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Morningside Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
920 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
426 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
25:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
72%
Teachers
17 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 29.6%
White 2.6%
Asian 60.6%
Black 0.2%
Other 7.0%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Morningside Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard36.4%
Met Standard26.7%
Below Standard36.9%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "63% proficient" for Morningside Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

36.4% of students exceeded standard while 26.7% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 15.4 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 7.5 points above the Garden Grove Unified district average of 28.9%. Compared to the 43 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 10.1 points higher (vs 26.3% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 3.4 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 11.5%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
36.4%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
63.1%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+3.4pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
11.5%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.4%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
920
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 43 30.2% 13.9% 23.3% 32.6% 44.2%
4th 56 37.5% 23.2% 14.3% 25.0% 60.7%
5th 55 36.4% 21.8% 16.4% 25.4% 58.2%
6th 76 38.2% 42.1% 11.8% 7.9% 80.3%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 43 27.9% 30.2% 11.6% 30.2% 58.1%
4th 56 30.4% 41.1% 21.4% 7.1% 71.4%
5th 55 41.8% 9.1% 25.4% 23.6% 50.9%
6th 76 47.4% 30.3% 9.2% 13.2% 77.6%