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Alumni: what's one memory from Morse Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
411
Elementary
DISTRICT 381 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TROY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 263426006964
Morse Elementary School
475 CHERRY DR, TROY, MI 48083 · (248) 823-3200 · Oakland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Michigan public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
146 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 55%
Community
5
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 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 56% · 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
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
46.7%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
50.7%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. 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
41.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Michigan 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 Michigan'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 School
Morse Elementary School's state test result (41.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morse Elementary School this school | 411 | 35.5% | 41.9% |
| Troy Union Elementary School TROY | 395 | 22.8% | 51.4% |
| Hickory Woods Elementary School NOVI | 499 | 27.9% | 57.8% |
| Wattles Elementary School TROY | 406 | 21.9% | 57.7% |
| Orchard Hills Elementary School NOVI | 453 | 18.5% | 65.5% |
| Barnard Elementary School TROY | 400 | 17.8% | 64.3% |
Matched among Michigan 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Oakland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #666 of 1,085 | #120 of 147 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #420 of 1,072 | #92 of 144 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #593 of 1,139 | #112 of 157 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #604 of 1,630 | #92 of 178 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #623 of 1,424 | #86 of 170 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.7% | #41 of 1,424 | #2 of 170 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.5% | #1,132 of 1,563 | #67 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #331 of 979 | #32 of 118 |
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
411
-20 (-5%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 312
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 411 | 26.4 | 15.6:1 | 36% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 407 | 28.2 | 14.4:1 | 39% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 28.9 | 14.0:1 | 42% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 31 | 13.9:1 | 32% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 497 | 31.9 | 15.6:1 | 30% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 28% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 24 | 17.6:1 | 25% (104) |
| 2000-01 | 416 | 24 | 17.3:1 | 8% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 312 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morse Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (497 to 411); teachers down 17% (31.9 to 26.4).
About Morse Elementary School
Morse Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in TROY, Michigan, under Troy School District. Enrolled students number 411 students, in pre-K through 5.
The district for Morse Elementary School is Troy School District, with 21 schools and 11,596 students.
Morse Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Asian students are the largest at 35%. After that, the student body is 34% White, 14% Black, 12% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Oakland County, the Asian share is about 9%. Morse Elementary School has a diversity index of 73%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Morse Elementary School was 15.6:1. Elementary schools in Michigan average about 15.8:1, a similar figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 36%.
Measured against Michigan public elementary schools, Morse Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Morse Elementary School is 8.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Michigan schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Oakland County show that median household income is about $97,760, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Morse Elementary School is one of 345 public schools in Oakland County, which together enroll about 169,926 students.
The next-closest public school is Troy College and Career High School, about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Morse Elementary School's average proficiency of 41.9% compares with 56.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Morse Elementary School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 431 in 2020-21 and 411 in 2024-25, a decrease of 20 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.6:1.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Oakland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,279,825
Census ACS
Median income
$97,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
345
169,926 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Troy School District
- Troy High SchoolHigh · 2,032 students
- Athens High SchoolHigh · 1,468 students
- Larson Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Boulan Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 839 students
- Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 629 students
- Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 599 students
Other schools in TROY
- Troy High SchoolHigh · 2,032 students
- Athens High SchoolHigh · 1,468 students
- Larson Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
- Boulan Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 839 students
- Baker Middle SchoolMiddle · 629 students
- Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 599 students
Other Morse Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Morse Elementary. Morse Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Morse ElementaryPlacentia, CA · 382 students
- Morse ElementaryOverland Park, KS · 338 students
- Morse Elementary SchoolMorse, LA · 229 students
Nearby schools
- Troy College and Career High School1.0 mi · 188
- Troy Center for Transition1.1 mi · 23
- Wattles Elementary School1.1 mi · 406
- Baker Middle School1.1 mi · 629
- Clawson Elementary School1.5 mi · 543
- Clawson Middle School1.5 mi · 275
Frequently asked questions
About Morse Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Morse Elementary School?
Morse Elementary School enrolls approximately 411 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Morse Elementary School serve?
Morse Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Morse Elementary School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Morse Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Morse Elementary School?
At Morse Elementary School, the student body is approximately 34% White, 12% Hispanic, 14% Black, 35% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Morse Elementary School public or private?
Morse Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Troy School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.