Morris Elementary School

Located at 801 Hill St, in Montgomery, Alabama, Morris Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary-level community that caters to 414 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Montgomery County.

Within Montgomery County, which oversees 51 schools and 26,958 students, Morris Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Morris Elementary School shows that 94% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 59% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Morris Elementary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Montgomery County's rate of about 67%.

After controlling for student poverty, Morris Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.4%, the actual is 31.4%, a residual of +13.0 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Montgomery County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,386 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Montgomery County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,131 students), Morris Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

McIntyre Comprehensive Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Morris Elementary School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 39.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 27%: 568 students in 2018 compared to 414 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

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