Pringle-morse Schools, Morse TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Pringle-morse Schools

Pringle-Morse Schools is a small, PK-12 campus in Morse, a rural unincorporated community in southwestern Hansford County in the Texas Panhandle. The school enrolls around a hundred students across fourteen grade levels, with roughly two-thirds of the enrollment qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial White population and very few other racial or ethnic groups represented. The school serves a ranching and farming area where most residents own their homes, and it functions as the primary civic institution in a settlement with minimal other services.

The district recently expanded to a full PK-12 grade span, a shift that allows families to keep their children within the local school through high school rather than transferring elsewhere. Prior to this change, the district operated only through grade eight. The school board adopted a new District of Innovation Plan in March 2024, giving the district flexibility to waive certain state requirements on matters like school calendars and staffing, which can shape the school day and classroom composition families experience.

On state testing, the school shows an uneven profile across grade levels and subjects. In mathematics, third through sixth graders score below half proficiency, with a notable jump in seventh grade to full proficiency and sustained strong performance in eighth. English language arts follows a similar trajectory: third graders perform below half proficiency, fourth graders reach roughly two-thirds proficiency, fifth graders drop back to half, and sixth through eighth graders cluster in the mid-to-high range. Science proficiency is weak in grade five but reaches roughly half in grade eight. Social studies in grade eight shows particularly low proficiency. The pattern suggests that older students are grasping tested content more consistently than younger ones, though the small cohort sizes in this rural school mean year-to-year swings can be sharp and individual students carry more weight. Across all tested subjects, when performance is aggregated to an "approaches," "meets," and "masters" taxonomy, the school's proficiency index places it above the midpoint among the three districts in Hansford County, though below the county's highest-performing district.

No graduation rate data appears yet; the school's recent expansion to high school means the first cohort may not yet have completed. Data on chronic absenteeism, English learner enrollment, and special education enrollment are not available, so a parent may want to inquire directly with the school about these support systems and their scope.

The school lies about twenty-two miles west of the county seat at Spearman and sits within a landscape defined by cattle operations, grain farming, oil and gas, and wind energy development. Housing costs and population trends in Morse itself are not available, though the community is described as small and stable. The school's single campus location at the heart of Morse means it is immediately accessible to local families and serves as a gathering point, but it also means that any family choosing this school should understand they are selecting a rural, tight-knit environment with limited diversity of institutions and peer backgrounds nearby.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 333%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 7 pts below state median

Grade 436%

School 36% · District 36%

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 16 pts below state median

Grade 625%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 9 pts below state median

Grade 7100%

School 100% · District 100%

▲ 73 pts above state median

Grade 878%

School 78% · District 78%

▲ 36 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 342%

School 42% · District 42%

▼ 4 pts below state median

Grade 464%

School 64% · District 64%

▲ 15 pts above state median

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 50%

▼ 4 pts below state median

Grade 663%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 11 pts above state median

Grade 757%

School 57% · District 57%

▲ 8 pts above state median

Grade 878%

School 78% · District 78%

▲ 23 pts above state median

Science

Grade 513%

School 13% · District 13%

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 856%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 14 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 811%

School 11% · District 11%

▼ 13 pts below state median

This schoolPRINGLE-MORSE CISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income17%Higher-income67%50 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income43%Higher-income86%43 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income17%Higher-income50%33 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income14%Higher-income57%43 pp gap