CORE School at Morningside El

CORE School at Morningside El is one of the sprawling primary schools in Great Falls, Montana, one of the schools within Great Falls Elem, with 297 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 78% larger than the state mean of about 167.

Across the 18 schools in Great Falls Elem (7,094 students total), CORE School at Morningside El accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, CORE School at Morningside El reports that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 14% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 4% Native American. By comparison, Cascade County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Cascade County) logs that median household earnings sit near $67,690, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Cascade County's 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,577 students), CORE School at Morningside El is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Morningside School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

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