Morningside High School

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Morningside High School
Address
Morningside High School
10500 S. Yukon Ave

Inglewood
,
California
90303

United States
Coordinates 33°56′23″N118°19′52″W / 33.93966°N 118.33108°W / 33.93966; -118.33108
Information
School type Public, high school
MottoKnowledge is Power
Established1951;74 years ago (1951)
School district Inglewood Unified School District
NCES School ID 061839002260 [1]
PrincipalKiwiana Cain
Teaching staff32.83 (FTE) (2023–2024) [1]
Grades 9–12 [1]
Enrollment483 (2023–2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio14.71 (2023–2024) [1]
CampusUrban
Color(s)  Scarlet
  White
Athletics conference CIF Southern Section
Ocean League
Nickname Monarchs
Rivals Inglewood High School
NewspaperThe Side Times
Website mhs.inglewoodusd.com

Morningside High School is 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.

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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. [2]

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 . [3] [4]

Chris Gaines was a fictional MHS student and alternative rock musician, developed by Garth Brooks in 1999 for a proposed movie. [5]

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

See also

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