Kenneth P Morris Elementary School

Kenneth P Morris Elementary School operates as a small elementary school in YUMA, Colorado, run under Yuma 1 School District. Current enrollment sits at 310 students spanning grades K through 4.

Within Yuma 1 School District, which oversees 4 schools and 802 students, Kenneth P Morris Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kenneth P Morris Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 45% White. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Kenneth P Morris Elementary School reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kenneth P Morris Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.6%; this one delivers 28.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Yuma County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,545, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Yuma County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,759 students), Kenneth P Morris Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

YUMA PRESCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Kenneth P Morris Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Kenneth P Morris Elementary School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 23.9%.

Kenneth P Morris Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Kenneth P Morris Elementary School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 305 (now 310).

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.