Morningside High School

Morningside High School
Location
10500 S. Yukon Ave

Inglewood
,
California
90303

United States

33°56′23″N 118°19′52″W / 33.93966°N 118.33108°W / 33.93966; -118.33108
Information
School typePublic, high school
MottoKnowledge is Power
Established1951; 75 years ago (1951)
StatusPending closure
ClosedJune 30, 2025
School district
Inglewood Unified School District
NCES School ID
061839002260
Principal
Kiwiana Cain
Teaching staff
32.83 (FTE) (2023–2024)
Grades9–12
Enrollment483 (2023–2024)
Student to teacher ratio
14.71 (2023–2024)
CampusUrban
Colors  Scarlet
  White
Athletics conference
CIF Southern Section
Ocean League
NicknameMonarchs
RivalsInglewood High School
NewspaperThe Side Times
Websitemhs.inglewoodusd.com

Morningside High School was a public high school in Inglewood, California, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. A part of the Inglewood Unified School District, it is the second largest high school in the city after Inglewood High School. In 2024, the Inglewood Unified School District announced that it was closing Morningside High at the end of the 2024-2025 academic year.

History

In 1951, the first two classes of students came to the Morningside Park area of Inglewood to attend the new Morningside High School. Incoming 9th graders came from the surrounding junior high schools, and a class of 10th graders transferred to Morningside from Inglewood High School. Some of Inglewood High School's faculty transferred as well, including A. John Waldmann, the first principal of Morningside High School.

Circa 2005 the school had more than 1,600 students. In 2025 this was down to 465, and IUSD plans to close Morningside High.

In 1993, Wesley Snipes narrated the documentary, Hardwood Dreams, following five MHS seniors during their last high school basketball season as they dreamt of the National Basketball Association. Ten years later, Snipes narrated the 2004 TV sequel, Hardwood Dreams: Ten Years Later.

Chris Gaines was a fictional MHS student and alternative rock musician, developed by Garth Brooks in 1999 for a proposed movie.

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

See also

References

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