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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Morningview Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
434
Elementary
DISTRICT 448 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY·NCES 010243001031
Morningview Elementary School
2849 Pelzer Ave, Montgomery, AL 36109 · (334) 260-1028 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Alabama public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
341 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
28.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
11.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
19.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.9%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Morningview Elementary School
Morningview Elementary School's state test result (19.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morningview Elementary School this school | 434 | 78.6% | 19.8% |
| Highland Gardens Elementary School Montgomery | 468 | 79.7% | 31.1% |
| Jonesboro Elementary School Bessemer | 474 | 78.1% | 24.6% |
| Highland Avenue Elementary School Montgomery | 453 | 78.8% | 14.3% |
| Tuggle Elementary School Birmingham | 423 | 74.7% | 28.4% |
| Lakewood Elementary School Huntsville | 397 | 75.1% | 22.6% |
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Morningview Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #602 of 626 | #24 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #592 of 626 | #25 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #608 of 626 | #25 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #396 of 709 | #18 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #296 of 655 | #11 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.5% | #275 of 658 | #5 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.6% | #108 of 696 | #16 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #76 of 364 | #5 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
434
-61 (-12%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 684
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 17.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 434 | 26 | 16.7:1 | 79% (341) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 22 | 19.4:1 | 87% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 25 | 17.9:1 | 86% (385) |
| 2020-21 | 495 | 28 | 17.7:1 | 86% (427) |
| 2017-18 | 562 | 31 | 18.1:1 | 87% (488) |
| 2015-16 | 567 | 31 | 18.3:1 | 60% (339) |
| 2010-11 | 620 | 36 | 17.2:1 | 81% (500) |
| 2000-01 | 595 | 36 | 16.5:1 | 49% (291) |
| 1990-91 | 684 | 34 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morningview Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (562 to 434); teachers down 16% (31 to 26).
About Morningview Elementary School
Morningview Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Montgomery, Alabama. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 434 students.
Montgomery County has 26,958 students in 51 schools, and Morningview Elementary School is one of those schools.
Roughly 61% of students at Morningview Elementary School are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% Hispanic, 5% White, and 2% multiracial. That is close to the 59% Black share among all Montgomery County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 52% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 26 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Alabama average 17.0:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 79%. The 67% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 12 points lower.
Measured against Alabama public elementary schools, Morningview Elementary School receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Alabama, Morningview Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 19.8% actual against a predicted 26.9%.
Among Montgomery County residents, the median household income is $59,386, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Besides Morningview Elementary School, Montgomery County has 59 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Capitol Heights Middle School, at about 0.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 24.0%, higher than Morningview Elementary School's 19.8%.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment dropped 12% from its 2020-21 level of 495.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Morningview Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,718
Census ACS
Median income
$59,386
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
31,131 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Carver Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,553 students
- Percy Julian High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Park Crossing High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Brewbaker Middle SchoolMiddle · 806 students
- Carr Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
Other schools in Montgomery
- Johnson Abernathy Graetz High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Carver Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,553 students
- Percy Julian High SchoolHigh · 1,282 students
- Park Crossing High SchoolHigh · 882 students
- Brewbaker Middle SchoolMiddle · 806 students
- Carr Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
Nearby schools
- Capitol Heights Middle School0.5 mi · 593
- Percy Julian High School0.8 mi · 1,282
- Highland Gardens Elementary School1.0 mi · 468
- Childrens Center1.0 mi · 79
- Dalraida Elementary School1.3 mi · 711
- Goodwyn Middle School1.4 mi · 717
Frequently asked questions
About Morningview Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Morningview Elementary School?
Morningview Elementary School enrolls approximately 434 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Morningview Elementary School serve?
Morningview Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Morningview Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Morningview Elementary School is approximately 16.7:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Morningview Elementary School?
Morningview Elementary School reports a student body of 5% White, 32% Hispanic, 61% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Morningview Elementary School in?
Morningview Elementary School is part of Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.