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Enrollment
397
Middle
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTSVILLE CITY·NCES 010180002484
Morris Middle School
4801 Bob Wallace Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35805 · (256) 428-7340 · Madison County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Alabama public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
294 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 58%
Community
2
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 137 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 132 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 128 | 32% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
40.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
10.1%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
23.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.2%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Middle School
Morris Middle School's state test result (23.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Middle School this school | 397 | 74.1% | 23.4% |
| Irondale Middle School Irondale | 430 | 74.7% | 21.4% |
| Jemison Middle School Jemison | 328 | 72.3% | 23.0% |
| DavisEmerson Middle School Cottondale | 397 | 79.3% | 22.4% |
| Montevallo Middle School Montevallo | 346 | 78.6% | 36.1% |
| Rudd Middle School Pinson | 648 | 71.3% | 22.9% |
Matched among Alabama middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #205 of 260 | #17 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.1% | #202 of 260 | #17 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #201 of 260 | #16 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #159 of 265 | #14 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #50 of 244 | #4 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #50 of 246 | #11 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.1% | #66 of 264 | #3 of 19 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
397
-68 (-15%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 397 | 25 | 15.9:1 | 74% (294) |
| 2023-24 | 409 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 58% (236) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 25 | 18.1:1 | 58% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 27 | 17.2:1 | 58% (269) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morris Middle School.
About Morris Middle School
As a low-enrollment middle-grades school, Morris Middle School serves students in Huntsville, Alabama. It enrolled 397 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, middle schools in Alabama average about 508 students each.
Morris Middle School reports to Huntsville City, which has 44 schools and 24,222 students.
By race and ethnicity, Morris Middle School is 51% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 34% Black, 10% White, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Madison County is about 7% Hispanic. Morris Middle School has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 25 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.9:1. That ratio is under the 17.9:1 average for middle schools in Alabama. Around 74% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Madison County, the average eligibility rate is 41%.
Morris Middle School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 18% of Alabama public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Morris Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (23.4%) and its predicted rate (30.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools.
Madison County has about 405,718 residents, and median household income is about $86,499, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Madison County number 89 and enroll about 55,800.
Morris Elementary School is located less than a tenth of a mile from Morris Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Morris Middle School ranks 7th on proficiency.
Morris Middle School falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Morris Middle School saw enrollment fall 15% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 15.9 students per teacher, compared with 17.2 in 2020-21.
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Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
405,718
Census ACS
Median income
$86,499
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
55,800 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Huntsville City
- Virgil Grissom High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Huntsville High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Providence ElementaryElementary · 1,152 students
- GoldsmithSchiffman ElementaryElementary · 935 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 916 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 877 students
Other schools in Huntsville
- Virgil Grissom High SchoolHigh · 1,847 students
- Huntsville High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Providence ElementaryElementary · 1,152 students
- Monrovia Middle SchoolMiddle · 988 students
- Columbia High SchoolHigh · 916 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 877 students
Other Morris Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Morris Middle. Morris Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Morris Middle SchoolMCALLEN, TX · 999 students
- Morris Middle SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 603 students
- Morris Middle SchoolMorris, OK · 195 students
Nearby schools
- Morris Elementary School0.0 mi · 532
- Ridgecrest Elementary School1.0 mi · 463
- McDonnell Elementary School1.9 mi · 511
- Sonnie Hereford Elementary School2.1 mi · 578
- Huntsville High School2.9 mi · 1,807
- Highlands Elementary School3.2 mi · 370
Frequently asked questions
About Morris Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Morris Middle School?
Morris Middle School enrolls approximately 397 students in grades 06-08.
Is Morris Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Morris Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Morris Middle School have?
Morris Middle School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Morris Middle School?
At Morris Middle School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 51% Hispanic, 34% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Morris Middle School public or private?
Morris Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Huntsville City.
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