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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at MORNINGSIDE MIDDLE this year?
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Enrollment
415
Middle
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001889
Morningside Middle School
2751 MISSISSIPPI AVE, FORT WORTH, TX 76104 · (817) 815-8300 · Tarrant County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
406 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 153 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 129 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 133 | 32% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
21.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +0.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
13.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores have held steady since 2020, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 8.0% | 13.0% | 25.0% | 54.0% |
| Mathematics | 2.0% | 11.0% | 22.0% | 65.0% |
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 | 21.0% | 13.0% |
| 2024-25 | 21.0% | 8.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 7.0% |
| 2022-23 | 21.0% | 9.0% |
| 2021-22 | 27.0% | 13.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Middle School
Morningside Middle School's state test result (13.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morningside Middle School this school | 415 | 97.8% | 13.0% |
| Boude Storey Middle School DALLAS | 379 | 97.6% | 29.4% |
| West Dallas Junior High School DALLAS | 353 | 97.5% | 23.1% |
| KIPP Academy Middle School HOUSTON | 508 | 91.9% | 50.8% |
| KIPP Polaris Academy for Boys HOUSTON | 341 | 97.4% | 30.2% |
| D A Hulcy Steam Middle School DALLAS | 400 | 93.3% | 51.5% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #1,631 of 1,635 | #107 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #1,654 of 1,670 ▲ 9 | #109 of 112 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #1,666 of 1,670 ▼ 3 | #112 of 112 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #1,253 of 1,570 | #80 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #1,235 of 1,749 | #102 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #626 of 1,542 | #37 of 112 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.4% | #734 of 1,543 | #87 of 112 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.8% | #43 of 1,648 | #2 of 109 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.8% | #52 of 942 | #2 of 74 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
415
-149 (-26%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 725
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 415 | 29.5 | 14.1:1 | 98% (406) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 29.7 | 14.5:1 | 95% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 34.1 | 14.2:1 | 95% (460) |
| 2020-21 | 564 | 44 | 12.8:1 | 98% (554) |
| 2017-18 | 689 | 49.8 | 13.8:1 | 94% (645) |
| 2015-16 | 736 | 59 | 12.5:1 | 89% (654) |
| 2010-11 | 670 | 43 | 15.6:1 | 87% (583) |
| 2000-01 | 600 | 44 | 13.6:1 | 69% (416) |
| 1990-91 | 725 | 37 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morningside Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (689 to 415); teachers down 41% (49.8 to 29.5).
About Morningside Middle School
Morningside Middle School is a middle school in FORT WORTH, Texas, and it is part of FORT WORTH ISD. There are 415 students enrolled, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 35% below the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas.
FORT WORTH ISD (136 schools, 70,612 students) runs Morningside Middle School.
Of every 100 students at Morningside Middle School, about 58 are Hispanic. The school is also 35% Black, 4% Asian, and 3% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 30%. The diversity index for Morningside Middle School is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Morningside Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1, with 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in Texas is similar, at 14.4:1. The school has 98% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Tarrant County, the average is 63%.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 31.9%. Morningside Middle School posts 13.0%, 18.9 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Tarrant County area, median household income comes to about $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Tarrant County counts 639 public schools with about 385,835 students.
Among nearby public schools, Edward Briscoe Elementary School is closest at about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Morningside Middle School ranks 9th on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased 26% over 4 years, reaching 415 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.8:1 to 14.1:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Morningside Middle School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT WORTH ISD
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
- Trimble Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,924 students
- Arlington Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,898 students
- South Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- North Side High SchoolHigh · 1,676 students
- O D Wyatt High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
Other Morningside Middle schools
One other US public school is named Morningside Middle. Morningside Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Morningside MiddleNorth Charleston, SC · 552 students
Nearby schools
- Edward Briscoe Elementary School0.3 mi · 288
- Morningside Elementary School0.4 mi · 401
- Carroll Peak Elementary School0.9 mi · 489
- Daggett Montessori1.3 mi · 546
- Worth Heights Elementary School1.3 mi · 439
- Daggett Elementary School1.4 mi · 526
Frequently asked questions
About Morningside Middle SchoolHow large is Morningside Middle School?
Morningside Middle School enrolls approximately 415 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Morningside Middle School serve?
Morningside Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Morningside Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Morningside Middle School is approximately 14.1:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Morningside Middle School?
Morningside Middle School reports a student body of 3% White, 58% Hispanic, 35% Black, 4% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Morningside Middle School?
Morningside Middle School is overseen by FORT WORTH ISD in Tarrant County.
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