Enrollment
338
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEWISVILLE ISD·NCES 482730003752
Morningside Elementary School
6350 PAIGE RD, THE COLONY, TX 75056 · (469) 713-5970 · Denton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL338 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
132 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 65%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 63% · 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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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
69.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 38.0% | 16.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 31.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 69.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 62.0% |
| 2021-22 | 68.0% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 42.0% | 50.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
57.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 School
Morningside Elementary School's state test result (57.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morningside Elementary School this school | 338 | 39.1% | 57.4% |
| Grandview Hills Elementary School AUSTIN | 388 | 40.2% | 39.6% |
| Big Springs Elementary School GARLAND | 403 | 42.2% | 54.1% |
| Nancy Neal Elementary School MANSFIELD | 427 | 38.9% | 77.6% |
| Rosemeade Elementary School CARROLLTON | 360 | 36.1% | 67.8% |
| Stephen F Austin Elementary School RICHMOND | 468 | 39.7% | 56.8% |
Matched among Texas 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 Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #907 of 4,401 | #58 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,592 of 4,466 ▼ 875 | #66 of 138 ▼ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #783 of 4,466 ▲ 422 | #52 of 138 ▲ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #2,499 of 3,998 | #88 of 129 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 338 | #3,960 of 4,938 | #128 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #323 of 4,622 | #12 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.9% | #185 of 4,628 | #21 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.1% | #3,971 of 4,789 | #72 of 143 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #1,898 of 2,838 | #40 of 69 |
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
338
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-31% since 2000-01, when it was 493
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 338 | 28.4 | 11.9:1 | 39% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 349 | 30.1 | 11.6:1 | 38% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 364 | 31.9 | 11.4:1 | 36% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 343 | 31 | 11.1:1 | 27% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 32.5 | 11.8:1 | 19% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 31 | 13.7:1 | 19% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 534 | 39 | 13.7:1 | 16% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 493 | 33 | 14.9:1 | 13% (66) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morningside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (383 to 338); teachers down 13% (32.5 to 28.4).
About Morningside Elementary School
Morningside Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school with its address in THE COLONY, Texas. School enrollment was 338 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Texas is roughly 519 students; this school is 35% smaller than that.
Morningside Elementary School is a school in LEWISVILLE ISD. The district has 62 schools and 47,876 students.
At Morningside Elementary School, the largest share of students is White, at 38%. The school is also 26% Hispanic, 17% Black, 12% Asian, and 6% multiracial. That is lower than the 57% White share among all Denton County residents. The school's diversity index is 74%, meaning two students picked at random have a 74% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 28.4 full-time positions, a ratio of 11.9:1. That is lower than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 39%.
Morningside Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 57.4%, compared with a predicted 57.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Denton County, the median household income is $111,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Denton County is home to 267 public schools and about 175,222 public school students.
Peters Colony Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Morningside Elementary School. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Morningside Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Morningside Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (343) and 2024-25 (338).
The Morningside Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Denton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
979,561
Census ACS
Median income
$111,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
267
175,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEWISVILLE ISD
- Lewisville High SchoolHigh · 4,001 students
- Hebron High SchoolHigh · 3,668 students
- Flower Mound High SchoolHigh · 3,426 students
- Marcus High SchoolHigh · 2,998 students
- The Colony High SchoolHigh · 1,803 students
- Killian Middle SchoolMiddle · 997 students
Other schools in THE COLONY
- The Colony High SchoolHigh · 1,803 students
- STEM Academy at Griffin Middle SchoolMiddle · 697 students
- Peters Colony Elementary SchoolElementary · 610 students
- Prestwick Elementary SchoolElementary · 451 students
- Camey Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Lakeview Middle SchoolMiddle · 395 students
Other Morningside Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 10 states are named Morningside Elementary. Morningside Elementary School is the 13th largest of the 16.
- Morningside Elementary SchoolNEW BRAUNFELS, TX · 665 students
- Morningside Elementary SchoolDUMAS, TX · 410 students
- Morningside Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 401 students
- Morningside Elementary SchoolAtlanta, GA · 722 students
- MORNINGSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPORT ST LUCIE, FL · 653 students
Nearby schools
- Peters Colony Elementary School0.4 mi · 610
- STEM Academy at Griffin Middle School0.5 mi · 697
- Camey Elementary School1.1 mi · 426
- B B Owen Elementary School1.1 mi · 274
- The Colony High School1.3 mi · 1,803
- Lakeview Middle School1.6 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About Morningside Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Morningside Elementary School?
Morningside Elementary School enrolls approximately 338 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Morningside Elementary School serve?
Morningside Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Morningside Elementary School have?
Morningside Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Morningside Elementary School?
At Morningside Elementary School, the student body is approximately 38% White, 26% Hispanic, 17% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Morningside Elementary School public or private?
Morningside Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LEWISVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.