MORNINGSIDE MIDDLE

MORNINGSIDE MIDDLE is an intermediate school of modestly sized scale in FORT WORTH, Texas, run under FORT WORTH ISD, enrolling 415 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 35% leaner than the state mean of about 643.

FORT WORTH ISD runs 136 schools in total, collectively educating 70,612 students. MORNINGSIDE MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, MORNINGSIDE MIDDLE reports that 58% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 35% Black, 4% Asian, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MORNINGSIDE MIDDLE has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MORNINGSIDE MIDDLE falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 31.2%; this one comes in at 12.7%, -18.5 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Tarrant County shows the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), MORNINGSIDE MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: EDWARD BRISCOE EL, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MORNINGSIDE MIDDLE ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 29.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MORNINGSIDE MIDDLE has declined 40%, going from 689 students in 2018 to 415 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 52% to 35% across the same window.

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