Morris Bye Elementary

As a medium-sized K-5 school in COON RAPIDS, Minnesota, Morris Bye Elementary caters to 472 students from grades K through 5, operated by Anoka-Hennepin School District. That puts it 37% bigger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Morris Bye Elementary is one of 53 schools operated by Anoka-Hennepin School District, a district that educates 38,746 students overall.

Demographically, Morris Bye Elementary shows that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 21% Black, 16% Asian, 12% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Anoka County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Morris Bye Elementary has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 50% 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, Morris Bye Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.1%; this one delivers 38.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Anoka County shows median household earnings sit near $101,869, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Anoka County's 145 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students), Morris Bye Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Coon Rapids High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Morris Bye Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Morris Bye Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 39.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 21%: 389 students in 2018 compared to 472 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 65% to 46%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.