Summary:
Monroe Public Schools has only one middle school, Monroe Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 600 out of 890 Michigan middle schools in 2024-2025 to 651 out of 897 in 2023-2024. However, the school's academic performance on standardized tests, including the PSAT exam for 8th-grade students, is consistently below the Monroe Public Schools district and state averages.
Monroe Middle School faces several challenges, including a high chronic absenteeism rate of 29.5% in the 2023-2024 school year and a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 66.26% in the same year. The school's per-student spending for the 2023-2024 school year was $16,121, and the student-teacher ratio is slightly higher than the state average at 18.6.
Overall, the data suggests that Monroe Middle School is struggling to meet the academic needs of its students, and the school's performance relative to the district and state averages highlights the need for further investigation and targeted interventions to address these issues and improve educational outcomes for the students.
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