📍 431 Flora Vista Dr., Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, 93109
Monroe Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County. The school has 322 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kimberly Sheriff Brown. It is part of the Santa Barbara Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
Monroe Elementary enrolls 322 students across grades K–6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% Hispanic or Latino, 20% White and 5.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 235 | 73% |
| White | 65 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 5.3% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
213 of the school's 322 students (66%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Monroe Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Monroe Elementary is one of 21 schools in Santa Barbara Unified, based in Santa Barbara, California. The district serves 12,250 students district-wide and employs 658 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 322 students, Monroe Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 583 students per school.