Enrollment
333
High
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 816
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHELBY EASTERN SCHOOLS·NCES 180321000418
Morristown Jr-Sr High School
223 S Patterson St, Morristown, IN 46161 · (765) 763-1221 · Shelby County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
139 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
49.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
51.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
52.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
333
+5 (+2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.3:1
% White
95%
was 95%
% Hispanic
2%
was 3%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Morristown Jr-Sr High School
Set in Morristown, Indiana, Morristown Jr-Sr High School is an intimate four-year high school, operated by Shelby Eastern Schools. It serves 333 students across grades 6 through 12. That puts it 59% leaner than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 816 students.
Shelby Eastern Schools runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,292 students. Morristown Jr-Sr High School is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Morristown Jr-Sr High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). That composition is broadly in line with Shelby County as a whole.
On the resource side, On paper, Morristown Jr-Sr High School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 42% of students at Morristown Jr-Sr High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
After controlling for student poverty, Morristown Jr-Sr High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.0%, the actual is 52.0%, a residual of +6.0 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Shelby County put median household income runs about $72,190, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Shelby County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,418 students), Morristown Jr-Sr High School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Morristown Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Morristown Jr-Sr High School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 48.4%.
The campus sits in an outlying setting.
Five-year trend. Morristown Jr-Sr High School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 328 (now 333).
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Shelby County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
45,265
Census ACS
Median income
$72,190
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
7,418 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shelby Eastern Schools
- Morristown Elementary SchoolElementary · 338 students
- Waldron Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 323 students
- Waldron Elementary SchoolElementary · 298 students
Nearby schools
- Morristown Elementary School0.1 mi · 338
- Brandywine Elementary School6.1 mi · 338
- Arlington Elementary School6.8 mi · 106
- Harris Elementary School9.1 mi · 273
- Greenfield Intermediate School9.1 mi · 481
- Weston Elementary School9.2 mi · 320
Frequently asked questions
About Morristown Jr-Sr High SchoolHow large is Morristown Jr-Sr High School?
Morristown Jr-Sr High School enrolls approximately 333 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Morristown Jr-Sr High School serve?
Morristown Jr-Sr High School serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Morristown Jr-Sr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Morristown Jr-Sr High School is approximately 12.8:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Morristown Jr-Sr High School?
At Morristown Jr-Sr High School, the student body is approximately 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Morristown Jr-Sr High School public or private?
Morristown Jr-Sr High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Shelby Eastern Schools.
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