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Enrollment
383
Middle
DISTRICT 266 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001221
Morse Mid
6700 N 80th St, Milwaukee, WI 53223 · (414) 393-3500 · Milwaukee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
305 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 136 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 118 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 129 | 34% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54% · 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
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
18.7%
WI avg 53.1% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
8.9%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.7% | 8.9% |
| 2023-24 | 13.9% | 7.0% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 29% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Mid
Morse Mid's state test result (13.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morse Mid this school | 383 | 79.6% | 13.5% |
| King International Baccalaureate Middle Milwaukee | 159 | 91.2% | 5.3% |
| One City Preparatory Academy Monona | 99 | 72.7% | 23.2% |
| Roosevelt Middle Milwaukee | 270 | 95.2% | 11.5% |
| Lincoln Middle Milwaukee | 309 | 93.2% | 9.9% |
| Andrew S Douglas Middle Milwaukee | 106 | 88.7% | 6.5% |
Matched among Wisconsin middle 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 Mid ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #317 of 323 | #21 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.9% | #321 of 327 no change | #22 of 27 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #320 of 327 ▲ 2 | #22 of 27 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #169 of 389 | #14 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #265 of 265 | #23 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.9% | #92 of 265 | #20 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.6% | #10 of 323 | #8 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.2% | #14 of 79 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
383
-124 (-24%) vs 2020
-64% since 1990-91, when it was 1,059
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 383 | 18.1 | 21.1:1 | 80% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 17.5 | 23.7:1 | 88% (364) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 18 | 24.7:1 | 89% (397) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 21 | 24.1:1 | 95% (483) |
| 2017-18 | 306 | 13.1 | 23.4:1 | 86% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 1,136 | 71 | 16.0:1 | 83% (944) |
| 2010-11 | 1,201 | 59 | 20.4:1 | 67% (809) |
| 2000-01 | 1,117 | 63 | 17.7:1 | 69% (770) |
| 1990-91 | 1,059 | 64 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morse Mid.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (306 to 383); teachers up 38% (13.1 to 18.1).
About Morse Mid
Among the schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is Morse Mid, a mid-sized middle-grades school. It had 383 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8.
Milwaukee School District has a total of 155 schools and 65,835 students, Morse Mid among them.
The largest group at Morse Mid is Black students, at 71%. The remaining students are 12% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% White. Among people living in Milwaukee County, the Black share is about 26%. The diversity index for Morse Mid is 47%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 21.1:1. Across middle schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is 12.8:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 80%. The average for public schools in Milwaukee County is 64%.
Morse Mid is 15.3 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
For the population of Milwaukee County, the median household earns about $64,435 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Across Milwaukee County, 284 public schools serve about 122,496 students.
Measured in a straight line, Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary is about 0.1 miles from Morse Mid. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Morse Mid ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 124 students, from 507 to 383. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.1:1 to 21.1:1.
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Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Milwaukee
- HAPA-Hmong American Peace Academy K3-12Combined · 1,974 students
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- Hamilton HighHigh · 1,472 students
- Reagan College Preparatory HighHigh · 1,372 students
- Bruce GuadalupeElementary · 1,364 students
- King InternationalHigh · 1,308 students
Nearby schools
- Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary0.1 mi · 384
- Stuart Elementary0.6 mi · 322
- Darrell Lynn Hines Academy0.7 mi · 180
- Bruce Elementary0.8 mi · 270
- James Madison Academic Campus0.9 mi · 468
- Milwaukee Scholars Charter School1.0 mi · 696
Frequently asked questions
About Morse MidWhat is the total enrollment at Morse Mid?
Morse Mid enrolls approximately 383 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Morse Mid serve?
Morse Mid serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Morse Mid?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Morse Mid is approximately 21.1:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Morse Mid?
At Morse Mid, the student body is approximately 3% White, 6% Hispanic, 71% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Morse Mid?
Morse Mid is overseen by Milwaukee School District in Milwaukee County.
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