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What's the one class at Morningside High every student should take?
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Enrollment
407
High
DISTRICT 391 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INGLEWOOD UNIFIED·NCES 061839002260
Morningside High
10500 South Yukon Ave., Inglewood, CA 90303 · (310) 680-5230 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of California public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
382 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 86 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 107 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 100 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 114 | 28% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
22.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.5pp since 2014
Math
14.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.6% | 16.9% | 28.1% | 49.4% |
| Math | 0.0% | 14.6% | 10.1% | 75.3% |
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 | 22.5% | 14.6% |
| 2023-24 | 25.7% | 7.1% |
| 2022-23 | 25.4% | 6.4% |
| 2021-22 | 23.5% | 2.6% |
| 2020-21 | 39.8% | 7.6% |
| 2018-19 | 29.3% | 6.4% |
| 2017-18 | 33.9% | 8.4% |
| 2016-17 | 22.3% | 6.2% |
| 2015-16 | 38.0% | 3.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 1.0% |
% 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
17.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Morningside High
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morningside High this school | 407 | 93.9% | 17.5% |
| Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy Los Angeles | 293 | 95.2% | 14.2% |
| Middle College High Los Angeles | 361 | 88.6% | 75.2% |
| College Bridge Academy Long Beach | 255 | 93.3% | N/A |
| Alliance Renee and Meyer Luskin Academy High Los Angeles | 525 | 94.1% | N/A |
| Aspire Stockton 6-12 Secondary Academy Stockton | 326 | 89.3% | N/A |
Matched among California high 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 High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #1,015 of 1,052 | #224 of 228 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #847 of 1,056 ▲ 148 | #184 of 229 ▲ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #1,030 of 1,056 ▼ 17 | #227 of 229 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #322 of 1,044 | #98 of 229 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #1,106 of 2,093 | #288 of 486 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #114 of 1,352 | #35 of 358 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.2% | #856 of 1,351 | #153 of 359 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.9% | #167 of 1,575 | #100 of 396 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -45.8% | #17 of 802 | #10 of 227 |
Ranked against other public high 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
407
-176 (-30%) vs 2020
-70% since 1990-91, when it was 1,356
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 407 | 26.6 | 15.3:1 | 94% (382) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 32.8 | 14.7:1 | 87% (420) |
| 2022-23 | 535 | 29.7 | 18.0:1 | 70% (373) |
| 2020-21 | 583 | 28 | 20.8:1 | 76% (444) |
| 2017-18 | 751 | 34 | 22.1:1 | 76% (574) |
| 2015-16 | 897 | 39 | 23.0:1 | 72% (642) |
| 2010-11 | 1,262 | N/A | N/A | 58% (729) |
| 2000-01 | 1,430 | 53 | 27.0:1 | 36% (510) |
| 1990-91 | 1,356 | 49 | 27.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morningside High.
Since 2017-18: students down 46% (751 to 407); teachers down 22% (34 to 26.6).
About Morningside High
Morningside High serves students in Inglewood, California, as a low-enrollment high school. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 407 students. The average for high schools in California is about 838 students, so this school is 51% smaller than average.
Inglewood Unified is the local district for Morningside High. It runs 16 schools with 6,727 students.
By race and ethnicity, Morningside High is 75% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 22% Black. That compares with about 48% Hispanic among all Los Angeles County residents. Morningside High has a diversity index of 39%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Morningside High is 26.6 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.3:1. Among high schools in California, the typical ratio is 18.2:1. The school counts 382 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 94%. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
Morningside High is graded D by allk12, scoring above 12% of California public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 24.6% at Morningside High; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 17.5%.
Among Los Angeles County residents, median household income is about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
The next-closest public school is Woodworth-Monroe Academy, about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Morningside High. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Morningside High is 4th of 5 on proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Morningside High as Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 583 in 2020-21 and 407 in 2024-25, a 30% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 20.8:1 to 15.3:1.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Inglewood Unified
- Woodworth-Monroe AcademyElementary · 826 students
- Inglewood HighHigh · 757 students
- CentinelaElementary · 577 students
- Oak StreetElementary · 569 students
- Beulah Payne STEAM AcademyElementary · 554 students
- La Tijera Academy of Excellence CharterElementary · 552 students
Other schools in Inglewood
- Woodworth-Monroe AcademyElementary · 826 students
- Inglewood HighHigh · 757 students
- Animo Leadership HighHigh · 634 students
- Animo Inglewood Charter HighHigh · 592 students
- CentinelaElementary · 577 students
- Oak StreetElementary · 569 students
Nearby schools
- Woodworth-Monroe Academy0.2 mi · 826
- Worthington TK-6 Elementary0.4 mi · 259
- Environmental Charter Middle - Inglewood0.7 mi · 358
- Century Park Elementary0.8 mi · 256
- Dolores Huerta Elementary0.8 mi · 529
- Bennett/Kew Leadership Academy of Excellence0.9 mi · 487
Frequently asked questions
About Morningside HighHow many students attend Morningside High?
Morningside High enrolls approximately 407 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Morningside High serve?
Morningside High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Morningside High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Morningside High is approximately 15.3:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Morningside High?
Morningside High reports a student body of 0% White, 75% Hispanic, 22% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Morningside High?
Morningside High is overseen by Inglewood Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.