Dora Moore ECE-8 School

Dora Moore ECE-8 School is a middle-of-the-pack primary school in DENVER, Colorado, part of School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. The school instructs 349 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Dora Moore ECE-8 School is one of 198 schools operated by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, a district that serves 90,471 students overall.

On demographics, Dora Moore ECE-8 School shows that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 31% White, 16% Black, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Denver County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dora Moore ECE-8 School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.9%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Denver County put the typical household earns roughly $94,718 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Denver County runs 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), of which Dora Moore ECE-8 School is one.

Denver Justice High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dora Moore ECE-8 School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dora Moore ECE-8 School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.7%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 343 students in 2018 compared to 349 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 22% to 16% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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