Morton Middle

Public 6-8

 1135 North Main Street
       Fall River, MA  02720


(508) 675-8340

District: Fall River

SchoolDigger Rank:
421st of 501 Massachusetts Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $16,556 Help


Students who attend Morton Middle usually attend:

High:    B M C Durfee High

Feeder schools for Morton Middle:

Elementary:    James Tansey
    North End Elementary
    Spencer Borden

Student/teacher ratio:  14.0 Help
Number of students:  690

Racial breakdown:

White:
54.5%
Hispanic:
22.3%
African American:
16.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  74% Help


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Compare Details Morton Middle ranks worse than 84% of middle schools in Massachusetts. It also ranks 2nd among 3 ranked middle schools in the Fall River School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 16.61. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Morton Middle has the largest middle school student body size in the Fall River School District. Student population at Morton Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (54.5%), Hispanic (22.3%), African American (16.7%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Morton Middle is 14, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Fall River School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Morton Middle is $16,556, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Fall River School District!
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Morton Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Morton Middle 421st of 501 Massachusetts public middle schools. (See Morton Middle in the ranking list.)

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African American students:
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White students:


Fall River:

SchoolDigger ranks Fall River 323rd of 356 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Morton Middle

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Rank History for all students at Morton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 18.52 284th 339 16.2%
2004 22.76 283rd 344 17.7%
2005 18.41 299th 356 16.0%
2006 23.73 317th 399 20.6%
2007 24.75 319th 399 20.1%
2008 27.02 312th 407 23.3%
2009 14.35 360th 409 12.0%
2010 15.98 372nd 434 14.3%
2011 18.33 376th 449 16.3%
2012 14.37 395th 455 13.2%
2013 14.07 394th 455 13.4%
2014 19.93 372nd 455 18.2%
2015 29.00 327th 441 25.9%
2016 12.92 434th 482 10.0%
2017 32.25 336th 487 31.0%
2018 25.04 366th 484 24.4%
2019 27.86 365th 498 26.7%
2021 23.59 372nd 501 25.7%
2022 20.29 402nd 497 19.1%
2023 16.61 421st 501 16.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Morton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 6.88 82nd 84 2.4%
2019 14.78 81st 87 6.9%
2021 20.92 76th 92 17.4%
2022 23.61 78th 102 23.5%
2023 12.51 98th 110 10.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Morton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.98 102nd 127 19.7%
2019 42.68 59th 138 57.2%
2021 46.02 48th 135 64.4%
2022 42.47 75th 154 51.3%
2023 34.96 119th 155 23.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Morton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.63 308th 467 34.0%
2019 41.16 284th 484 41.3%
2021 30.48 354th 489 27.6%
2022 28.46 376th 503 25.2%
2023 21.54 397th 444 10.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Morton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.82 310th 438 29.2%
2019 40.80 276th 452 38.9%
2021 32.88 328th 462 29.0%
2022 27.94 371st 489 24.1%
2023 22.18 401st 481 16.6%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Morton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 45.38 12th 26 53.8%
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Rank History for Female students at Morton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.46 335th 463 27.6%
2019 30.90 342nd 478 28.5%
2021 23.95 371st 483 23.2%
2022 24.10 381st 494 22.9%
2023 17.21 419th 489 14.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Morton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.44 249th 417 40.3%
2019 26.11 323rd 424 23.8%
2021 25.88 339th 431 21.3%
2022 35.84 255th 445 42.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Morton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.50 373rd 466 20.0%
2019 26.94 358th 478 25.1%
2021 24.72 360th 485 25.8%
2022 18.51 413th 497 16.9%
2023 17.05 417th 489 14.7%
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Rank History for Tested In Person students at Morton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 25.77 361st 491 26.5%
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Rank History for Tested Remotely students at Morton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 23.31 272nd 339 19.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Morton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.92 106th 119 10.9%
2019 6.96 123rd 128 3.9%
2022 14.26 118th 135 12.6%
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Rank History for African American students at Morton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.04 85th 172 50.6%
2019 25.61 164th 195 15.9%
2021 33.05 136th 193 29.5%
2022 37.09 131st 212 38.2%
2023 30.82 153rd 209 26.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Morton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.99 217th 309 29.8%
2019 41.51 178th 322 44.7%
2021 29.60 244th 335 27.2%
2022 29.29 267th 368 27.4%
2023 28.87 267th 364 26.6%
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Rank History for White students at Morton Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.04 344th 395 12.9%
2019 19.40 336th 396 15.2%
2021 14.40 358th 401 10.7%
2022 9.75 378th 404 6.4%
2023 7.14 387th 403 4.0%
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Data source: test scores: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Morton Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 626 13 8 2 0 n/a n/a 0 649
1989 661 8 8 1 0 n/a n/a 0 678
1990 689 8 4 4 0 n/a n/a 0 705
1991 716 17 2 9 0 n/a n/a 0 744
1992 731 9 3 9 0 n/a n/a 0 752
1993 732 19 6 11 0 n/a n/a 0 768
1994 692 18 9 15 0 n/a n/a 0 734
1995 702 14 12 19 0 n/a n/a 0 747
1996 702 14 12 19 0 n/a n/a 0 747
1997 708 20 14 18 0 n/a n/a 0 760
1998 717 17 16 13 0 n/a n/a 0 763
1999 667 14 15 24 0 n/a n/a 0 720
2000 641 20 18 25 0 n/a n/a 0 704
2001 654 26 19 31 2 n/a n/a 0 732
2002 684 54 17 38 7 n/a n/a 0 800
2003 684 54 17 38 7 n/a n/a 0 800
2004 685 60 14 38 10 n/a n/a 0 807
2005 614 56 19 44 12 n/a n/a 0 745
2006 577 50 19 63 4 n/a n/a 9 722
2007 556 50 16 56 2 n/a n/a 11 691
2008 524 37 14 51 2 n/a n/a 10 638
2009 497 44 18 45 1 1 10 0 616
2010 429 40 20 61 2 1 13 0 566
2011 402 54 21 68 0 0 14 0 559
2012 379 36 21 66 0 0 15 0 517
2013 364 44 19 79 0 2 16 0 524
2014 442 43 33 133 1 2 36 0 690
2015 388 43 21 114 1 3 34 0 604
2016 389 38 22 120 2 2 38 0 611
2017 368 48 29 135 1 2 39 0 622
2018 335 50 30 135 3 1 33 0 587
2019 347 47 29 137 2 1 55 0 618
2020 356 51 24 144 2 1 47 0 625
2021 388 57 19 164 2 1 48 0 679
2022 380 65 24 166 1 0 58 0 694
2023 376 115 33 154 1 0 11 0 690

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Morton Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 649 n/a n/a n/a
1989 678 n/a n/a n/a
1990 705 n/a n/a n/a
1991 744 n/a n/a n/a
1992 752 n/a n/a n/a
1993 768 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 734 n/a n/a n/a
1995 747 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 747 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 760 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 763 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 720 n/a 0.0 0
2000 704 n/a 0.0 26.8
2001 732 n/a 0.0 28.3
2002 800 n/a n/a 29.6
2003 800 n/a n/a 29.6
2004 807 57.5 14.0 35.8
2005 745 57.4 13.0 34.8
2006 722 58.5 12.3 37.9
2007 691 58.0 11.9 46.8
2008 638 57.9 11.0 55.1
2009 616 54.5 11.3 57.8
2010 566 47.4 11.9 62.7
2011 559 47.9 11.6 62.6
2012 517 47.3 10.9 69.6
2013 524 46.5 11.2 70.6
2014 690 53.3 12.9 76.2
2015 604 52.0 11.6 74
2016 611 48.0 12.7 n/a
2017 622 51.3 12.1 n/a
2018 587 57.3 10.2 n/a
2019 618 50.5 12.2 n/a
2020 625 45.7 13.6 n/a
2021 679 52.6 12.8 n/a
2022 694 52.0 13.3 n/a
2023 690 49.1 14.0 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Morton Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 649 n/a n/a n/a
1989 678 n/a n/a n/a
1990 705 n/a n/a n/a
1991 744 n/a n/a n/a
1992 752 n/a n/a n/a
1993 768 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 734 n/a n/a n/a
1995 747 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 747 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 760 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 763 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 720 n/a 0.0 0
2000 704 n/a 0.0 26.8
2001 732 n/a 0.0 28.3
2002 800 n/a n/a 29.6
2003 800 n/a n/a 29.6
2004 807 57.5 14.0 35.8
2005 745 57.4 13.0 34.8
2006 722 58.5 12.3 37.9
2007 691 58.0 11.9 46.8
2008 638 57.9 11.0 55.1
2009 616 54.5 11.3 57.8
2010 566 47.4 11.9 62.7
2011 559 47.9 11.6 62.6
2012 517 47.3 10.9 69.6
2013 524 46.5 11.2 70.6
2014 690 53.3 12.9 76.2
2015 604 52.0 11.6 74
2016 611 48.0 12.7 n/a
2017 622 51.3 12.1 n/a
2018 587 57.3 10.2 n/a
2019 618 50.5 12.2 n/a
2020 625 45.7 13.6 n/a
2021 679 52.6 12.8 n/a
2022 694 52.0 13.3 n/a
2023 690 49.1 14.0 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Morton Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,312 (8.6%) $13,936 (91.4%) $15,248
2020 $1,102 (7.0%) $14,742 (93.0%) $15,845
2021 $1,265 (7.6%) $15,291 (92.4%) $16,556

Data source: Massachusetts Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Morton Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 365th of 498 Middle schoolsRanks 421st of 501 Middle schools
 10.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Morton Middle)4323.8
 19.2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Fall River)3918.2
 20.8%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5442.3
 11.7%
6th Grade Mathematics (Morton Middle)4315.3
 27.7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Fall River)3713
 24%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)5141
 10%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Morton Middle)2921.4
 7.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Fall River)2420.4
 3.6%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)4840.5
 7.5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Morton Middle)2011
 9%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Fall River)2514
 11%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4838.1
 9.9%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Morton Middle)3425.3
 8.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Fall River)2922.4
 6.6%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5143.7
 7.3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Morton Middle)3511.6
 23.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Fall River)2713.8
 13.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)4737.7
 9.3%
8th Grade Science (Morton Middle)3414.6
 19.4%
   8th Grade Science (Fall River)2612
 14%
   8th Grade Science (Massachusetts)4640.9
 5.1%
All Grades English Language Arts (Morton Middle)3623.4
 12.6%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Fall River)3321.9
 11.1%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Massachusetts)5242.3
 9.7%
All Grades Mathematics (Morton Middle)3412.8
 21.2%
   All Grades Mathematics (Fall River)3219.5
 12.6%
   All Grades Mathematics (Massachusetts)4940.6
 8.4%
All Grades Science (Morton Middle)3414.6
 19.4%
   All Grades Science (Fall River)2617.7
 8.3%
   All Grades Science (Massachusetts)4741.2
 5.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students618690
 11.7%
African American47115
 144.7%
American Indian21
 50%
Asian2933
 13.8%
Hispanic137154
 12.4%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White347376
 8.4%
Two or More Races5511
 80%


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Morton Middle ranks in the bottom 16.0% of Massachusetts middle schools.

Students who attend Morton Middle usually go on to attend B M C Durfee High

In the 2022-23 school year, 690 students attended Morton Middle.

Students at Morton Middle are 54% White, 22% Hispanic, 17% African American, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more races.


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