Monarch High School

5050 Wiles Road

School District

Broward
Grade

9-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:25
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on May 12, 2023

My son is a 10th grader, he is in the Cambridge program and he is doing awesome! The new Principal Mr. Cecil is amazing. Office staff too. Overall, very good experience so far.
Submitted by other on May 02, 2023

I graduated 2015 and would definitely send my kids here.. i had a great 4 years.. I wouldn’t recommend for athletics though not very competitive.
Submitted by parent on December 18, 2022

I’m a student at Monarch high and there is a group of girl that are trying to jump me and the school does nothing about and I got the police in it and they did nothing and now I’m scared to go to school so I would recommend to not send your child here.
Submitted by parent on July 11, 2019

Both my Kids in Advanced Program Excelling and Happy to go to school everyday, they really like it and school keeps you informed of activities and events
Submitted by parent on July 28, 2014

Overall this is a very good school for the size of the student enrollment. While there were a few teachers, I believe lacked "tact" and a genuine desire to teach, the rest were interested in my children and their progress. Some improvements could be made, especially enforcing dress code policy. (some of these girls look like they were in a nightclub or on the beach rather than at school) Definitely an overall decent school
Submitted by parent on August 11, 2013

My son will be attending this school.He is going to be a junior.He will be a new student.
Submitted by parent on December 04, 2012

I think this is a very good school. My eldest child attends there. I am pleased with their preparation. She gets frequent testings as well as she gets homework every evening. It's a great school to send your high schooler.
Submitted by student on April 16, 2012

Monarch really isn't a bad school. I'm a freshman there, and i'm taking two Ap classes, and honors classes, the required classes are the only ones that aren't honors or Ap, so I have a lot on my plate, and the teachers help you. They want you to succeed, and they teach very well. Monarch prepares you for the real world by making you learn for your grades. I've seen no magical bumping of grades. If you want to learn, then you will have to work hard, the teachers are there to help, but you have to get involved and ask. It isn't like elementary school where the teachers come over to help you. Monarch prepares you for college, where we all know professors dont care if you fail or not. Teachers at monarch teach, they help you if you ask, but you have to do your part, this school doesnt spoon fed you. The school is really safe, the athletics are all great except the football team, and monarch has a lot of clubs, and Ap/honors classes. The administration is decent, they call you back and respond. Monarch is overall a good school with friendly teacher/administrators that actually know who you are, and care.
Submitted by parent on June 01, 2011

Monarch teachers do everything they can to ensure kids pass. They don't do this by teaching, but by providing "magical grade bumping" assignments. I've not seen our child get an honest grade yet. Every quarter it's the same thing - an honestly earned D is magically turned into a C by some magical grade bumping assignment where extra credit worth TONS OF POINTS is given for minuscule amounts of work. All this school is teaching our student is the fine art of doing the bare bones minimum to get by. Our child doesn't believe us that the real world doesn't work this way. The school is constantly fighting our message that you need to work hard and do quality work to get along in the world. The school is teaching him that it will all work out in the end, regardless of individual effort. Getting responses to emails is challenging as well and it's hard to have conversations with them.
Submitted by parent on February 18, 2011

Awful school. Stay away if you can.The administration does not return your calls and when you are finally able to speak to someone, they send you to a different place and no one seems to help you with your child's performance. Very disorganized.