Morningside School

Morningside School is an elementary campus of moderately sized scale in Great Falls, Montana, run under Great Falls Elem, teacheing 204 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 22% above the state mean of about 167.

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

On demographics, Morningside School logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 14% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 7% Native American. By comparison, Cascade County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Morningside School records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Cascade County's rate of about 54%.

Zooming out to the county, Cascade County reports that median household earnings sit near $67,690, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Cascade County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,577 students), of which Morningside School is one.

CORE School at Morningside El is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Morningside School operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 6 years. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at Morningside School has edged down 31%, going from 297 students in 2018 to 204 in 2024. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 77% to 68%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2024.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.