Summary
Mike Morris Elementary is a public K–6 school serving 286 students in the small South Bend, Washington, community, within the South Bend School District. The school ranks 669th out of 1,138 Washington elementary schools, placing it in the 41st percentile with a 2-star rating. That current snapshot is balanced by a positive trend: Mike Morris has risen 213 ranking places and 16 percentile points since 2021–2022, including its largest improvement in the most recent year.
Academic results are mixed but improving. In 2025–2026, 40.91% of students were proficient in English language arts, 40.52% in math, and 50% in science. Math and science are now above the district averages, while ELA trails both the district and state. The strongest grade-level results include sixth-grade ELA, at 50%, and fourth-grade math, at 50%; third-grade ELA and math are the clearest areas of concern. Compared with nearby schools, Mike Morris is stronger than Ocean Park Elementary in all three subjects and substantially outperforms nearby Raymond Elementary School in math. However, it trails higher-performing Naselle-Grays River Valley Elementary and Willapa Elementary.
Mike Morris serves a relatively high-need population, with 72.38% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025. Its low-income student subgroup ranked in the 64th percentile statewide, one of the school’s strongest indicators. Per-student spending was $21,984, the highest among the nearby schools listed, while the student-teacher ratio improved substantially to 15.8. Overall, the school appears to be moving in the right direction, particularly in math, science, and support for economically disadvantaged students. The main priorities are strengthening literacy, especially in grades 3 and 4, and turning recent gains into consistently higher overall performance.
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