Enrollment
382
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLACENTIA-YORBA LINDA UNIFIED·NCES 063066004766
Morse Elementary
431 East Morse Ave., Placentia, CA 92870 · (714) 524-6300 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL382 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
264 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 30% larger than its 6th grade class (54).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 62% · 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
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
55.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.4pp since 2014
Math
47.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 29.0% | 26.4% | 23.3% | 21.2% |
| Math | 23.1% | 24.1% | 30.3% | 22.6% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.4% | 47.2% |
| 2023-24 | 64.8% | 48.7% |
| 2022-23 | 59.8% | 41.3% |
| 2021-22 | 56.3% | 32.0% |
| 2018-19 | 51.9% | 42.1% |
| 2017-18 | 55.9% | 44.1% |
| 2016-17 | 47.5% | 40.5% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 45.0% |
| 2014-15 | 44.0% | 40.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in California's top 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 Morse Elementary
Morse Elementary's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morse Elementary this school | 382 | 69.1% | 54.5% |
| Allen at Steinbeck San Jose | 406 | 69.0% | 23.7% |
| Barrett Elementary Morgan Hill | 374 | 67.4% | 24.9% |
| Lorne Street Elementary Northridge | 372 | 71.0% | 43.4% |
| Miller Elementary Escondido | 378 | 71.7% | 37.9% |
| Paularino Elementary Costa Mesa | 371 | 70.6% | 39.2% |
Matched among California 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 Morse Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #1,426 of 5,151 | #188 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #1,778 of 5,172 ▼ 180 | #212 of 382 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #1,657 of 5,172 ▼ 683 | #195 of 382 ▼ 56 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.2pp | #1,083 of 5,116 | #58 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 382 | #3,900 of 5,915 | #307 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #811 of 5,352 | #35 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.7% | #2,786 of 5,354 | #228 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.1% | #3,007 of 5,625 | #173 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.6% | #1,474 of 3,837 | #135 of 324 |
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
382
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 460
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 26.7:1
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 | 382 | 19.4 | 19.7:1 | 69% (264) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 14 | 27.3:1 | 68% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 13 | 28.4:1 | 68% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 14 | 26.7:1 | 70% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 16 | 29.7:1 | 62% (296) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 16 | 30.6:1 | 64% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 549 | N/A | N/A | 55% (301) |
| 2000-01 | 545 | 27 | 20.2:1 | 36% (195) |
| 1990-91 | 460 | 21 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morse Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (475 to 382); teachers up 21% (16 to 19.4).
About Morse Elementary
Morse Elementary is a small elementary school in California, located in Placentia. The school has 382 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 6.
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified, which runs Morse Elementary, has 34 schools and 22,665 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Morse Elementary is 69%, a majority. The remaining students are 12% White, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census figures show Orange County is about 34% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
Morse Elementary reported 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 19.7:1. The school's 19.7:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Roughly 69% of students at Morse Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Orange County averages 55%, lower than here.
Test results at Morse Elementary are 15.5 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 54.5%, compared with a predicted 39.0%, which ranks in the top 10% in California.
American Community Survey estimates for Orange County show that median household income comes to about $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Orange County counts 649 public schools with about 430,458 students.
Among nearby public schools, El Dorado High is closest at about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Morse Elementary is 6th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Morse Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 382, close to the 374 recorded in 2020-21. The ratio was 26.7:1 in 2020-21 and 19.7:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified
- Valencia HighHigh · 2,411 students
- El Dorado HighHigh · 1,998 students
- Yorba Linda HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Esperanza HighHigh · 1,393 students
- Travis RanchElementary · 1,197 students
- Kraemer MiddleMiddle · 889 students
Other schools in Placentia
- Valencia HighHigh · 2,411 students
- El Dorado HighHigh · 1,998 students
- Kraemer MiddleMiddle · 889 students
- Golden ElementaryElementary · 834 students
- John O. Tynes ElementaryElementary · 591 students
- Col. J. K. Tuffree MiddleMiddle · 566 students
Other Morse Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Morse Elementary. Morse Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Morse Elementary SchoolTROY, MI · 411 students
- Morse ElementaryOverland Park, KS · 338 students
- Morse Elementary SchoolMorse, LA · 229 students
Nearby schools
- El Dorado High0.5 mi · 1,998
- Charles Wagner Elementary0.6 mi · 440
- Topaz Elementary0.6 mi · 404
- Kraemer Middle0.7 mi · 889
- Valencia High0.7 mi · 2,411
- Brookhaven Elementary0.8 mi · 482
Frequently asked questions
About Morse ElementaryHow many students attend Morse Elementary?
Morse Elementary enrolls approximately 382 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Morse Elementary serve?
Morse Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Morse Elementary?
Approximately 19.7:1 students per teacher at Morse Elementary.
How diverse is Morse Elementary?
Morse Elementary reports a student body of 12% White, 69% Hispanic, 2% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Morse Elementary public or private?
Morse Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified.
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