Summary:
ZIP code 97456 has one elementary-level school, Monroe Grade School, a K–8 school in Monroe, OR, part of Monroe School District 1J. It enrolls 235 students and serves as a combined elementary/middle school. In 2025–26, it ranked 563 of 709 schools statewide, at the 21st percentile with 1 star; it has remained at 1 star for three years. Its district is ranked 97 of 141, at the 31st percentile with 2 stars. For context, 78.3% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch in 2024–25, per-student spending was $17,487, and the student-teacher ratio was 12.1.
Academically, the school is below the state in every reported OSAS subject. All-grade ELA is 27.0% versus 43.8% statewide, math is 23.5% versus 32.9%, and science is 13.3% versus 30.6%. Math is the closest to district performance: 23.5% school vs 23.0% district, though still 9.4 points below state. The highest grade-level results are grade 3 math at 35% and grade 4 ELA at 34.6%. The lowest reported results include grade 5 science at 7.7%, grade 8 ELA at 14.7%, and grade 6 math at 15.4%. At every grade level, the school’s proficiency rate equals the district rate, so the meaningful comparison is to the state.
One relative strength is chronic absenteeism: 21.1% in 2024–25, lower than the district’s 27.5% and the state’s 33.5%. However, the school remains in the bottom quartile statewide, with persistent 1-star rankings. Science and 8th grade ELA appear to be the most urgent academic concerns, while high economic need and a relatively small student-teacher ratio are important context. The data shows lower-than-state academic proficiency overall, a positive absenteeism trend, and persistent low school rankings.
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