Morgan Elementary School

Set in Palmyra, Indiana, Morgan Elementary School is a mid-sized primary school, run under North Harrison Com School Corp. It hosts 442 students across grades pre-K through 5.

North Harrison Com School Corp comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,076 students; Morgan Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Morgan Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Other groups include 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Harrison County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Morgan Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.5%.

In the surrounding community, Harrison County reports that median household income runs about $74,475, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Harrison County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,932 students), of which Morgan Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is North Harrison Elementary School, roughly 4.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Morgan Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Morgan Elementary School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 55.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Morgan Elementary School's enrollment has increased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 429 (now 442). Class-load math has tightened: from 25.2:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

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