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What do students at Morris Elementary School actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
414
Elementary
DISTRICT 448 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY·NCES 010243001105
Morris Elementary School
801 Hill St, Montgomery, AL 36108 · (334) 223-6920 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
374 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
44.6%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
22.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Morris Elementary School
Morris Elementary School's state test result (31.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Elementary School this school | 414 | 90.3% | 31.4% |
| SpencerWestlawn Elementary School Mobile | 428 | 90.2% | 36.3% |
| Edgewood Elementary School Selma | 402 | 88.6% | 21.5% |
| Aliceville Elementary School Aliceville | 415 | 88.0% | 27.3% |
| Fitzpatrick Elementary School Montgomery | 385 | 90.1% | 18.9% |
| Maryvale Elementary School Mobile | 475 | 89.3% | 25.5% |
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Morris Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #491 of 626 | #11 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #480 of 626 | #12 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #507 of 626 | #12 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #421 of 709 | #20 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #458 of 655 | #16 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.0% | #625 of 658 | #32 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.3% | #11 of 696 | #1 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.1% | #46 of 364 | #2 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
414
-120 (-22%) vs 2020
-21% since 2000-01, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 19.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 414 | 23 | 18.0:1 | 90% (374) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 24 | 18.2:1 | 98% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 469 | 25 | 18.8:1 | 98% (458) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 28 | 19.1:1 | 95% (505) |
| 2017-18 | 568 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 94% (536) |
| 2015-16 | 625 | 35 | 17.9:1 | 83% (517) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 23 | 20.0:1 | 98% (448) |
| 2000-01 | 524 | 39 | 13.4:1 | 98% (515) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morris Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (568 to 414); teachers down 36% (36 to 23).
About Morris Elementary School
Morris Elementary School, located in Montgomery, Alabama, is a medium-sized elementary school. The school counts 414 students across kindergarten through 5.
Morris Elementary School is one of 51 schools in Montgomery County, which enrolls 26,958 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Morris Elementary School is 94% Black. Other groups make up 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Montgomery County as a whole is about 59% Black, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 12%, meaning two students picked at random have a 12% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 23 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.0:1. That is higher than the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. The school's lunch program data list 90% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Montgomery County average 67%.
Morris Elementary School is 13.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (31.4% versus 18.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alabama.
Among Montgomery County residents, the median household income is $59,386, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. Morris Elementary School is one of 60 public schools in the county.
McIntyre Comprehensive Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Morris Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Morris Elementary School ranks 3rd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 31.4% against a local average of 29.0%.
Locale data from NCES put Morris Elementary School inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Morris Elementary School's enrollment dropped from 534 in 2020-21 to 414 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.0:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Morris Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,718
Census ACS
Median income
$59,386
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
31,131 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Carver Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,553 students
- Percy Julian High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Park Crossing High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Brewbaker Middle SchoolMiddle · 806 students
- Carr Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
Other schools in Montgomery
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Carver Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,553 students
- Percy Julian High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Park Crossing High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Brewbaker Middle SchoolMiddle · 806 students
- Carr Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
Other Morris Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Morris Elementary. Morris Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Morris Elementary SchoolHuntsville, AL · 532 students
- Morris ElementaryBondurant, IA · 601 students
- Morris Elementary SchoolDes Moines, IA · 519 students
- Morris Elementary SchoolMorris, OK · 442 students
- Morris ElementaryMcKinleyville, CA · 255 students
Nearby schools
- McIntyre Comprehensive Academy0.5 mi · 212
- Nixon Elementary School0.9 mi · 476
- LIFE Academy at Historic St Jude Educational Institute1.0 mi · 599
- Carver Senior High School1.2 mi · 1,553
- Lanier Senior High School1.3 mi · 517
- Carver Elementary School1.3 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About Morris Elementary SchoolHow large is Morris Elementary School?
Morris Elementary School enrolls approximately 414 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Morris Elementary School serve?
Morris Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Morris Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Morris Elementary School is approximately 18.0:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Morris Elementary School?
Student demographics at Morris Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 3% Hispanic, 94% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Morris Elementary School?
Morris Elementary School is overseen by Montgomery County in Montgomery County.
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