Monroe School District

Monroe School District in Wisconsin serves roughly 2,140 students across five schools — three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — and ranks 146 of 432 districts in the state, placing it at the 66th percentile with 3 stars. Monroe High is the largest school with 686 students, followed by Monroe Middle (483), Northside Elementary (362), Parkside Elementary (342), and Abraham Lincoln Elementary (267). Elementary grades account for about 45% of district enrollment.

Abraham Lincoln Elementary is the standout riser, climbing from the 53rd to the 74th percentile and from 3 to 4 stars, with the district's lowest chronic absenteeism at 4.0% and the lowest per-student spending at $14,274 — though its 3rd-grade ELA is 36.36, below district and state. Northside Elementary has held 4 stars across all three years (81 → 77 → 71 percentile) with 8.1% absenteeism. Parkside Elementary improved from 2 to 3 stars (43 → 68 percentile) despite the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 50.00%, and has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 11.8. Monroe Middle sits at 3 stars (65 percentile) with all reported tests above state. Monroe High posts a 98.2% graduation rate and 0.2% dropout rate, but the highest chronic absenteeism at 19.2%, with science 42.67 and social studies 46.71 below state.

Overall, elementary and middle performance is the district's strength, and chronic absenteeism separates the schools more sharply than nearly any other metric — from 4.0% at Abraham Lincoln to 19.2% at Monroe High. Spending and class size show no simple link to outcomes, and the clearest improvement stories are Parkside and Abraham Lincoln, while Monroe High combines strong completion results with lagging engagement and subject gaps.