Morningside Elementary School

Morningside Elementary School is a moderately sized K-5 school in Atlanta, Georgia, one of the schools within Atlanta Public Schools. The school instructs 722 students in grades K through 5.

Atlanta Public Schools runs 87 schools in total, collectively educating 49,945 students. Morningside Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Morningside Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 12% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% Asian. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 8% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Fulton County's rate of about 62%.

After controlling for student poverty, Morningside Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.4%; this one delivers 77.7%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Fulton County) records that the typical household earns roughly $95,292 per year, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Fulton County runs 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), of which Morningside Elementary School is one.

Hillside Conant School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Morningside Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 60.0%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 23%: 932 students in 2018 compared to 722 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Morningside Elementary School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.