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Enrollment
645
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIOUX CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192640002220
Morningside Elementary
3601 Bushnell Ave, Sioux City, IA 51106 · (712) 274-4048 · Woodbury County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL645 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Iowa public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
405 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 41%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 51 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 48% · 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
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
70.7%
IA avg 73.6% . +6.8pp since 2023
Math
67.2%
IA avg 70.9% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.7% | 67.2% |
| 2023-24 | 63.9% | 63.3% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Iowa 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 Iowa'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 Elementary
Morningside Elementary's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morningside Elementary this school | 645 | 62.8% | 63.3% |
| Spalding Park Elementary Sioux City | 683 | 63.7% | 64.1% |
| Duncombe Elementary School Fort Dodge | 438 | 70.1% | 43.8% |
| Hillside Elementary School West Des Moines | 548 | 71.7% | 61.7% |
| Wilson Elementary School Davenport | 507 | 53.5% | 53.5% |
| Hayes Elementary School Davenport | 377 | 63.9% | 42.0% |
Matched among Iowa 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 Iowa | In Woodbury County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #432 of 564 | #10 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #425 of 564 ▲ 26 | #9 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #320 of 564 ▲ 63 | #8 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 645 | #22 of 705 | #3 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #328 of 561 | #13 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #80 of 561 | #7 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.8% | #108 of 666 | #10 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #166 of 168 | #7 of 7 |
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
645
-16 (-2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 645 | 46.6 | 13.8:1 | 63% (405) |
| 2023-24 | 691 | 46.4 | 14.9:1 | 60% (416) |
| 2022-23 | 652 | 46.3 | 14.1:1 | 68% (442) |
| 2020-21 | 661 | 42 | 15.7:1 | 66% (434) |
| 2017-18 | 641 | 37 | 17.4:1 | 60% (384) |
| 2015-16 | 689 | 38 | 18.1:1 | 65% (449) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morningside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (641 to 645); teachers up 26% (37 to 46.6).
About Morningside Elementary
Morningside Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school with an address in Sioux City, Iowa. It reports enrollment of 645 students in pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 98% larger than the 325-student average for elementary schools in Iowa.
Sioux City Comm School District, which runs Morningside Elementary, has 21 schools and 14,189 students.
About 49% of students at Morningside Elementary are White, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 12% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Pacific Islander. Among all residents of Woodbury County, the White share is about 71%. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at Morningside Elementary are from different groups.
There are about 13.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Morningside Elementary, which has 46.6. The 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa is close to this figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Morningside Elementary is about 63%. The average for public schools in Woodbury County is similar, at 60%.
Morningside Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 34% of Iowa public elementary schools.
Morningside Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.3% is 2.8 points above the 60.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Woodbury County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $73,658 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in Woodbury County number 37, with about 18,210 students.
Of the public schools around it, Morningside Elementary is closest to Sunnyside Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Morningside Elementary places 5th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put Morningside Elementary inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 645, close to the 661 recorded in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 13.8 students per teacher, compared with 15.7 in 2020-21.
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Woodbury County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,247
Census ACS
Median income
$73,658
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,210 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sioux City Comm School District
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- North Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,136 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,076 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
Other schools in Sioux City
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- North Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,136 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,076 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
Other Morningside Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 10 states are named Morningside Elementary. Morningside Elementary is the 4th largest of the 16.
- Morningside Elementary SchoolAtlanta, GA · 722 students
- Morningside Elementary SchoolNEW BRAUNFELS, TX · 665 students
- MORNINGSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPORT ST LUCIE, FL · 653 students
- Morningside Elementary SchoolPerry, GA · 488 students
- Morningside Elementary SchoolMobile, AL · 480 students
Nearby schools
- Sunnyside Elementary School1.1 mi · 244
- Spalding Park Elementary1.1 mi · 683
- East Middle School1.2 mi · 1,076
- East High School1.3 mi · 1,495
- Nodland Elementary School1.4 mi · 249
- CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Morningside ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Morningside Elementary?
Morningside Elementary enrolls approximately 645 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Morningside Elementary serve?
Morningside Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Morningside Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Morningside Elementary is approximately 13.8:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Morningside Elementary?
At Morningside Elementary, the student body is approximately 49% White, 27% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Morningside Elementary?
Morningside Elementary is overseen by Sioux City Comm School District in Woodbury County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.