Enrollment
115
Middle
DISTRICT 110 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN·NCES 270001301103
MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY
23 ANN ST, MORRISTOWN, MN 55052 · (507) 685-4222 · Rice County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL115 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of Minnesota public middle schools
- B-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 Minnesota public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
32 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 46 | 40% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 60% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 60% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
47.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
38.7%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Minnesota 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 Minnesota'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 MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY
MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY this school | 115 | 27.8% | 38.9% |
| GRAND MEADOW MIDDLE GRAND MEADOW | 131 | 27.5% | 39.4% |
| WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR. MORRISTOWN | 105 | 30.5% | 43.2% |
| CALEDONIA MIDDLE CALEDONIA | 138 | 24.6% | 50.4% |
| Memorial Middle School ELY | 146 | 28.8% | 35.0% |
| Brandon-Evansville Middle School BRANDON | 124 | 30.6% | 44.4% |
Matched among Minnesota middle 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 MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #138 of 245 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #129 of 245 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #131 of 245 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 115 | #246 of 306 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.8% | #174 of 252 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
115
-3 (-3%) vs 2020
-29% since 2000-01, when it was 162
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 115 | 6.3 | 18.4:1 | 28% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 118 | 9.8 | 12.1:1 | 25% (29) |
| 2022-23 | 112 | 8.2 | 13.7:1 | 41% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 118 | 9 | 13.1:1 | 25% (29) |
| 2017-18 | 137 | 11.2 | 12.2:1 | 32% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 124 | 10 | 12.4:1 | 38% (47) |
| 2010-11 | 143 | 8 | 17.9:1 | 44% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 162 | 9 | 18.0:1 | 36% (58) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (137 to 115); teachers down 44% (11.2 to 6.3).
About MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY
A very small middle-grades school in MORRISTOWN, Minnesota, MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY is part of WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN. The school teaches grades 5 through 6 and enrolls 115 students. It has 77% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Minnesota (about 495).
MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY falls under WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN, which has 4 schools enrolling 716 students.
White students are 91% of those enrolled at MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY. Other reported shares: 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. That compares with about 80% White among all Rice County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 16%.
There are about 18.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY, which has 6.3. Middle schools in Minnesota average 17.5:1, 0.9 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY is about 28%. Public schools in Rice County average 46%.
MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 36% of Minnesota public middle schools.
Schools in Minnesota with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 50.1%. MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY scores 38.9%.
In the surrounding county, Rice County, the median household earns about $83,181 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY, Rice County has 40 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR. is less than a tenth of a mile from MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY. Other public schools within ten miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 43.3%, higher than MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY's 38.9%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 115, from 118 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 13.1 to 18.4 over 4 years.
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Rice County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,917
Census ACS
Median income
$83,181
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
8,301 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN
- WATERVILLE ELEMENTARYElementary · 264 students
- WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN SR.High · 232 students
- WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR.Middle · 105 students
Other schools in MORRISTOWN
- WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR.Middle · 105 students
Other Morristown Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Morristown Elementary. MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Morristown Elementary SchoolMorristown, IN · 338 students
- Morristown Elementary SchoolMorrisville, VT · 282 students
- Morristown Elementary SchoolMorristown, AZ · 116 students
Nearby schools
- WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR.0.0 mi · 105
- WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN SR.5.9 mi · 232
- WATERVILLE ELEMENTARY5.9 mi · 264
- Alexander Learning Academy8.3 mi · 32
- CVSEC STEP8.3 mi · 47
- Laura Baker SUN Program8.3 mi · 18
Frequently asked questions
About MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY?
MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 115 students in grades 05-06.
What grades does MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY serve?
MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY serves grades 05-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY is approximately 18.4:1 (6 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY are roughly 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY in?
MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY is part of WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN.
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