Enrollment
311
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM-KEIZER SD 24J·NCES 411082000799
Morningside Elementary School
3513 12th St SE, Salem, OR 97302 · (503) 399-3173 · Marion County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
272 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 59% · 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
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
52.7%
OR avg 43.0% . -6.3pp since 2023
Math
43.2%
OR avg 31.8% . -5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.7% | 43.2% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 49.0% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 29% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Oregon's top 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 School
Morningside Elementary School's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morningside Elementary School this school | 311 | 87.5% | 47.9% |
| Chapman Hill Elementary School Salem | 306 | 87.6% | 35.3% |
| Clear Lake Elementary School Keizer | 317 | 87.7% | 43.3% |
| Wright Elementary School Salem | 378 | 89.2% | 36.1% |
| Myers Elementary School Salem | 342 | 88.3% | 41.1% |
| Liberty Elementary School Salem | 400 | 89.0% | 27.9% |
Matched among Oregon 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #139 of 591 | #7 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #193 of 646 ▼ 42 | #12 of 62 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #187 of 646 ▼ 62 | #11 of 62 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 311 | #386 of 710 | #40 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #363 of 587 | #15 of 54 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #115 of 587 | #6 of 54 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.5% | #204 of 645 | #40 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #288 of 493 | #26 of 47 |
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
311
+35 (+13%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 481
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 311 | 17.7 | 17.6:1 | 87% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 318 | 14.9 | 21.4:1 | 67% (213) |
| 2022-23 | 324 | 14.7 | 22.0:1 | 90% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 13 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 376 | 18.7 | 20.1:1 | 53% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 386 | 17 | 22.7:1 | 59% (228) |
| 2010-11 | 358 | 17 | 21.1:1 | 51% (182) |
| 2000-01 | 289 | 16 | 18.1:1 | 44% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 481 | 20 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morningside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (376 to 311); teachers down 5% (18.7 to 17.7).
About Morningside Elementary School
Morningside Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Salem-Keizer SD 24J in Salem, Oregon. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 311 students.
Salem-Keizer SD 24J is made up of 65 schools with 37,776 students in all.
More than half of the students at Morningside Elementary School are White (54%). Beyond that, enrollment is 25% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Pacific Islander, and 4% Asian. In Marion County overall, about 66% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
Morningside Elementary School reported 17.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 17.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Oregon is 16.5:1. There are 272 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 87% of enrollment.
Compared with Oregon schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Morningside Elementary School does better than predicted by 19.2 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.9%; the prediction is 28.6%.
For Marion County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $77,351, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 111 public schools in the county, enrolling about 53,799, Morningside Elementary School among them.
Leslie Middle School sits about 0.5 miles from Morningside Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Morningside Elementary School comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Morningside Elementary School is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 13% rise, from 276 to 311. The ratio of students to teachers went from 21.2:1 to 17.6:1 over the same years.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,244
Census ACS
Median income
$77,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
53,799 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salem-Keizer SD 24J
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- McNary High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
Other schools in Salem
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Stephens Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,014 students
Other Morningside Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 10 states are named Morningside Elementary. Morningside Elementary School is the 15th 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 ElementarySioux City, IA · 645 students
- Morningside Elementary SchoolPerry, GA · 488 students
Nearby schools
- Leslie Middle School0.5 mi · 735
- Salem Heights Elementary School0.9 mi · 245
- Wright Elementary School1.0 mi · 378
- McKinley Elementary School1.0 mi · 269
- Judson Middle School1.2 mi · 811
- South Salem High School1.3 mi · 2,195
Frequently asked questions
About Morningside Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Morningside Elementary School?
Morningside Elementary School enrolls approximately 311 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Morningside Elementary School serve?
Morningside Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Morningside Elementary School?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Morningside Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Morningside Elementary School?
Student demographics at Morningside Elementary School are roughly 54% White, 25% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Morningside Elementary School in?
Morningside Elementary School is part of Salem-Keizer SD 24J.
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