Morningside Elementary School

As a low-enrollment elementary campus in Albany, Georgia, Morningside Elementary School instructs 331 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Dougherty County. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 45% below typical.

Dougherty County runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 13,241 students. Morningside Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Morningside Elementary School reports that 89% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder is composed of 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Dougherty County as a whole is about 71% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Morningside Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.8%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Dougherty County shows median household income runs about $49,044, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. In all, Dougherty County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,241 students), of which Morningside Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Radium Springs Elementary School, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Morningside Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Morningside Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 18.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 6-year window, the student count shrank 21%: 420 students in 2018 compared to 331 in 2024. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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