Morningside Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in San Fernando, California, Morningside Elementary teaches 408 students from grades K through 5, operated by Los Angeles Unified.

Morningside Elementary is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that caters to 406,887 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Morningside Elementary logs that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Morningside Elementary logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Morningside Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.4%; this one delivers 23.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Morningside Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is PUC Nueva Esperanza Charter Academy, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Morningside Elementary comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 23.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Morningside Elementary has decreased 32%, going from 599 students in 2018 to 408 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.0:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 today.

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