NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools GA

Best-Resourced Schools in Monroe, GA

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6 public K-12 schools in Monroe from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
4,944
Students
32.3/100
Avg Resource Index
15.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Monroe has more public-school enrollment than 55% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Monroe's 6 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Monroe's 6 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 11-point gap between Walker Park Elementary School and Harmony Elementary School shows the range hidden by Monroe's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 45%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
17th percentile
Teacher staffing
46th percentile

Monroe Area High School accounts for 24.9% of all Monroe public-school enrollment

That concentration means Monroe-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Monroe school enrollment varies 2.0× across entities

Monroe school enrollment ranges from 605 students (lowest) to 1,233 students (highest), a spread of 628 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Monroe operates one school district — a single-district system

Monroe's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Monroe student-teacher ratio is 15.7:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Monroe is typically wider than the Monroe-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Walker Park Elementary School 39
2. Atha Road Elementary School 35
3. Monroe Elementary 33
4. Monroe Area High School 30
5. Carver Middle School 29
6. Harmony Elementary School 28

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Monroe

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Monroe Elementary 69.8/100
  2. 2 Monroe Area High School 65.3/100
  3. 3 Carver Middle School 64.3/100
  4. 4 Harmony Elementary School 63.9/100
  5. 5 Atha Road Elementary School 57.5/100

What do families ask about schools in Monroe?

Which Monroe school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Walker Park Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Monroe schools in this federal-data comparison at 39/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Monroe, GA? ▼

Monroe has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,944 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.7:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.