Morris Elementary

Morris Elementary is one of the large elementary schools in Bondurant, Iowa, run under Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District, with 601 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Morris Elementary sits 85% larger than that benchmark.

Within Bondurant-Farrar Comm School District, which oversees 5 schools and 2,824 students, Morris Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Morris Elementary records that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black.

Looking at school resources, Morris Elementary reports 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Polk County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Polk County put median household earnings sit near $83,576, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Polk County's 137 public schools (combined enrollment of about 77,436 students), Morris Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Anderson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Morris Elementary.

Morris Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Over the past 7-year window. Morris Elementary's enrollment has climbed 21% since 2018, when it stood at 498 (now 601). The White share of enrollment edged down from 89% to 80% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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.