CHESTER A. MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CHESTER A. MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school of low-enrollment scale in FORT PIERCE, Florida, operated by ST. LUCIE, works with 470 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so CHESTER A. MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 22% below that benchmark.

ST. LUCIE comprises 53 schools with combined enrollment of 49,308 students; CHESTER A. MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, CHESTER A. MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Black, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 31% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, CHESTER A. MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, St. Lucie County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CHESTER A. MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (St. Lucie County) shows that median household income runs about $71,457, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across St. Lucie County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,809 students), CHESTER A. MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

LINCOLN PARK ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CHESTER A. MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 560 students in 2018 compared to 470 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 73% to 63% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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