Moore Middle School

Moore Middle School is a 6-8 campus of tight-knit scale in ARVADA, Colorado, run under Jefferson County School District No. R-1, caters to 269 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 42% smaller than typical.

Moore Middle School is one of 148 schools operated by Jefferson County School District No. R-1, a district that caters to 74,935 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Moore Middle School lists that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 39% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 55% of students at Moore Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jefferson County (around 32%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Moore Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) logs that median household earnings sit near $110,656, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Moore Middle School is one of 168 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students).

Pomona Junior/Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Moore Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 6-year window. Moore Middle School's enrollment has edged down 37% since 2018, when it stood at 424 (now 269). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 33% to 39%. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2024.

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