Morris Middle School

Size

Of the 22 middle schools in Pasadena ISD, Morris Middle School is the 11th largest, with 1.3% of the district's students. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 2.3 miles away with a median enrollment of 561; Morris Middle School is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 6 with 315 students, and its smallest is grade 5 with 288, against an average of 302 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 288 in grade 5 and 315 in grade 6.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Hispanic students: 69.5% here and 82.8% across Pasadena ISD. Black students are next, at 16.4%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

81.6% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 81.9% across Pasadena ISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

With 52 full-time-equivalent teachers for 603 students, Morris Middle School has 11.6 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 603 students would have about 41.9 teachers, so Morris Middle School has 10.1 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).

Location

Morris Middle School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other middle school is Beverly Hills Intermediate School, 0.4 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 59 other middle schools, 22 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.