Summary:
Monroe Local (OH) serves about 2,925 students across four schools — two elementaries, one junior high, and one high school — with grades split by building: PK–1 at Monroe Primary School, 2–6 at Monroe Elementary School, 7–8 at Monroe Junior High School, and 9–12 at Monroe High School. The district is ranked 191 of 773 in Ohio, placing it in the 75th percentile with a 4-star rating, and its two elementary buildings together enroll roughly 55% of all students.
Monroe Elementary School is the strongest academic standout: 4 stars, 81st percentile, and every reported 2025–2026 test above the state average, including 4th grade math at 93.6% versus the state's 67.3%. It does this with the district's largest enrollment (1,166) and highest student-teacher ratio (22.0). Monroe Junior High School also holds 4 stars and reports 100% Algebra I proficiency in both years, though its rank slipped from the 87th to the 71st percentile as 8th grade science, math, and ELA declined. Monroe High School has the weakest rank of the ranked schools (69th percentile, 3 stars, down from 4 stars in 2023–2024), but strong graduation (97.5%), English II (80.0%), and American History (82.0%); Geometry stays near 50% and Algebra I (78.3%) trails the district average of 84.5%. Monroe Primary School has no test scores here but the lowest absenteeism (11.2%) and lowest student-teacher ratio (16.5).
Chronic absenteeism climbs steadily by grade level — 11.2% at Monroe Primary, 12.6% at Monroe Elementary, 15.4% at Monroe Junior High, and 18.8% at Monroe High, against a district rate of 14.4%. Free/reduced lunch rates are similar across buildings (34.9% to 39.79%), and the spending figures are from 2018–2019, with Monroe Junior High's $4,035 an outlier best treated cautiously.
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