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If you had an hour of school board time for Morningside Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
416
Elementary
DISTRICT 432 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061488001864
Morningside Elementary
10521 Morningside Dr., Garden Grove, CA 92843 · (714) 663-6328 · Orange County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
24.5:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
316 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 83 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 8% larger than its 6th grade class (77).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
63.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +21.5pp since 2014
Math
66.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +25.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 63 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 up about 21 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 36.1% | 27.4% | 15.7% | 20.9% |
| Math | 38.3% | 27.8% | 16.5% | 17.4% |
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 | 63.5% | 66.1% |
| 2023-24 | 62.9% | 59.9% |
| 2022-23 | 65.2% | 60.8% |
| 2021-22 | 66.7% | 63.2% |
| 2018-19 | 64.7% | 67.9% |
| 2017-18 | 56.3% | 52.5% |
| 2016-17 | 53.5% | 49.7% |
| 2015-16 | 52.0% | 48.0% |
| 2014-15 | 42.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 27 points, placing it in California's top 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 Morningside Elementary
Morningside Elementary's state test result (62.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morningside Elementary this school | 416 | 76.0% | 62.1% |
| Encinita Elementary Rosemead | 418 | 73.9% | 43.4% |
| Excelsior Elementary Garden Grove | 426 | 80.5% | 71.0% |
| Killian Elementary Rowland Heights | 469 | 78.9% | 49.2% |
| Emerson (Ralph Waldo) Elementary Rosemead | 390 | 77.2% | 41.3% |
| Thomas Paine Elementary Garden Grove | 428 | 72.2% | 71.0% |
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 Morningside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #1,021 of 5,151 | #146 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #772 of 5,172 ▲ 249 | #119 of 382 ▲ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #1,116 of 5,172 ▼ 31 | #151 of 382 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.2pp | #1,726 of 5,116 | #135 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #3,481 of 5,915 | #273 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #4,083 of 5,352 | #233 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #2,646 of 5,354 | #216 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.0% | #2,551 of 5,625 | #142 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #2,107 of 3,837 | #199 of 324 |
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
416
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 24.7:1
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 | 416 | 17 | 24.5:1 | 76% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 17 | 25.1:1 | 72% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 15 | 26.5:1 | 77% (305) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 17 | 24.7:1 | 76% (319) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 21 | 23.1:1 | 73% (357) |
| 2015-16 | 512 | 20 | 25.6:1 | 71% (365) |
| 2010-11 | 501 | N/A | N/A | 73% (365) |
| 2000-01 | 623 | 29 | 21.5:1 | 66% (414) |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 22 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morningside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (486 to 416); teachers down 19% (21 to 17).
About Morningside Elementary
Morningside Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Garden Grove, California, administered by Garden Grove Unified. The student body numbers 416 students, from kindergarten through 6.
Enrollment across the 64 schools in Garden Grove Unified totals 36,994 students.
Roughly 61% of students at Morningside Elementary are Asian. The rest of enrollment is 33% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Orange County, the Asian share is about 22%. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Morningside Elementary counts 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 24.5 students for each one. This ratio sits 2.2 above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 76% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Compared with the 55% average for public schools in Orange County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Morningside Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Morningside Elementary beats its 35.0% prediction with 62.1%, a top-10% result in California.
Federal survey data for Orange County show that the median household income is $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 649 public schools in Orange County, enrolling about 430,458 students in all.
The nearest other public school, James Irvine Intermediate, is about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Morningside Elementary is 5th among 8 schools close by.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (420) to 2024-25 (416).
The Morningside Elementary community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garden Grove Unified
- Garden Grove HighHigh · 2,148 students
- La Quinta HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Bolsa Grande HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Santiago HighHigh · 1,664 students
- Pacifica HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Rancho Alamitos HighHigh · 1,439 students
Other schools in Garden Grove
- Garden Grove HighHigh · 2,148 students
- Bolsa Grande HighHigh · 1,701 students
- Santiago HighHigh · 1,664 students
- Pacifica HighHigh · 1,634 students
- Rancho Alamitos HighHigh · 1,439 students
- Patton ElementaryElementary · 904 students
Other Morningside Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 10 states are named Morningside Elementary. Morningside Elementary is the 8th largest of the 16.
- Morningside ElementarySan Fernando, CA · 408 students
- Morningside Elementary SchoolAtlanta, GA · 722 students
- Morningside Elementary SchoolNEW BRAUNFELS, TX · 665 students
- MORNINGSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPORT ST LUCIE, FL · 653 students
- Morningside ElementarySioux City, IA · 645 students
Nearby schools
- James Irvine Intermediate0.4 mi · 532
- Post Elementary0.5 mi · 338
- Excelsior Elementary0.5 mi · 426
- Jordan Secondary Learning Center0.7 mi · 97
- Mitchell Elementary0.8 mi · 390
- Rosita Elementary0.8 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About Morningside ElementaryHow large is Morningside Elementary?
Morningside Elementary enrolls approximately 416 students in grades KG-06.
Is Morningside Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Morningside Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Morningside Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Morningside Elementary is approximately 24.5:1 (17 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Morningside Elementary?
Morningside Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 33% Hispanic, 61% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Morningside Elementary public or private?
Morningside Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Garden Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.