Morningside Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 13.6% |
| Met Standard | 16.4% |
| Below Standard | 70.0% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "30% proficient" for Morningside Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
13.6% of students exceeded standard while 16.4% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 7.4 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 7.6 points below the Los Angeles Unified district average of 21.2%. The 18 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 16.5% exceeded — 2.9 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.
Proficiency drops by 14.7 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 17.6%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 67 | 23.9% | 16.4% | 40.3% |
| 4th | 65 | 10.8% | 16.9% | 27.7% |
| 5th | 64 | 10.9% | 20.3% | 31.3% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 68 | 16.2% | 22.1% | 38.2% |
| 4th | 66 | 12.1% | 12.1% | 24.2% |
| 5th | 67 | 7.5% | 10.4% | 17.9% |
Nearby schools
18 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 43.1