Morrice Area Elementary School

Located at 111 E MASON, in MORRICE, Michigan, Morrice Area Elementary School is a cozy elementary campus that serves 196 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Morrice Area Schools. Compared to the state average of about 369 students per school, that is 47% leaner than typical.

Morrice Area Schools runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 411 students. Morrice Area Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Morrice Area Elementary School logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Shiawassee County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.8:1 average. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Morrice Area Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Shiawassee County shows median household earnings sit near $67,404, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Morrice Area Elementary School is one of 31 public schools in Shiawassee County (combined enrollment of about 10,105 students).

Morrice Area High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Morrice Area Elementary School has shrank 28%, going from 273 students in 2018 to 196 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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