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Alumni: what's one memory from Morgan Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
442
Elementary
DISTRICT 502 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH HARRISON COM SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180069000142
Morgan Elementary School
12225 Hwy 135 NE, Palmyra, IN 47164 · (812) 364-6138 · Harrison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Indiana public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
229 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 8 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 57% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within North Harrison Com School Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
44.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
59.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. 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
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 Morgan Elementary School
Morgan Elementary School's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Elementary School this school | 442 | 51.8% | 48.5% |
| Jac-Cen-Del Elementary School Osgood | 421 | 52.3% | 41.8% |
| Rose Hamilton Elementary School Centerville | 441 | 50.8% | N/A |
| Petersburg Elementary School Petersburg | 460 | 53.3% | 39.1% |
| Jefferson-Craig Elementary School Vevay | 425 | 53.9% | 33.9% |
| Springs Valley Elementary School French Lick | 432 | 52.5% | 48.1% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Morgan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #329 of 983 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.9% | #247 of 986 | #3 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #343 of 986 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #503 of 1,079 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #897 of 991 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.1% | #948 of 996 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.8% | #558 of 1,058 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.0% | #286 of 353 | N/A |
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
442
+60 (+16%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 481
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 442 | 24 | 18.4:1 | 52% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 22 | 19.2:1 | 60% (253) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 54% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 382 | 19 | 20.1:1 | 45% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 17 | 25.2:1 | 54% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 428 | 23 | 18.6:1 | 55% (236) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | 26 | 19.5:1 | 49% (246) |
| 2000-01 | 373 | 21 | 17.8:1 | 34% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 481 | 26 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morgan Elementary School.
About Morgan Elementary School
Morgan Elementary School is a public elementary school in Palmyra, Indiana. The school serves 442 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
North Harrison Com School Corp, which runs Morgan Elementary School, has 4 schools and 2,076 students.
The large majority of students at Morgan Elementary School, 95%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 2% multiracial. That is close to the 95% White share among all Harrison County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Morgan Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 10%.
Morgan Elementary School employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 18.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Indiana is 15.5:1, lower than at this school. Morgan Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 52%.
Measured against Indiana public elementary schools, Morgan Elementary School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Indiana with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 38.9%. Morgan Elementary School scores 48.5%.
In the county around the school, Harrison County, median household income is about $74,475, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Morgan Elementary School is among the 15 public schools in Harrison County.
The closest public school, North Harrison Elementary School, is about 4.3 miles from Morgan Elementary School. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Morgan Elementary School is 5th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Morgan Elementary School went from 382 students to 442. The ratio was 20.1:1 in 2020-21 and 18.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Harrison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,859
Census ACS
Median income
$74,475
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,932 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Harrison Com School Corp
- North Harrison High SchoolHigh · 616 students
- North Harrison Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
- North Harrison Middle SchoolMiddle · 456 students
Other Morgan Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Morgan Elementary. Morgan Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- Morgan Elementary SchoolSHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI · 563 students
- Morgan ElementaryHutchinson, KS · 388 students
- Morgan Elementary SchoolHamilton, OH · 385 students
- Morgan Elementary SchoolPaducah, KY · 369 students
- Morgan Elementary SchoolHAMILTON, NJ · 285 students
Nearby schools
- North Harrison Elementary School4.3 mi · 562
- North Harrison High School4.5 mi · 616
- North Harrison Middle School4.5 mi · 456
- Greenville Elementary School5.8 mi · 474
- Georgetown Elementary School8.8 mi · 659
- Floyd Central High School9.6 mi · 1,785
Frequently asked questions
About Morgan Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Morgan Elementary School?
Morgan Elementary School enrolls approximately 442 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Morgan Elementary School serve?
Morgan Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Morgan Elementary School have?
Morgan Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Morgan Elementary School?
At Morgan Elementary School, the student body is approximately 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Morgan Elementary School public or private?
Morgan Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by North Harrison Com School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.