Morris Elementary School

Located at 4801 Bob Wallace Ave SW, in Huntsville, Alabama, Morris Elementary School is an average-sized elementary campus that serves 532 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Huntsville City.

Across the 44 schools in Huntsville City (24,222 students total), Morris Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Morris Elementary School records that 49% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 32% Hispanic, 10% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Madison County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Morris Elementary School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Morris Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Madison County (around 41%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Morris Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.2%, the actual is 25.3%, a residual of -6.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Madison County) records that the typical household earns roughly $86,499 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Madison County runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,800 students), of which Morris Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Morris Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Morris Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Morris Elementary School has declined 48%, going from 1,014 students in 2018 to 532 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 17% to 10%.

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