Is Monroe Elementary School a good school?

Monroe Elementary School ranks 394 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Monroe Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 292 students attended Monroe Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Monroe Elementary School?

Students at Monroe Elementary School are 85% White, 6% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 2% African American, 1% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Monroe Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Monroe Elementary School usually go on to attend: High : Limestone Community High School

Monroe Elementary School

Summary:

Monroe Elementary School is a public school located in Bartonville, Illinois, serving grades PK-8 with 275 students. It is part of the Monroe School District 70, which is ranked 179 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Monroe Elementary School consistently outperforms the state average in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, 56.1% of students were proficient or better in ELA compared to the state average of 41.2%, and 42.5% were proficient or better in Mathematics compared to the state average of 28.4%. The school's performance is particularly strong in 8th grade ELA, where 80.5% of students were proficient or better, significantly higher than the state average of 49.9%. Monroe Elementary School also excels in Science, with 77.3% of students proficient or better, compared to the state average of 53.2%. The school's female students and low socioeconomic status (SES) students consistently outperform their peers statewide, ranking in the top 15% and top 1% of Illinois elementary schools, respectively, in recent years.

While Monroe Elementary School's overall academic performance is impressive, the school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 1.1% in 2019-2020 to 13.2% in 2023-2024, which is still lower than the state average. The school's per-student spending has also increased from $9,422 in 2019-2020 to $13,088 in 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average. These factors suggest the school is committed to providing quality education and resources for its students, but the attendance challenge may need to be addressed to ensure continued academic success.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

5137 W Cisna Rd
Bartonville, IL 61607-1434

(309) 697-3120

District: Monroe School District 70

SchoolDigger Rank:
394^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $12,724

Students who attend Monroe Elementary School usually attend:

High:

Limestone Community High School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.6

Number of students: 292

Racial breakdown:

White:

85.3%

Hispanic:

5.8%

Two or more races:

5.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 43.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Monroe Elementary School ranks better than 80.9% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 78.88. (See more...)

Compare Details Monroe Elementary School ranks better than 78.6% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 74.19. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (85.3%), Hispanic (5.8%), two or more races (5.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 43.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Monroe Elementary School is 14.6. (See more...)

Compare Monroe Elementary School employs 20 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Monroe Elementary School is $12,724.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Monroe Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Monroe Elementary School 394^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Monroe Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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White students:

SchoolDigger ranks Monroe Elementary School 292^nd of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Monroe Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Monroe School District 70:

SchoolDigger ranks Monroe School District 70 179^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Monroe Elementary School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Monroe Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	76.55	478^th	2020	76.3%
2004	65.35	832^nd	2030	59.0%
2005	62.71	919^th	2022	54.5%
2006	67.72	790^th	2086	62.1%
2007	70.87	676^th	2095	67.7%
2008	67.82	806^th	2092	61.5%
2009	68.92	765^th	2120	63.9%
2010	59.80	1060^th	2139	50.4%
2011	74.30	567^th	2147	73.6%
2012	78.17	426^th	2166	80.3%
2013	70.86	643^rd	2167	70.3%
2014	71.56	592^nd	2093	71.7%
2015	61.37	692^nd	2052	66.3%
2016	82.15	327^th	2046	84.0%
2017	86.60	225^th	2044	89.0%
2018	83.31	288^th	2037	85.9%
2019	80.82	346^th	2086	83.4%
2021	86.77	207^th	1948	89.4%
2022	89.15	202^nd	2082	90.3%
2023	83.34	310^th	2077	85.1%
2024	78.88	394^th	2067	80.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Monroe Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	63.23	479^th	1765	72.9%
2019	70.50	345^th	1816	81.0%
2021	98.39	11^th	1514	99.3%
2022	99.46	6^th	1763	99.7%
2023	92.43	57^th	1808	96.8%
2024	89.23	74^th	1793	95.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Monroe Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	79.71	336^th	1964	82.9%
2019	78.69	358^th	2019	82.3%
2021	78.01	294^th	1680	82.5%
2022	89.94	164^th	1970	91.7%
2023	88.43	185^th	1957	90.5%
2024	83.01	269^th	1942	86.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Monroe Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	84.40	243^rd	1972	87.7%
2019	81.10	304^th	2019	84.9%
2021	85.31	179^th	1707	89.5%
2022	84.08	262^nd	1977	86.7%
2023	78.39	358^th	1984	82.0%
2024	71.06	494^th	1959	74.8%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Monroe Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	70.01	378^th	1463	74.2%
2019	70.62	358^th	1462	75.5%
2021	77.62	205^th	1308	84.3%
2022	75.15	273^rd	1425	80.8%
2023	68.07	372^nd	1419	73.8%
2024	59.56	521^st	1392	62.6%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Monroe Elementary School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Monroe Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	87.49	93^rd	1185	92.2%
2004	66.82	446^th	1204	63.0%
2005	78.06	255^th	1209	78.9%
2006	65.47	480^th	1272	62.3%
2007	76.47	266^th	1287	79.3%
2008	77.11	259^th	1293	80.0%
2009	76.25	285^th	1318	78.4%
2010	62.43	574^th	1327	56.7%
2011	60.66	608^th	1344	54.8%
2012	64.52	528^th	1365	61.3%
2013	66.24	439^th	1367	67.9%
2014	83.02	177^th	1322	86.6%
2015	55.08	487^th	1302	62.6%
2016	80.78	202^nd	1294	84.4%
2017	85.14	158^th	1293	87.8%
2018	86.52	144^th	1293	88.9%
2019	86.90	144^th	1356	89.4%
2021	87.14	118^th	1241	90.5%
2022	81.10	207^th	1369	84.9%
2023	75.69	267^th	1367	80.5%
2024	74.19	292^nd	1363	78.6%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Monroe Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	57.14	428^th	1217	64.8%
2021	79.73	95^th	1019	90.7%
2022	73.10	195^th	1221	84.0%
2023	84.60	88^th	1234	92.9%
2024	82.52	111^th	1219	90.9%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Monroe Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	85.73	138^th	1226	88.7%
2019	80.97	199^th	1276	84.4%
2021	79.70	156^th	1017	84.7%
2022	75.13	259^th	1286	79.9%
2023	73.39	268^th	1275	79.0%
2024	69.38	323^rd	1251	74.2%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Monroe Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	85.92	128^th	1223	89.5%
2019	88.55	110^th	1296	91.5%
2021	86.30	94^th	1048	91.0%
2022	81.41	174^th	1286	86.5%
2023	73.52	260^th	1292	79.9%
2024	73.77	270^th	1264	78.6%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Monroe Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	74.83	177^th	889	80.1%
2019	75.82	164^th	905	81.9%
2021	77.23	133^rd	813	83.6%
2022	61.83	300^th	898	66.6%
2023	57.80	333^rd	895	62.8%
2024	58.52	324^th	875	63.0%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Monroe Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	551	8	4	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	564
1989	543	10	4	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	558
1990	497	9	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	510
1991	488	5	2	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	499
1992	449	11	5	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	467
1993	440	7	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	452
1994	411	5	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	418
1995	359	6	3	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	378
1996	359	6	3	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	378
1997	348	6	4	12	0	n/a	n/a	0	370
1998	338	12	5	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	359
1999	320	10	5	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	341
2000	312	9	5	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	331
2001	280	9	4	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	296
2002	273	7	4	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	287
2003	273	7	4	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	287
2004	320	16	4	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	344
2005	269	12	2	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	287
2006	280	5	2	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	291
2007	293	6	3	3	1	n/a	n/a	6	312
2008	293	9	3	2	0	n/a	n/a	4	311
2009	310	8	3	4	0	n/a	n/a	3	328
2010	288	8	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	4	303
2011	287	9	4	1	0	0	3	0	304
2012	272	12	3	1	0	0	0	0	288
2013	270	14	4	1	1	0	2	0	292
2014	288	9	8	9	0	0	2	0	316
2015	267	9	5	9	1	0	5	0	296
2016	260	12	7	13	0	0	13	0	305
2017	239	10	5	13	0	0	15	0	282
2018	250	4	3	7	3	0	21	0	288
2019	265	13	6	10	3	0	18	0	315
2020	256	12	5	11	4	0	15	0	303
2021	262	11	4	11	3	0	20	0	311
2022	253	9	4	14	3	0	13	0	296
2023	238	6	2	15	1	0	13	0	275
2024	249	6	4	17	1	0	15	0	292

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Monroe Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	564	28.6	19.7	n/a
1989	558	29.0	19.2	n/a
1990	510	27.0	18.8	n/a
1991	499	27.1	18.4	n/a
1992	467	26.8	17.4	n/a
1993	452	23.2	19.5	n/a
1994	418	22.6	18.5	n/a
1995	378	20.5	18.4	n/a
1996	378	20.5	18.4	n/a
1997	370	21.0	17.6	n/a
1998	359	21.6	16.6	n/a
1999	341	23.0	14.8	n/a
2000	331	23.0	14.4	n/a
2001	296	23.0	12.9	n/a
2002	287	22.2	12.9	16.7
2003	287	22.2	12.9	16.7
2004	344	22.0	15.6	12.5
2005	287	21.0	13.7	14.3
2006	291	20.0	14.6	15.8
2007	312	23.0	13.6	19.3
2008	311	19.0	16.4	23.8
2009	328	19.4	16.9	22.2
2010	303	18.6	16.2	30.1
2011	304	18.6	16.3	25.3
2012	288	18.6	15.4	27.4
2013	292	23.5	12.4	28.4
2014	316	n/a	n/a	27.5
2015	296	22.0	13.4	26
2016	305	21.0	14.5	26.6
2017	282	21.4	13.1	24.5
2018	288	20.4	14.1	25.7
2019	315	20.4	15.4	31.4
2020	303	21.4	14.1	30.7
2021	311	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	296	18.0	16.4	38.2
2023	275	19.0	14.4	38.9
2024	292	20.0	14.6	43.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Monroe Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	564	28.6	19.7	n/a
1989	558	29.0	19.2	n/a
1990	510	27.0	18.8	n/a
1991	499	27.1	18.4	n/a
1992	467	26.8	17.4	n/a
1993	452	23.2	19.5	n/a
1994	418	22.6	18.5	n/a
1995	378	20.5	18.4	n/a
1996	378	20.5	18.4	n/a
1997	370	21.0	17.6	n/a
1998	359	21.6	16.6	n/a
1999	341	23.0	14.8	n/a
2000	331	23.0	14.4	n/a
2001	296	23.0	12.9	n/a
2002	287	22.2	12.9	16.7
2003	287	22.2	12.9	16.7
2004	344	22.0	15.6	12.5
2005	287	21.0	13.7	14.3
2006	291	20.0	14.6	15.8
2007	312	23.0	13.6	19.3
2008	311	19.0	16.4	23.8
2009	328	19.4	16.9	22.2
2010	303	18.6	16.2	30.1
2011	304	18.6	16.3	25.3
2012	288	18.6	15.4	27.4
2013	292	23.5	12.4	28.4
2014	316	n/a	n/a	27.5
2015	296	22.0	13.4	26
2016	305	21.0	14.5	26.6
2017	282	21.4	13.1	24.5
2018	288	20.4	14.1	25.7
2019	315	20.4	15.4	31.4
2020	303	21.4	14.1	30.7
2021	311	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	296	18.0	16.4	38.2
2023	275	19.0	14.4	38.9
2024	292	20.0	14.6	43.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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