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Enrollment
405
High
DISTRICT 274 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORRISVILLE BOROUGH SD·NCES 421590007587
Morrisville High School
550 W Palmer St, Morrisville, PA 19067 · (215) 736-5260 · Bucks County
GRADES 06–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
102%
415 students
DISTRICT 101% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 81 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 46 | 11% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 59% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Morrisville Borough SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
27.8%
PA avg 51.1% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
13.3%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.8% | 13.3% |
| 2023-24 | 27.6% | 11.8% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. 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
22.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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 →
Where Morrisville High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Bucks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #513 of 576 | #17 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.3% | #536 of 626 ▲ 6 | #17 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #574 of 626 ▲ 8 | #18 of 18 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #485 of 713 | #16 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #84 of 601 | #2 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #20 of 604 | #1 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 102% | #69 of 619 | #2 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #225 of 373 | #6 of 12 |
Ranked against other public high 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
405
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 405 | 35.6 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 34.6 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 33.6 | 12.1:1 | 100% (406) |
| 2020-21 | 417 | 34 | 12.3:1 | 65% (270) |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 33.6 | 13.1:1 | 65% (286) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morrisville High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (439 to 405); teachers up 6% (33.6 to 35.6).
About Morrisville High School
Morrisville High School is a small high school in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Morrisville Borough SD. Its enrollment is 405 students, spread over grades 6 through 12. That compares with an average of about 738 students for high schools in Pennsylvania.
Morrisville Borough SD runs 3 schools with a combined 822 students. Morrisville High School is one of them.
No group is above 50% at Morrisville High School; the largest is Black, at 36%. The school is also 29% White, 26% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 4%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Morrisville High School scores 71%.
The school has 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.4 students per teacher. High schools in Pennsylvania average 12.8:1, 1.4 more students per teacher than here.
Morrisville High School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 16% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Morrisville High School's results are 10.8 points below predicted: 22.9% against 33.7%.
In the surrounding county, Bucks County, median household income comes to about $114,764, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 45% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 123 public schools and about 81,956 students.
Morrisville High School's nearest public school is Morrisville Intermediate School (less than a tenth of a mile). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Morrisville High School is 3rd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment decreased 3% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Morrisville High School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Bucks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
647,461
Census ACS
Median income
$114,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
81,956 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Morrisville Borough SD
- Grandview Elementary SchoolElementary · 220 students
- Morrisville Intermediate SchoolElementary · 197 students
Other schools in Morrisville
- Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Grandview Elementary SchoolElementary · 220 students
- Morrisville Intermediate SchoolElementary · 197 students
Nearby schools
- Morrisville Intermediate School0.0 mi · 197
- Grandview Elementary School0.2 mi · 220
- Foundation Academy Charter School1.3 mi · 1,155
- Clara Parker Intermediate School1.3 mi · 583
- Cadwalader Elementary School1.5 mi · 200
- Capital City High School1.7 mi · 756
Frequently asked questions
About Morrisville High SchoolHow large is Morrisville High School?
Morrisville High School enrolls approximately 405 students in grades 06-12.
Is Morrisville High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Morrisville High School is a high school covering grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Morrisville High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Morrisville High School is approximately 11.4:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Morrisville High School?
Morrisville High School reports a student body of 29% White, 26% Hispanic, 36% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Morrisville High School public or private?
Morrisville High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Morrisville Borough SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.