Summary:
ZIP code 97456 covers Monroe, Oregon, and it contains two public schools — both in Monroe School District 1J: Monroe Grade School, serving grades K–8 with 235 students, and Monroe High School, serving grades 9–12 with 115 students, for 350 students total and no separate middle or alternative school. The district overall ranks 97th of 141 in Oregon, at the 31st percentile with 2 stars.
That district number hides a sharp split. The high school is the strong performer: it ranks 74th of 271 Oregon high schools in 2025–26, at the 73rd percentile with 4 stars, and has held 4 stars in each of the last three years. Its English Language Arts proficiency is 69.2% against a state rate of 43.8%, and science is 50% against 30.6%. Math is the weak spot, at 16.7% versus 32.9% statewide. The grade school sits at the other end — 563rd of 709 elementary schools, 21st percentile, 1 star in each of the last three years — with ELA at 27%, math at 23.5%, and science at 13.3%, all below state levels.
Other measures tell a mixed story. Chronic absenteeism is 21.1% at the grade school, better than the district's 27.5% and the state's 33.5%, but 41.5% at the high school. Both schools serve high-poverty populations, with free/reduced lunch at 78.3% and 73.91%. Spending is $17,487 per student at the grade school and $29,567 at the high school, while student-teacher ratios are similar at 12.1 and 12.9. The high school's graduation rate is 80.0%, slightly below the state's 83.0%. With enrollments of 235 and 115, grade-level percentages can shift on just a few students, so read them as directional.
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