Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Morningside High School
Public · Inglewood · Los Angeles County · 454 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
15%
Higher than 40% of California high schools
-1.1 pp vs. peer median (16.0%)
· Ranked #2 of 2 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 10.8%
2025 · 14.9%
-37%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2025)
-39.6 pp
vs. Los Angeles County baseline (+3%)
~376
5-yr projected enrollment (78 fewer than today)
- ▸On UC Reach, Morningside High School sits near the top of its similar-school group (ranked #2 of 2): 15% vs. a peer median of 16%.
- ▸Its UC Reach has risen 8 points since 2018.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Morningside High School is admitting at roughly +12 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.796) alone would predict (35% actual vs. 23% expected). That's a meaningful signal — it can reflect UC's track record with this school's graduates, students presenting strongly in UC's holistic review (essays, EC's, context), or institutional familiarity helping at the margin. The data can't distinguish which, but the pattern itself is real and worth understanding.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is down 37% (180→114 from 2018 to 2025), trailing the peer-group median of +2%.
- ▸At its recent rate (-6.1%/yr), enrollment projects to ~376 by 2029 — about 78 fewer students than today.
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| Performing Arts Community At Diego Rivera Learning Complex | Public | — | -2% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Test Prep Gurus Intelligence by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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