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Morningside Elementary

Public Grades K-5
3778th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,804 California Elementary Schools
Better than 35% of California elementary schools
Summary

Morningside Elementary serves 408 students in kindergarten through grade 5 in San Fernando, within Los Angeles Unified. The clearest academic concern is fifth grade: in 2025–2026, 24% of fifth graders were proficient in English language arts (ELA), compared with 49% statewide and 49% in the district, gaps of 25 and 24 percentage points; fifth-grade math proficiency was 26%, 11 points below the state. This makes upper-grade performance—especially fifth-grade ELA—the most important finding for families to weigh.

Across all grades, math is the school’s strongest subject relative to benchmarks, though results remain below them. In 2025–2026, 35% were proficient in math, versus 38% statewide and 40% in the district; ELA was 33%, versus 49% statewide and 48% in the district, while science was 19%, versus 36% and 32%. Compared with the nine nearby same-district schools, Morningside Elementary was closest to their average in math: 35% versus 36%, compared with 33% versus 42% in ELA and 19% versus 29% in science. Grade results also vary: ELA proficiency fell from 43% in third grade to 24% in fifth.

Results have improved over the four years shown: from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, proficiency rose 6 percentage points in ELA, 12 in math and 10 in science, and the state gaps narrowed by 4, 8 and 4 points, respectively. SchoolDigger’s overall standing rose from the 20th to the 35th percentile; its latest rating is 2 stars, compared with the district’s 54th percentile and 3 stars. The 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 20.3:1, and 94% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for Hispanic students was stronger than the school’s overall standing (50th percentile versus 35th), while its ranking for Special Education Students was lower (11th percentile).

408
Students ?
20.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$42,240
Per pupil spending ?
94.1%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 576 North Maclay Ave.
       San Fernando, CA  91340-2497

(818) 365-7181

District: Los Angeles Unified

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
97.5%
Two or more races:
1.7%
Asian:
0.5%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 30th percentile in 2015 → 35th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2015
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (32% vs 42% meeting standards)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!Science scores 17 pts below the California average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school32%
District avg42%
California avg42%
3,778th of 5,804
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 35%▼ down 10 pts since 2016
From bottom 45% (2016) to bottom 35% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
426th of 564Elementary Schools in the Los Angeles Unified
450th of 968Los Angeles Unified among California districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202632.43778 of 580434.9%★★☆☆☆
202527.54167 of 585728.9%★☆☆☆☆
202419.14931 of 586916.0%★☆☆☆☆
202321.94662 of 585920.4%★☆☆☆☆
202219.94872 of 588317.2%★☆☆☆☆
201926.14266 of 578926.3%★☆☆☆☆
201832.03671 of 566235.2%★★☆☆☆
201731.43724 of 569234.6%★★☆☆☆
201639.53105 of 561444.7%★★☆☆☆
201527.43904 of 561130.4%★★☆☆☆
201355.02398 of 553056.6%★★★☆☆
201250.62579 of 539052.2%★★★☆☆
201144.42929 of 537745.5%★★☆☆☆
201037.73311 of 531437.7%★★☆☆☆
200925.04068 of 519321.7%★☆☆☆☆
200827.23818 of 511325.3%★☆☆☆☆
200729.33621 of 511329.2%★☆☆☆☆
200628.53415 of 481829.1%★☆☆☆☆
200524.63653 of 482224.2%★☆☆☆☆
200424.23616 of 480924.8%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202219.02049 of 22278.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201931.71700 of 258534.2%★★☆☆☆
201837.61114 of 212847.7%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202428.72635 of 316216.7%★☆☆☆☆
202327.52703 of 324516.7%★☆☆☆☆
202219.73217 of 33112.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.53211 of 32752.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201828.22512 of 324622.6%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202626.84109 of 556926.2%★☆☆☆☆
202520.64625 of 559717.4%★☆☆☆☆
202412.45340 of 56124.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202311.85385 of 56094.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.45054 of 563510.3%★☆☆☆☆
201933.33560 of 549235.2%★★☆☆☆
201838.53180 of 541341.3%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202646.62557 of 508549.7%★★☆☆☆
202540.13012 of 510741.0%★★☆☆☆
202427.43930 of 510723.0%★☆☆☆☆
202329.43750 of 508726.3%★☆☆☆☆
202227.33933 of 508422.6%★☆☆☆☆
201937.13161 of 496336.3%★★☆☆☆
201846.72419 of 483049.9%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202643.82890 of 541246.6%★★☆☆☆
202537.73365 of 546038.4%★★☆☆☆
202423.54495 of 551718.5%★☆☆☆☆
202328.54020 of 536325.0%★☆☆☆☆
202226.64117 of 526421.8%★☆☆☆☆
201934.63528 of 517331.8%★★☆☆☆
201842.62842 of 508444.1%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202638.83206 of 559042.6%★★☆☆☆
202539.33171 of 562843.7%★★☆☆☆
202430.53782 of 564333.0%★★☆☆☆
202335.43380 of 563840.0%★★☆☆☆
202226.34108 of 566327.5%★☆☆☆☆
201920.84591 of 551016.7%★☆☆☆☆
201827.53899 of 543128.2%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202621.62585 of 292011.5%★☆☆☆☆
202526.32244 of 284721.2%★☆☆☆☆
202419.32426 of 26357.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202324.11948 of 242019.5%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Hispanic (2026)50th percentile+15 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)47th percentile+12 vs school
Male (2026)43rd percentile+8 vs school
Female (2026)26th percentile-9 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)17th percentile~ school
Special Education (2026)11th percentile-23 vs school
Disabled (2022)8th percentile-9 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
Mathematics35%-4 vs state
English Language Arts/Literacy33%-16 vs state
Science19%-17 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 408 students attended Morningside Elementary.

Morningside Elementary ranks 3778th of 5804 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Morningside Elementary are 98% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

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Latest California data All new data »
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresNewOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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