Morgen Owings Elementary School

Morgen Owings Elementary School runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Chelan, Washington. It enrolls 472 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 24% bigger than the 380-student average for elementary schools in Washington.

Lake Chelan School District runs Morgen Owings Elementary School along with 5 other schools, enrolling 1,299 students in total.

The largest group at Morgen Owings Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 55%. Enrollment also includes 42% White and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Chelan County, the Hispanic share is about 29%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Morgen Owings Elementary School scores 53%.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.5:1. The school has 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 15.5:1 compares with an average of 17.3:1 for elementary schools in Washington. Federal data show 59% of students (277) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Chelan County average a similar 61%.

Census data for Chelan County show the median household earns about $82,381 a year, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Morgen Owings Elementary School, Chelan County has 43 public schools.

Less than a tenth of a mile separates Morgen Owings Elementary School from the closest public school, Lake Chelan Preschool. Within five miles are 4 other public schools.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Morgen Owings Elementary School had a net loss of 45 students, or 9%.

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