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Morse Elementary School

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Morse Elementary School ranks 489 th of 1492 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

489^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,492 Michigan Elementary Schools

Better than 67% of Michigan elementary schools

Summary

Morse Elementary School in Troy, MI, serves approximately 411 students from Pre-K through 5th grade and is part of the highly regarded Troy School District, which ranks in the 94th percentile statewide.

Morse stands out for its diversity and the strong progress it has made recently. About 35.5% of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch, a much higher rate than nearby district schools like Bemis Elementary School (7.7%) or Leonard Elementary School (8.0%). Despite this, the school has shown remarkable improvement, jumping from the 60th to the 67th percentile in statewide rankings over the past year. The school is particularly effective with students who often face the biggest challenges: English Language Learners rank in the 77th percentile statewide (4 stars), and low-income students rank in the 70th percentile (4 stars)—a dramatic rise from the 34th percentile just two years ago. While test scores in reading and math trail the affluent Troy district average by 10–25 percentage points, Morse consistently beats state averages and outperforms nearby schools serving similar populations, such as Holden Elementary School and Susick Elementary School in Warren Consolidated Schools.

For parents, the key takeaway is that Morse offers a genuinely diverse learning environment where students from all backgrounds are making real gains. The school spends about $16,655 per student, comparable to district peers, and maintains a student-teacher ratio of 15.5:1. However, there are areas to watch: chronic absenteeism (16.4%) runs above the district average (13.0%), and 5th grade performance dips noticeably, especially in science (38.4% proficient, below the state average) and math (45.2%). If your child needs strong support for language learning or comes from a low-income background, Morse's track record is genuinely impressive. If you're comparing options within Troy, schools like Barnard Elementary School or Wattles Elementary School post higher absolute scores, but Morse's value-added story—delivering strong results despite greater economic challenges—makes it a compelling choice for families who value equity and steady improvement.

411

Students ?

15.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,655

Per pupil spending ?

35.5%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in Michigan receive free school meals.

91.4%

Kindergartners complete for all required vaccines (2025-26)

Exemptions: 6.9% (any vaccine)

475 Cherry Dr
Troy, MI 48083-1612

(248) 823-3200

District: Troy School District

Students who attend Morse Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Baker Middle School
High:	Troy High School

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

34.8%

White:

34.1%

African American:

13.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 65th percentile in 2016 → 67th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Michigan average (46% vs 38% meeting standards)

✓Above the Michigan median (67th percentile)

Worth a look

!Near the bottom of Troy School District's ranking

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school46%

District avg64%

Michigan avg38%

489^th of 1,492

Michigan public elementary schools ?

Top 33%▲ up 3 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

12^th of 12Elementary Schools in the Troy School District

36^th of 625Troy School District among Michigan districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	65.4	489 of 1492	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2025	57.7	599 of 1488	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	57.9	582 of 1486	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	66.6	446 of 1470	69.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	46.0	680 of 1344	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	46.5	565 of 1153	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	58.4	543 of 1408	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	66.2	504 of 1448	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2017	60.4	499 of 1466	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2016	63.0	547 of 1548	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2015	78.1	303 of 1580	80.8%	★★★★☆
2014	63.6	565 of 1533	63.1%	★★★☆☆
2013	73.4	375 of 1563	76.0%	★★★★☆
2012	74.1	362 of 1566	76.9%	★★★★☆
2011	68.1	534 of 1552	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2010	64.4	706 of 1552	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2009	62.7	735 of 1589	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2008	49.7	1037 of 1577	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2007	48.5	1033 of 1565	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2006	60.9	699 of 1545	54.8%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	54.6	46 of 100	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2025	35.7	68 of 95	28.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	59.8	49 of 97	49.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	71.8	21 of 84	75.0%	★★★★☆
2022	64.2	22 of 51	56.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	66.2	12 of 29	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	63.6	18 of 36	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	47.5	67 of 101	33.7%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	70.6	44 of 188	76.6%	★★★★☆
2025	61.8	58 of 173	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	55.1	78 of 184	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	60.1	63 of 180	65.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	61.0	33 of 98	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	59.0	19 of 42	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	77.1	20 of 117	82.9%	★★★★☆
2018	66.5	73 of 270	73.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	53.8	554 of 1343	58.7%	★★★☆☆
2025	53.6	566 of 1338	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	48.4	641 of 1342	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.6	496 of 1321	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	38.4	671 of 1106	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.4	587 of 902	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	53.2	525 of 1171	55.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	62.9	536 of 1443	62.9%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	63.0	400 of 1352	70.4%	★★★★☆
2025	54.6	555 of 1346	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	34.7	915 of 1381	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.9	677 of 1350	49.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	47.0	547 of 1099	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	50.4	538 of 1134	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	42.7	845 of 1397	39.5%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	66.2	418 of 1372	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2025	52.0	624 of 1366	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	54.1	578 of 1347	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	64.1	436 of 1334	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.1	611 of 1139	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	45.3	476 of 915	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	53.0	538 of 1196	55.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	65.0	481 of 1446	66.7%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2018	79.9	37 of 403	90.8%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Michigan percentile	Rating
2026	52.1	557 of 1199	53.5%	★★★☆☆
2025	46.0	649 of 1206	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	20.6	1012 of 1204	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.3	871 of 1198	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.2	970 of 1102	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.2	912 of 1128	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.8	912 of 1253	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2018)91st percentile+26 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)77th percentile+9 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)70th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2026)70th percentile~ school

Female (2026)59th percentile-8 vs school

Asian (2026)54th percentile-13 vs school

White (2026)54th percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs Michigan (2025-2026) ?

Math55%+17 vs state

English Language Arts45%+4 vs state

Science38%~ state avg

Social Studies30%+3 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, July 16, 2015

I would estimate that 75% of my son's kindergarten class was non-English speaking. It seemed like the whole class was slowed WAY down to help those kids understand what was going on. They started the school year learning about colors and nursery rhymes - things that kids should know before preschool. I was shocked at how slow everything went, the fact that there was absolutely no grading or corrective action on things like getting math problems (3+2) wrong, forming letters incorrectly, being lazy at drawing or coloring, or even following assignment directions. As a daycare, I would rate Morse high, as a school, however, my expectation of learning taking place was apparently far too high. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				M-Step English Language Arts (2026)				M-Step Math (2026)				M-Step Science (2026)	M-Step Social Studies (2026)	Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	M-Step English Language Arts 3rd Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 4th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 5th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 6th Grade	M-Step Math 3rd Grade	M-Step Math 4th Grade	M-Step Math 5th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Science 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 5th Grade	Vaccination: Kindergartners complete for all required vaccines	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Morse Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	475 Cherry Dr	Troy	48083	Oakland County	Troy School District	No	No	No	Yes	(248) 823-3200	411	26	15.5	35.5%	140 (34.1%)	56 (13.6%)	51 (12.4%)	143 (34.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.9%)	65.4	489^th of 1492 public elementary schools	67.2%		57.7	599^th of 1488 public elementary schools	59.7%	110	39.7	48.3	47.9		60.6	61.7	45.2		38.4	30.1	91.4%	6.9%	$16,655	$1,014	$15,641
Wattles Elementary School	Public	K-5	3555 Ellenboro Dr	Troy	48083	Oakland County	Troy School District	No	No	No	No	(248) 823-3400	406	26	15.5	21.9%	141 (34.7%)	41 (10.1%)	29 (7.1%)	173 (42.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.4%)	84.5	208^th of 1492 public elementary schools	86.1%		83.5	226^th of 1488 public elementary schools	84.8%	18	59.1	62.5	55.3		76.5	72.3	55.3		48.7	42.1	94.9%	3.4%	$18,147	$393	$17,754
Clawson Elementary School	Public	K-5	101 Phillips Ave	Clawson	48017	Oakland County	Clawson Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(248) 655-4949	543	40	13.4	31.1%	437 (80.5%)	55 (10.1%)	27 (5.0%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.1%)	56.7	600^th of 1492 public elementary schools	59.8%		62	534^th of 1488 public elementary schools	64.1%	66	50.0	44.6	48.4		49.3	45.7	24.2		46.3	25.3	90.7%	5.8%	$16,427	$399	$16,028
Leonard Elementary School	Public	K-5	4401 Tallman Dr	Troy	48085	Oakland County	Troy School District	No	No	No	No	(248) 823-3300	400	25	15.9	8.0%	177 (44.3%)	12 (3.0%)	16 (4.0%)	172 (43.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.5%)	93.1	85^th of 1492 public elementary schools	94.3%		96.3	35^th of 1488 public elementary schools	97.6%	50	65.0	64.6	76.9		74.1	69.2	66.3		66.3	47.5	94.4%	0%	$16,968	$394	$16,574
Barnard Elementary School	Public	K-5	3601 Forge Dr	Troy	48083	Oakland County	Troy School District	No	No	No	No	(248) 823-4300	400	25	15.7	17.8%	186 (46.5%)	23 (5.8%)	25 (6.3%)	142 (35.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.0%)	90.5	125^th of 1492 public elementary schools	91.6%		90.8	108^th of 1488 public elementary schools	92.7%	17	53.9	80.0	69.0		74.0	85.2	54.8		64.4	43.8	89.4%	10.6%	$17,343	$644	$16,700
Susick Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2200 Castleton Dr	Troy	48083	Oakland County	Warren Consolidated Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(586) 825-2665	391	27	14.5	61.6%	242 (61.9%)	55 (14.1%)	17 (4.3%)	60 (15.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (3.8%)	32.2	970^th of 1492 public elementary schools	35.0%		29.8	1016^th of 1488 public elementary schools	31.7%	46	30.6	28.9	37.7		38.1	32.6	23.0		29.5	13.1	90.9%	4.5%	$20,404	$1,396	$19,008
Costello Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1333 Hamman Dr	Troy	48085	Oakland County	Troy School District	No	No	No	No	(248) 823-3700	395	24	16.4	10.4%	217 (54.9%)	7 (1.8%)	25 (6.3%)	121 (30.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.8%)	95.8	42^nd of 1492 public elementary schools	97.2%		94.3	63^rd of 1488 public elementary schools	95.8%	21	64.7	70.6	75.3		75.0	77.6	70.1		74.0	57.1	94.1%	3.9%	$15,647	$409	$15,238
Noor International Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	37412 Dequindre Rd	Sterling Heights	48310	Macomb County	Noor International Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(586) 365-5000	186	11	16.7	59.7%	89 (47.8%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	93 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	86.7	176^th of 1492 public elementary schools	88.2%		74.6	344^th of 1488 public elementary schools	76.9%	168	61.3	71.4	1519.6	60.0	61.3	42.9	68.8	60.0	75.0	62.5	96.7%	3.3%	$12,808	$1,343	$11,466
Bemis Elementary School	Public	K-5	3571 Northfield Pkwy	Troy	48084	Oakland County	Troy School District	No	No	No	No	(248) 823-4100	441	25	17.6	7.7%	136 (30.8%)	17 (3.9%)	17 (3.9%)	249 (56.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.8%)	97.1	22^nd of 1492 public elementary schools	98.5%		96.5	33^rd of 1488 public elementary schools	97.8%	11	67.1	86.2	84.2		85.7	85.1	77.6		71.1	52.6	89.1%	3.6%	$15,091	$380	$14,711
Oak Ridge Elementary School	Public	K-5	506 E 13 Mile Rd	Royal Oak	48073	Oakland County	Royal Oak Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(248) 588-8353	404	26	15.3	22.3%	299 (74.0%)	44 (10.9%)	18 (4.5%)	9 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.2%)	88.1	161^st of 1492 public elementary schools	89.2%		84.6	210^th of 1488 public elementary schools	85.9%	49	53.1	68.5	66.2		73.4	58.9	51.5		64.7	48.5	95.3%	3.1%	$15,936	$1,160	$14,776

Frequently Asked Questions about Morse Elementary School

Is Morse Elementary School a good school?

Morse Elementary School ranks 489^th of 1492 Michigan elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Morse Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 411 students attended Morse Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Morse Elementary School?

Students at Morse Elementary School are 35% Asian, 34% White, 14% African American, 12% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Morse Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Morse Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Baker Middle School
High : Troy High School

What district is Morse Elementary School in?

Troy School District

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