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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POWAY UNIFIED·NCES 063153010006
Morning Creek Elementary
10925 Morning Creek Dr. South, San Diego, CA 92128 · (858) 748-4334 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
112 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 65%
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 | 111 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 62% · 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
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
70.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.9pp since 2014
Math
66.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 43.2% | 26.9% | 15.5% | 14.4% |
| Math | 38.0% | 28.2% | 16.9% | 16.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.1% | 66.2% |
| 2023-24 | 73.8% | 64.8% |
| 2022-23 | 78.7% | 72.6% |
| 2021-22 | 72.1% | 69.9% |
| 2018-19 | 71.0% | 73.4% |
| 2017-18 | 75.3% | 73.7% |
| 2016-17 | 69.7% | 66.0% |
| 2015-16 | 67.0% | 69.0% |
| 2014-15 | 72.0% | 69.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. 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
68.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for California 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 California'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 Morning Creek Elementary
Morning Creek Elementary's state test result (68.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morning Creek Elementary this school | 531 | 21.1% | 68.8% |
| Turtleback Elementary San Diego | 458 | 21.6% | 59.7% |
| Marin Elementary Albany | 524 | 26.1% | 72.6% |
| Buena Vista Elementary Walnut Creek | 495 | 18.2% | 72.0% |
| Nohl Canyon Elementary Anaheim | 524 | 20.0% | 79.4% |
| Seaside Elementary Torrance | 548 | 17.7% | 72.5% |
Matched among California 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 Morning Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #713 of 5,151 | #84 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #768 of 5,172 ▲ 56 | #92 of 393 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #746 of 5,172 ▼ 228 | #91 of 393 ▼ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.8pp | #1,010 of 5,116 | #84 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #2,077 of 5,915 | #158 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #1,835 of 5,352 | #92 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.1% | #189 of 5,354 | #15 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.1% | #5,109 of 5,625 | #383 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.9% | #439 of 3,837 | #25 of 279 |
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
531
-95 (-15%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 547
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 21.6:1
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 | 531 | 24.7 | 21.5:1 | 21% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 564 | 26.6 | 21.2:1 | 20% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 584 | 26.6 | 21.9:1 | 17% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 626 | 29 | 21.6:1 | 15% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 780 | 30.4 | 25.7:1 | 16% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 798 | 32 | 24.9:1 | 16% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 721 | N/A | N/A | 15% (105) |
| 2000-01 | 463 | 24 | 19.3:1 | 7% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 547 | 21 | 26.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morning Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (780 to 531); teachers down 19% (30.4 to 24.7).
About Morning Creek Elementary
Morning Creek Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of San Diego, California. The school enrolls 531 students in kindergarten through 5.
Poway Unified has a total of 39 schools and 34,259 students, Morning Creek Elementary among them.
At Morning Creek Elementary, White students make up the biggest share, 35%. Smaller groups are 27% Asian, 20% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 4% Black. County-wide, 48% of San Diego County residents are White. A diversity index of 74% means there is a 74% chance two randomly chosen students at Morning Creek Elementary are from different groups.
Its ratio of 21.5:1 is based on 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 21.5:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 21%. The rate at public schools in San Diego County averages 54%, higher than here.
Among California public elementary schools, Morning Creek Elementary outscored 67%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Morning Creek Elementary, the prediction is 67.2% and the result is 68.8%.
In San Diego County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $106,268, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Counting Morning Creek Elementary, San Diego County has 766 public schools.
Los Penasquitos Elementary is the nearest public school to Morning Creek Elementary, about 1.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Morning Creek Elementary is behind the 70.8% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The school's enrollment decreased 15% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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- Oak Valley MiddleMiddle · 1,503 students
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- Mira Mesa HighHigh · 2,187 students
- Canyon Crest AcademyHigh · 2,147 students
Nearby schools
- Los Penasquitos Elementary1.2 mi · 634
- Shoal Creek Elementary1.2 mi · 500
- Creekside Elementary1.3 mi · 585
- Dingeman Elementary1.4 mi · 689
- Scripps Elementary1.8 mi · 733
- Mt. Carmel High1.8 mi · 1,800
Frequently asked questions
About Morning Creek ElementaryHow many students attend Morning Creek Elementary?
Morning Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 531 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Morning Creek Elementary serve?
Morning Creek Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Morning Creek Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Morning Creek Elementary is approximately 21.5:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Morning Creek Elementary?
At Morning Creek Elementary, the student body is approximately 35% White, 20% Hispanic, 4% Black, 27% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Morning Creek Elementary public or private?
Morning Creek Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Poway Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.