Morrisville Elementary

Morrisville Elementary is a reasonably sized K-5 school in Morrisville, North Carolina, part of Wake County Schools. The school teaches 643 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 38% larger than the state mean of about 467.

Morrisville Elementary is one of 198 schools operated by Wake County Schools, a district that educates 163,176 students overall.

Demographically, Morrisville Elementary reports that 55% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 27% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Wake County's rate of about 42%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Morrisville Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 74.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 80.2%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Wake County indicate median household earnings sit near $105,768, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wake County's 237 public schools (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students), Morrisville Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Green Hope Elementary, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Morrisville Elementary. On composite proficiency, Morrisville Elementary comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 80.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 769 students in 2018 compared to 643 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 27% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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