Enrollment
307
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAUGERTIES CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362580003545
MORSE SCHOOL
70 HARRY WELLS RD, SAUGERTIES, NY 12477 · (845) 247-6960 · Ulster County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL307 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of New York public elementary 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 New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
146 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 27% smaller than its 6th grade class (52).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 72% · 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
Based on grade levels within SAUGERTIES CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
55.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 47.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for New York 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 New York'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 MORSE SCHOOL
MORSE SCHOOL's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORSE SCHOOL this school | 307 | 47.6% | 47.9% |
| N A HAMILTON BICENTENNIAL SCHOOL CUDDEBACKVILLE | 308 | 49.4% | 37.8% |
| CENTER STREET SCHOOL HORSEHEADS | 306 | 51.3% | 51.5% |
| F P DONNELLY SCHOOL CONKLIN | 306 | 50.3% | 42.2% |
| SOUTH SENECA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INTERLAKEN | 286 | 45.5% | 21.5% |
| MARION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARION | 335 | 43.0% | 59.2% |
Matched among New York 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 MORSE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Ulster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #1,259 of 2,335 | #13 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,264 of 2,342 ▲ 167 | #11 of 21 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,152 of 2,343 ▲ 301 | #9 of 21 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 307 | #1,949 of 2,585 | #14 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #970 of 2,338 | #15 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.4% | #1,747 of 2,388 | #19 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.6% | #1,482 of 2,534 | #6 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #933 of 1,757 | #7 of 16 |
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
307
+5 (+2%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 307 | 27.2 | 11.3:1 | 48% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 305 | 28.4 | 10.8:1 | 51% (156) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 25.6 | 11.8:1 | 49% (148) |
| 2020-21 | 302 | 20 | 15.1:1 | 38% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 22 | 16.1:1 | 40% (141) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 21 | 16.0:1 | 37% (124) |
| 2010-11 | 376 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 24% (89) |
| 2000-01 | 334 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 26% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 486 | 25 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MORSE SCHOOL.
About MORSE SCHOOL
MORSE SCHOOL is an elementary school in SAUGERTIES, New York, and it is part of SAUGERTIES CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 307 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
SAUGERTIES CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 5 schools and 2,287 students, including MORSE SCHOOL.
Of every 100 students at MORSE SCHOOL, about 79 are White. It is also 12% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, MORSE SCHOOL scores 35%.
The school had 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.3:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 1.6 students per teacher. The school reported 48% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
MORSE SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 42% of New York public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for MORSE SCHOOL is -9.6 points: 47.9% actual, 57.5% predicted.
For the population of Ulster County, median household income comes to about $86,271, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Ulster County counts 45 public schools with about 20,189 students.
MORSE SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is SAUGERTIES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 3.7 miles away. Within five miles of MORSE SCHOOL, there are 3 other public schools. On proficiency, MORSE SCHOOL is behind the 54.6% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment went from 302 in 2020-21 to 307 in 2024-25, a change of 5 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.1:1 to 11.3:1 over the same years.
On allk12, people connected to MORSE SCHOOL can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Ulster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
182,601
Census ACS
Median income
$86,271
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
20,189 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SAUGERTIES CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SAUGERTIES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 800 students
- CAHILL SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
- RICCARDI ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 410 students
- SAUGERTIES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 338 students
- MOUNT MARION ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCombined
Other schools in SAUGERTIES
- SAUGERTIES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 800 students
- CAHILL SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
- SAUGERTIES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 338 students
- MOUNT MARION ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCombined
Other Morse schools
One other US public school is named Morse. MORSE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- MorseCambridge, MA · 328 students
Nearby schools
- SAUGERTIES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.7 mi · 800
- SAUGERTIES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.7 mi · 338
- CAHILL SCHOOL3.9 mi · 432
- RICCARDI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.4 mi · 410
- GERMANTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.6 mi · 282
- GERMANTOWN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL6.6 mi · 170
Frequently asked questions
About MORSE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MORSE SCHOOL?
MORSE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 307 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does MORSE SCHOOL serve?
MORSE SCHOOL serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MORSE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MORSE SCHOOL is approximately 11.3:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MORSE SCHOOL?
At MORSE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 79% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees MORSE SCHOOL?
MORSE SCHOOL is overseen by SAUGERTIES CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Ulster County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.