MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY

Located at 23 ANN ST, in MORRISTOWN, Minnesota, MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY is a micro-enrollment middle school that caters to 115 students (grades 5 through 6), run under WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 495 students each, so MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY sits 77% below that benchmark.

Within WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN, which oversees 4 schools and 716 students, MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Rice County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Rice County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.1%; this one delivers 38.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Rice County put the typical household earns roughly $83,181 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Rice County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,301 students), MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY has decreased 16%, going from 137 students in 2018 to 115 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.