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Morningside Elementary School

Q: Is Morningside Elementary School a good school?

Morningside Elementary School ranks 503 rd of 1222 Georgia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

503^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,222 Georgia Elementary Schools

Better than 59% of Georgia elementary schools

Summary

Morningside Elementary School in Perry, GA, serves approximately 488 students in grades PK-5 as part of the Houston County school district, and has climbed from the 36th to the 59th percentile in statewide rankings over the past decade, earning a 3-star rating.

One of the school’s standout strengths is its work with African American students, where it ranks in the 76th percentile statewide (4 stars)—a notable achievement given the school’s overall ranking. Male students also perform well, ranking in the 65th percentile, which is higher than the school’s overall average. In 5th grade math, proficiency jumped from 26% to 47.4% in just one year, nearly matching the district average, while 5th grade science scores (50%) actually exceeded both district and state averages. Chronic absenteeism has also dropped dramatically from 22.4% to 13.7%, now better than the district (15.6%) and state (17.7%) averages. The school maintains a favorable 13.1:1 student-teacher ratio and spends $15,460 per student, among the highest in the area.

Compared to nearby Tucker Elementary School—just 1.2 miles away and serving a similarly high-poverty population—Morningside outperforms in 5th grade math (47.4% vs. 41.3%) and science (50% vs. 38.7%). However, schools with lower poverty rates, like Kings Chapel Elementary School (80th percentile) and Matthew Arthur Elementary School (90th percentile), rank higher overall. Areas for continued focus include supporting special education students (48th percentile) and maintaining recent math gains. With 100% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, Morningside’s steady upward trajectory—improving in 8 of the last 10 years—shows resilience and effective strategies worth celebrating.

488

Students ?

13.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,460

Per pupil spending ?

40.2%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

All students receive free meals (Community Eligibility, 2024-25)

1206 Morningside Dr
Perry, GA 31069

(478) 988-6261

District: Houston County

Students who attend Morningside Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Perry Middle School
High:	Perry High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

65.6%

White:

21.7%

Two or more races:

7.2%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 43rd percentile in 2016 → 59th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 16 percentile points since 2016

✓Above the Georgia median (59th percentile)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school47%

District avg50%

Georgia avg47%

503^rd of 1,222

Georgia public elementary schools ?

Top 41%▲ up 16 pts since 2016

From bottom 43% (2016) to top 41% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

11^th of 19Elementary Schools in the Houston County

66^th of 202Houston County among Georgia 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	54.8	503 of 1222	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2025	53.9	515 of 1238	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	54.5	509 of 1236	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	46.4	601 of 1223	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	50.0	569 of 1220	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	49.2	565 of 1214	53.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	45.6	649 of 1234	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.9	751 of 1209	37.9%	★★☆☆☆
2017	35.8	775 of 1205	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2016	41.2	700 of 1233	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2015	37.2	775 of 1240	37.5%	★★☆☆☆
2014	61.9	550 of 1231	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2013	59.9	600 of 1225	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2012	62.3	537 of 1201	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2011	69.5	404 of 1212	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2010	65.8	447 of 1183	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2009	53.1	594 of 1133	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2008	65.6	404 of 1134	64.4%	★★★☆☆
2007	50.6	648 of 1125	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2006	52.2	609 of 1101	44.7%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	66.7	200 of 829	75.9%	★★★★☆
2025	53.6	335 of 892	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	58.3	306 of 879	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	47.2	400 of 870	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	58.0	301 of 876	65.6%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	47.7	563 of 1189	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2025	54.9	499 of 1224	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	45.9	608 of 1223	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	34.2	763 of 1212	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.3	636 of 1206	47.3%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	61.5	413 of 1186	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2025	52.3	534 of 1225	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	61.6	437 of 1220	64.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.6	477 of 1210	60.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	57.2	477 of 1209	60.5%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	43.0	244 of 466	47.6%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2025	64.0	263 of 769	65.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	48.3	383 of 772	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	56.4	318 of 775	59.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.5	415 of 779	46.7%	★★☆☆☆

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)

African American (2026)76th percentile+17 vs school

White (2025)66th percentile+7 vs school

Male (2026)65th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2026)53rd percentile-6 vs school

Special Education (2026)48th percentile-11 vs school

By subject vs Georgia (2025-2026) ?

Science50%+6 vs state

Mathematics45%~ state avg

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2026)			Milestones Assessment Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Morningside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1206 Morningside Dr	Perry	31069	Houston County	Houston County	No	No	No	Yes	(478) 988-6261	488	37	13.1	—	106 (21.7%)	320 (65.6%)	22 (4.5%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.2%)	54.8	503^rd of 1222 public elementary schools	58.8%		53.9	515^th of 1238 public elementary schools	58.4%	12	43.7	44.7	47.4	50.0	$15,460	$1,011	$14,449
Tucker Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1300 Tucker Rd	Perry	31069	Houston County	Houston County	No	No	No	Yes	(478) 988-6278	486	37	13.0	94.9%	220 (45.3%)	193 (39.7%)	36 (7.4%)	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.2%)	49.2	553^rd of 1222 public elementary schools	54.7%		47.7	596^th of 1238 public elementary schools	51.9%	43	49.3	45.6	41.3	38.7	$14,393	$770	$13,624
Langston Road Elementary School	Public	3-5	315 Langston Rd	Perry	31069	Houston County	Houston County	No	No	No	No	(478) 988-6160	473	31	15.3	62.2%	249 (52.6%)	146 (30.9%)	34 (7.2%)	6 (1.3%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.8%)	31 (6.6%)	77.8	245^th of 1222 public elementary schools	80.0%		85.3	182^nd of 1238 public elementary schools	85.3%	63	53.4	62.0	61.6	61.7	$15,343	$577	$14,767
Langston Road Primary School	Public	PK, KG-2	325 Langston Road	Perry	31069	Houston County	Houston County	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(478) 988-6160	526	36	14.7	77.8%	234 (44.5%)	163 (31.0%)	66 (12.5%)	12 (2.3%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	44 (8.4%)								(n/a)					$14,199	$559	$13,640
Kings Chapel Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	460 Arena Rd	Perry	31069	Houston County	Houston County	No	No	No	No	(478) 988-6273	690	44	15.5	43.6%	502 (72.8%)	110 (15.9%)	39 (5.7%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (4.8%)	77.5	247^th of 1222 public elementary schools	79.8%		82.6	206^th of 1238 public elementary schools	83.4%	41	60.4	64.7	51.2	59.6	$12,869	$443	$12,426
Matthew Arthur Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2500 Ga Highway 127	Kathleen	31047	Houston County	Houston County	No	No	No	No	(478) 988-6170	450	30	15.2	36.4%	239 (53.1%)	125 (27.8%)	36 (8.0%)	13 (2.9%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (7.6%)	90	126^th of 1222 public elementary schools	89.7%		93.8	86^th of 1238 public elementary schools	93.1%	40	62.7	74.4	72.6	76.2	$14,997	$506	$14,492
Matt Arthur Primary School	Public	PK, KG-2	150 Talton Road	Perry	31069	Houston County	Houston County	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(478) 217-1376	521	35	14.8	44.3%	256 (49.1%)	159 (30.5%)	52 (10.0%)	8 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (8.6%)								(n/a)					$14,029	$621	$13,407
David A. Perdue Primary	Public	PK, KG-2	150 Jerry Barker Dr	Warner Robins	31088	Houston County	Houston County	No	No	No	No	(478) 218-7500	716	45	15.9	73.9%	266 (37.2%)	274 (38.3%)	78 (10.9%)	27 (3.8%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.4%)	66 (9.2%)								(n/a)					$15,884	$914	$14,970
David A. Perdue Elementary School	Public	3-5	115 Sutherlin Dr	Warner Robins	31088	Houston County	Houston County	No	No	No	No	(478) 988-6350	617	39	15.9	63.4%	238 (38.6%)	228 (37.0%)	72 (11.7%)	26 (4.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	51 (8.3%)	60.9	417^th of 1222 public elementary schools	65.9%		66.5	370^th of 1238 public elementary schools	70.1%	47	38.5	57.1	52.4	51.0	$13,128	$626	$12,502
Hilltop Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	301 Robert Bryson Smith Pkwy	Bonaire	31005	Houston County	Houston County	No	No	No	No	(478) 929-6113	590	41	14.3	71.7%	279 (47.3%)	170 (28.8%)	66 (11.2%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (11.4%)	73.7	288^th of 1222 public elementary schools	76.4%		79.6	241^st of 1238 public elementary schools	80.5%	47	68.2	56.6	54.6	50.0	$14,795	$882	$13,913

Frequently Asked Questions about Morningside Elementary School

What schools do graduates of Morningside Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Morningside Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Perry Middle School
High : Perry High School

What district is Morningside Elementary School in?

Houston County

Is Morningside Elementary School a good school?

Morningside Elementary School ranks 503^rd of 1222 Georgia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Morningside Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 488 students attended Morningside Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Morningside Elementary School?

Students at Morningside Elementary School are 66% African American, 22% White, 7% Two or more races, 5% Hispanic.

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