Summary:
Morristown, Minnesota has two schools, both classified as middle schools (0 elementary, 0 high, 0 alternative), serving a combined 220 students: Morristown Elementary for grades 5–6 and Waterville-Elysian-Morristown Junior for grades 7–8, both part of the Waterville-Elysian-Morristown district, which ranks 178 out of 458 in Minnesota (61st percentile, 3 stars). Both schools share the same address at 23 Ann St.
The two schools trade strengths. In 2025–2026, WEM Junior was the math standout at 50.5%, above the district (46.2%) and state (44.9%), while Morristown Elementary lagged at 32.2% — 14.0 points below the district and 12.7 below the state. Reading flips the comparison: Morristown Elementary scored 43.7% versus WEM Junior's 38.7%, slightly above the district but below the state's 48.6%. Science is a shared weak point in both years — Morristown Elementary at 17.8% and WEM Junior at 11.1%, against district 20.8% and state 25.5%. WEM Junior also has the smaller student/teacher ratio (11.7 vs. 18.3) and a slightly higher free/reduced lunch rate (30.48% vs. 27.83%).
Both schools declined year over year. WEM Junior's state rank fell from 58th of 545 (89th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024 to 205th of 546 (62nd percentile, 3 stars) in 2025–2026, with math down 10.11 points, reading down 8.77, and science down 3.99. Morristown Elementary's math fell 6.54 points, reading 4.05, and science 2.2. Grade-level detail shows unevenness: Morristown's 6th grade reading was 35.7% against the state's 53.4%, and WEM's 8th grade reading was 35.6% against the state's 50.0%, even as its 8th grade math (51.1%) beat the state's 42.3%.
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