ELA proficiency is above it. In Math, the school's proficiency for all grades is 36.2%, which is significantly below the district average. While 7th-grade Math proficiency is above the state average, 8th-grade Math proficiency is considerably lower. The school performs well in SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing with 56.9% proficiency, exceeding the Indiana average, though this is a significant drop from the previous year. Conversely, SAT Mathematics proficiency is a concern at 18.97%, well below the Indiana average. Biology proficiency is slightly below the Indiana average but has improved from the previous year. The school spends $12,112 per student, which is a substantial figure, and the favorable student-teacher ratio suggests a commitment to providing individualized attention.
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