Morgen Owings Elementary School

Morgen Owings Elementary School is one of the mid-tier elementary campuss in Chelan, Washington, overseen by Lake Chelan School District, with 472 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 24% above the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Lake Chelan School District runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,299 students. Morgen Owings Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Morgen Owings Elementary School shows that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 42% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Chelan County as a whole is about 29% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Morgen Owings Elementary School shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 59% of students at Morgen Owings Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, census data for Chelan County shows median household earnings sit near $82,381, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Morgen Owings Elementary School is one of 43 public schools in Chelan County (combined enrollment of about 12,965 students).

Chelan School of Innovation is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Morgen Owings Elementary School has fell 22%, going from 603 students in 2018 to 472 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 60% to 55%.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Morgen Owings Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.