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Alumni: what's one memory from MORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
686
Elementary
DISTRICT 510 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCOTT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280390000747
Morton Elementary School
265 E SECOND AVENUE, MORTON, MS 39117 · (601) 732-8529 · Scott County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL686 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- DTest 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 Mississippi public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
683 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 80%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 130 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 145 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 126 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 125 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (130) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (125).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 62% · 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
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
36.4%
MS avg 45.9% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
45.5%
MS avg 52.8% . +19.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.4% | 45.5% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 25.7% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. 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
35.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi 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 Mississippi'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 Morton Elementary School
Morton Elementary School's state test result (35.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morton Elementary School this school | 686 | 99.6% | 35.2% |
| Byhalia Elementary School BYHALIA | 515 | 99.4% | 29.3% |
| Canton Elementary School Canton | 411 | 100.0% | 49.6% |
| Leake Central Elementary School CARTHAGE | 850 | 100.0% | 41.6% |
| Woodley Elementary HATTIESBURG | 422 | 100.0% | 69.3% |
| Forest Elementary FOREST | 740 | 84.5% | 38.1% |
Matched among Mississippi 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 Morton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #378 of 428 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #257 of 439 ▲ 129 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #322 of 439 ▲ 54 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 686 | #68 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #382 of 408 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #10 of 409 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #129 of 444 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #231 of 296 |
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
686
+43 (+7%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 738
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 686 | 37.5 | 18.3:1 | 100% (683) |
| 2023-24 | 702 | 51 | 13.8:1 | 100% (702) |
| 2022-23 | 682 | 52 | 13.1:1 | 100% (682) |
| 2020-21 | 643 | 40 | 16.1:1 | 100% (640) |
| 2017-18 | 735 | 41.6 | 17.7:1 | 100% (732) |
| 2015-16 | 774 | 41 | 18.9:1 | 85% (661) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 33 | 19.5:1 | 87% (560) |
| 2000-01 | 418 | 25 | 16.7:1 | 72% (299) |
| 1990-91 | 738 | 33 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morton Elementary School.
About Morton Elementary School
The public elementary school Morton Elementary School is located in MORTON, Mississippi. A total of 686 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 4. The average for elementary schools in Mississippi is about 446 students, so this school is 54% larger than average.
Scott County School District operates 8 schools. Combined enrollment is 3,989 students.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Morton Elementary School, with 38% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 31% White, 24% Black, and 6% multiracial. Scott County's residents are about 16% Hispanic, 23 points below the school's share. Morton Elementary School has a diversity index of 69%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Morton Elementary School, 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 18.3:1. That ratio is over the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 100% of enrollment.
Morton Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 12% of Mississippi public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Morton Elementary School would score about 44.3%. It scores 35.2%, 9.1 points below that figure.
According to the American Community Survey, in Scott County, median household income is about $48,786, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 14%, and about 17% of people live in poverty. A total of 12 public schools operate in Scott County, serving about 5,627 students.
The nearest other public school, Morton High School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. On average proficiency, Morton Elementary School is 8th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
The number of students grew from 643 to 686 over 4 years. The school's ratio rose from 16.1:1 to 18.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,718
Census ACS
Median income
$48,786
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
5,627 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Scott County School District
- Scott Central Attendance CenterCombined · 856 students
- Sebastopol Attendance CenterCombined · 684 students
- Bettye Mae Jack Middle SchoolMiddle · 486 students
- Morton High SchoolHigh · 476 students
- Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 333 students
- Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 237 students
Other schools in MORTON
- Bettye Mae Jack Middle SchoolMiddle · 486 students
- Morton High SchoolHigh · 476 students
Other Morton Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Morton Elementary. Morton Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- Morton ElementaryJacksonville, NC · 715 students
- Morton Elementary SchoolHammond, IN · 525 students
- Morton Elementary SchoolARLINGTON, TX · 446 students
- Morton Elementary SchoolPUEBLO, CO · 374 students
- MORTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLEXINGTON, NE · 321 students
Nearby schools
- Morton High School0.1 mi · 476
- Bettye Mae Jack Middle School0.3 mi · 486
- Pelahatchie High School9.0 mi · 336
- Pelahatchie Elementary9.0 mi · 385
- Forest High School9.7 mi · 438
- Forest Elementary9.7 mi · 740
Frequently asked questions
About Morton Elementary SchoolHow large is Morton Elementary School?
Morton Elementary School enrolls approximately 686 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Morton Elementary School serve?
Morton Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Morton Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Morton Elementary School is approximately 18.3:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Morton Elementary School?
At Morton Elementary School, the student body is approximately 31% White, 38% Hispanic, 24% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Morton Elementary School public or private?
Morton Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Scott County School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.