Enrollment
105
Middle
DISTRICT 110 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN·NCES 270001301104
WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR.
23 ANN ST, MORRISTOWN, MN 55052 · (507) 685-4222 · Rice County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL105 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Minnesota public middle schools
- BTest 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
11.7:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
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 7 | 50 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 52% |
Student demographics
21%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
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MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
47.5%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
60.6%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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
43.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 →
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WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR.'s state test result (43.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR. this school | 105 | 30.5% | 43.2% |
| Martin County West Junior High SHERBURN | 101 | 33.7% | 36.2% |
| MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY MORRISTOWN | 115 | 27.8% | 38.9% |
| Art & Science Academy Middle School ISANTI | 125 | 34.4% | 28.6% |
| GRAND MEADOW MIDDLE GRAND MEADOW | 131 | 27.5% | 39.4% |
| RUSHFORD-PETERSON MIDDLE RUSHFORD | 145 | 34.5% | 45.3% |
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 WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR. ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #102 of 245 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #30 of 245 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #133 of 245 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 105 | #250 of 306 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.5% | #154 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
105
-36 (-26%) vs 2020
-41% since 2000-01, when it was 179
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 105 | 8.9 | 11.7:1 | 30% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 113 | 9.6 | 11.8:1 | 35% (40) |
| 2022-23 | 122 | 11.2 | 10.8:1 | 35% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 141 | 11 | 12.8:1 | 20% (28) |
| 2017-18 | 119 | 10.1 | 11.8:1 | 35% (42) |
| 2015-16 | 117 | 10 | 11.7:1 | 31% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 147 | 9 | 16.3:1 | 30% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 179 | 9 | 19.9:1 | 26% (46) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR..
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (119 to 105); teachers down 11% (10.1 to 8.9).
About WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR.
WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR. is a small middle school in MORRISTOWN, Minnesota, under WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN. The school enrolls 105 students, from grades 7 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Minnesota) has about 495 students.
WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN runs 4 schools with a combined 716 students. WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR. is one of them.
WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR.'s enrollment is 89% White. The school is also 7% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 80% White share among all Rice County residents. WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR.'s diversity index is 21%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 8.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.7:1. That is lower than the 17.5:1 average for middle schools in Minnesota. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 30%. On average, public schools in Rice County report 46%.
Measured against Minnesota public middle schools, WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR. receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
After adjusting for student poverty, WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR. lands between the top and bottom 10% of Minnesota schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 43.2%; the prediction is 48.7%.
Within Rice County, the median household income is $83,181, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. In all, Rice County has 40 public schools and roughly 8,301 students.
MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY is the public school closest to WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR., less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 41.8%; WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR.'s is 43.2%, ranking 2nd of 4.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR.'s enrollment declined from 141 in 2020-21 to 105 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 12.8:1 to 11.7:1.
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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
- MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARYMiddle · 115 students
Nearby schools
- MORRISTOWN ELEMENTARY0.0 mi · 115
- WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN SR.5.9 mi · 232
- WATERVILLE ELEMENTARY5.9 mi · 264
- Laura Baker SUN Program8.3 mi · 18
- CVSEC STEP8.3 mi · 47
- Alexander Learning Academy8.3 mi · 32
Frequently asked questions
About WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR.How large is WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR.?
WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR. enrolls approximately 105 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR. serve?
WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR. serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR. is approximately 11.7:1 (9 FTE teachers).
How diverse is WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR.?
WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR. reports a student body of 89% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR. in?
WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN JR. is part of WATERVILLE-ELYSIAN-MORRISTOWN.
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