Enrollment
338
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUE VALLEY·NCES 201200001593
Morse Elementary
15201 Monrovia St., Overland Park, KS 66221 · (913) 239-6800 · Johnson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL338 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
38 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 58% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
75.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
70.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.8% | 70.8% |
| 2023-24 | 63.4% | 61.3% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. 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
69.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 Morse Elementary
Morse Elementary's state test result (69.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morse Elementary this school | 338 | 11.2% | 69.3% |
| Cottonwood Point Elementary Overland Park | 352 | 9.1% | 76.7% |
| Prairie Star Elementary Leawood | 371 | 7.3% | 70.3% |
| Wheatland Elementary Wichita | 443 | 10.8% | 75.8% |
| Regency Place Elementary Olathe | 435 | 13.8% | 75.2% |
| Blue River Elementary Overland Park | 472 | 14.4% | 68.3% |
Matched among Kansas 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 Morse Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #31 of 625 | #21 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #33 of 625 | #23 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #24 of 625 | #18 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 338 | #307 of 714 | #83 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #117 of 539 | #18 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #307 of 540 | #75 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.2% | #627 of 658 | #86 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #209 of 377 | #43 of 76 |
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
338
-39 (-10%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 289
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 338 | 28.1 | 12.0:1 | 11% (38) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 28.2 | 12.6:1 | 11% (39) |
| 2022-23 | 346 | 26.2 | 13.2:1 | 9% (32) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 24 | 15.7:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2017-18 | 384 | 28.4 | 13.5:1 | 3% (13) |
| 2015-16 | 413 | 28 | 14.8:1 | 4% (18) |
| 2010-11 | 419 | 27 | 15.5:1 | 4% (15) |
| 2000-01 | 485 | 28 | 17.3:1 | 2% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 289 | 23 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morse Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (384 to 338); teachers down 1% (28.4 to 28.1).
About Morse Elementary
As a mid-sized elementary school, Morse Elementary serves students in Overland Park, Kansas. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 338 students.
In Blue Valley, 37 schools enroll a combined 22,225 students.
The largest group at Morse Elementary is White students, at 74%. Smaller groups are 13% Asian, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 43%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.0:1. The school has 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Kansas, the average ratio is 13.2:1. Federal data show 11% of students (38) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Johnson County, the average eligibility rate is 27%.
Test results at Morse Elementary are 12.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (69.3% actual, 56.8% predicted).
American Community Survey estimates for Johnson County show that the median household earns about $109,208 a year, about 58% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Johnson County has 168 public schools with about 93,598 students, including Morse Elementary.
Liberty View Elementary is about 1.4 miles from Morse Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Morse Elementary places 3rd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The federal government classifies Morse Elementary's location as City: Mid-size.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 39 students, from 377 to 338. Students per teacher dropped from 15.7 in 2020-21 to 12.0 in 2024-25.
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Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
620,631
Census ACS
Median income
$109,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
93,598 students
Quick facts
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Other Morse Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Morse Elementary. Morse Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Morse Elementary SchoolTROY, MI · 411 students
- Morse ElementaryPlacentia, CA · 382 students
- Morse Elementary SchoolMorse, LA · 229 students
Nearby schools
- Liberty View Elementary1.4 mi · 430
- Timber Creek Elementary School1.7 mi · 583
- Sunset Ridge Elementary1.8 mi · 396
- Green Springs Elem1.8 mi · 235
- Harmony Middle1.9 mi · 536
- Harmony Elementary2.0 mi · 562
Frequently asked questions
About Morse ElementaryHow large is Morse Elementary?
Morse Elementary enrolls approximately 338 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Morse Elementary serve?
Morse Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Morse Elementary have?
Morse Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
How diverse is Morse Elementary?
Morse Elementary reports a student body of 74% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Morse Elementary?
Morse Elementary is overseen by Blue Valley in Johnson County.
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