Summary:
ZIP 45050 covers Monroe, Ohio, and includes five schools serving students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade — two elementary, one middle, and two high schools — with a combined enrollment of about 3,029 students. Four of the five, enrolling roughly 96.6% of the area's students, belong to Monroe Local, which ranks 191 of 773 Ohio districts (about the 75th percentile) with 4 stars. The fifth, Butler Technical Natural Science Center, is a small 104-student school in Butler Technology & Career Development Schools. Enrollment breaks down as 1,614 elementary students (53.3%), 440 middle schoolers (14.5%), and 975 high schoolers (32.2%).
Monroe Elementary School is the academic anchor — the largest school at 1,166 students, with every reported 2025–2026 test score above the state average and margins such as 4th grade math at 93.6% versus 67.3% and 5th grade math at 82.6% versus 59.1%. Its rank has held near the 80th–82nd percentile for three years. Monroe Junior High School posts a standout 100% Algebra I proficiency rate in two consecutive years, far above the state's 61.6%. Monroe Primary School serves PK–1, so it has no state test scores, but it has the area's lowest chronic absenteeism at 11.2% and the lowest student-teacher ratio at 16.5.
At Monroe High School, the 97.5% graduation rate and results like English II at 80.0% versus 62.7% are strong, but its rank slipped from 4 stars (76th percentile) to 3 stars (69th percentile), and Geometry at 49.7% is its relative weak spot — above the state's 43.3% but well below its other End-of-Course results. Chronic absenteeism climbs from 11.2% at the primary to 18.8% at the high school, above the district's 14.4%, and junior high 8th-grade science, math, and ELA scores all fell by double digits. Butler Technical's 74.04% free/reduced lunch is roughly double Monroe High's, and it lacks comparable performance data. Spending figures are from 2018–2019 and should be treated as dated.
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