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Enrollment
643
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472002318
Morrisville Elementary
1519 Morrisville Pkwy, Morrisville, NC 27560 · (919) 460-3400 · Wake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL643 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
85 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 82%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 127 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · 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
Morrisville Elementary→Alston Ridge Middle
Based on published attendance-zone data from Wake County Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
73.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
85.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
80.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Morrisville Elementary
Morrisville Elementary's state test result (80.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morrisville Elementary this school | 643 | 13.2% | 80.2% |
| Highcroft Elementary Cary | 698 | 9.2% | 87.2% |
| Hortons Creek Elementary Cary | 739 | 11.5% | 88.4% |
| Green Hope Elementary Cary | 548 | 14.4% | 85.0% |
| Alston Ridge Elementary Cary | 917 | 17.8% | 72.3% |
| Parkside Elementary Morrisville | 730 | 21.9% | 80.8% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 Morrisville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.2% | #74 of 1,297 | #17 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.2% | #57 of 1,296 | #12 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #94 of 1,300 | #21 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 643 | #276 of 1,485 | #56 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #534 of 1,377 | #87 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.6% | #643 of 1,379 | #94 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.2% | #1,392 of 1,414 | #118 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #373 of 937 | #48 of 91 |
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
643
-49 (-7%) vs 2020
-32% since 2000-01, when it was 944
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 643 | 45.2 | 14.2:1 | 13% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 665 | 46.7 | 14.2:1 | 10% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 651 | 48.2 | 13.5:1 | 12% (76) |
| 2020-21 | 692 | 46 | 15.0:1 | 9% (60) |
| 2017-18 | 769 | 47.5 | 16.2:1 | 8% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 789 | 48 | 16.4:1 | 7% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 761 | 44 | 17.3:1 | 11% (80) |
| 2000-01 | 944 | 46 | 20.5:1 | 2% (23) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morrisville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (769 to 643); teachers down 5% (47.5 to 45.2).
About Morrisville Elementary
Morrisville Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Morrisville, North Carolina. Its 643 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467 students.
Morrisville Elementary sits within Wake County Schools, which has 198 schools and 163,176 students.
Asian students account for 55% of enrollment at Morrisville Elementary. Smaller groups are 27% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Wake County is roughly 9% Asian. Morrisville Elementary has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.2:1, with 45.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is about 14.9:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 13% of enrollment. Across public schools in Wake County, the average is 42%.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Morrisville Elementary receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Morrisville Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 80.2% and a predicted 74.8%.
Wake County has these Census figures: median household income is about $105,768, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Morrisville Elementary is among the 237 public schools in Wake County.
The school nearest to Morrisville Elementary is Green Hope Elementary, at a distance of about 1.0 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Morrisville Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Morrisville Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 643 was 7% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 692.
The Morrisville Elementary community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Wake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,178,653
Census ACS
Median income
$105,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
237
184,790 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wake County Schools
- Apex Friendship HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Panther Creek HighHigh · 2,609 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Apex HighHigh · 2,449 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
Other schools in Morrisville
- Cedar Fork ElementaryElementary · 778 students
- Parkside ElementaryElementary · 730 students
- Sterling Montessori AcademyElementary · 702 students
- Pleasant Grove ElementaryElementary · 376 students
- Wake EC of Information & BiotechnologiesHigh · 260 students
Nearby schools
- Green Hope Elementary1.0 mi · 548
- Carpenter Elementary1.1 mi · 604
- Green Hope High1.2 mi · 2,304
- Sterling Montessori Academy1.6 mi · 702
- Cedar Fork Elementary1.8 mi · 778
- Davis Drive Elementary2.2 mi · 794
Frequently asked questions
About Morrisville ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Morrisville Elementary?
Morrisville Elementary enrolls approximately 643 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Morrisville Elementary serve?
Morrisville Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Morrisville Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Morrisville Elementary is approximately 14.2:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Morrisville Elementary?
Student demographics at Morrisville Elementary are roughly 27% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, 55% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Morrisville Elementary in?
Morrisville Elementary is part of Wake County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.