Summary:
Morningside High is a public high school located in Inglewood, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 535 students. The school is part of the Inglewood Unified School District, which is ranked 1267 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Morningside High consistently ranks in the bottom 25% of California high schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are significantly lower than the state and district averages. For example, in 2023-2024, only 25.66% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 55.73%. Morningside High's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated between 83.1% and 88.6% over the past few years, which is lower than the state average, and the school's dropout rate has ranged from 10.2% to 13.4% in recent years, which is higher than the state and district averages. Additionally, Morningside High has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 13.3% in 2017-2018 to 46.4% in 2022-2023, which is much higher than the state and district averages.
The nearby schools, such as Stella High Charter Academy, Animo Leadership High, and Lennox Mathematics Science and Technology Academy, generally outperform Morningside High across various metrics, including academic achievement, graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism. These nearby charter schools, which are part of different districts, tend to have higher rankings and ratings from SchoolDigger compared to Morningside High. The high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds at Morningside High, with 69.72% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023, may be a contributing factor to the school's lower academic performance and higher rates of chronic absenteeism.
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Detail:
Public 9-12
District:
Inglewood Unified
SchoolDigger Rank:
1789th of 2,323 California High Schools
Feeder schools for Morningside High:
Student/teacher ratio: 18.0
Number of students: 535
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
69.9%
African American:
27.5%
Pacific Islander:
1.1%
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Asian:
0.7%
Two or more races:
0.7%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 69.7%
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