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Which teacher or staff member at W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
519
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEON·NCES 120111001190
W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1706 DEMPSEY MAYO RD, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32308 · (850) 877-6158 · Leon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
207 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 9 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
61.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
59.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.7% | 59.4% |
| 2023-24 | 58.6% | 57.6% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 519 | 39.9% | 58.9% |
| SAN MATEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 520 | 39.6% | 60.8% |
| S. D. SPADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELRAY BEACH | 494 | 39.1% | 60.8% |
| BAY VISTA FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 574 | 36.1% | 76.4% |
| PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 431 | 39.4% | 61.8% |
| DOUGLAS L. JAMERSON JR. ELEMENTARY ST PETERSBURG | 536 | 46.5% | 62.3% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Leon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #924 of 2,136 | #9 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #1,124 of 2,149 ▼ 85 | #13 of 28 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #760 of 2,149 ▲ 18 | #9 of 28 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 519 | #1,343 of 2,267 | #14 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #464 of 2,077 | #12 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #439 of 2,108 | #4 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.9% | #1,585 of 2,188 | #19 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.6% | #429 of 1,374 | #6 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
519
-75 (-13%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 699
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 519 | 36 | 14.4:1 | 40% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 47% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 579 | 36.5 | 15.9:1 | 42% (241) |
| 2020-21 | 594 | 38 | 15.6:1 | 35% (210) |
| 2017-18 | 662 | 43 | 15.4:1 | 39% (261) |
| 2015-16 | 621 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 42% (258) |
| 2010-11 | 639 | 40 | 16.0:1 | 46% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 719 | 43 | 16.7:1 | 30% (217) |
| 1990-91 | 699 | 42 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, is home to W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school. The school reports 519 students in pre-K through 5.
Across its 51 schools, LEON enrolls 31,579 students. W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 45%. Other reported shares: 33% White, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 30% Black among all Leon County residents. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 36 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 14.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Eligible students account for 40% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That tracks the 41% average for public schools in Leon County.
allk12 grades W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a B-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 61.2% at W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.9%.
Within Leon County, the median household income is $66,287, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Leon County has 62 other public schools.
The closest public school to W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is RENAISSANCE ACADEMY, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 58.9% is below the 59.1% average for nearby schools.
W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Federal data show a 13% enrollment decrease, from 594 in 2020-21 to 519 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 15.6 in 2020-21 to 14.4 in 2024-25.
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Leon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
297,542
Census ACS
Median income
$66,287
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
35,246 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEON
- LAWTON CHILES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,881 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,822 students
- LEON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- JAMES RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,718 students
- AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
- WILLIAM J MONTFORD III MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,016 students
Other schools in TALLAHASSEE
- LAWTON CHILES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,881 students
- FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOLCombined · 1,851 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,822 students
- LEON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- JAMES RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,718 students
- AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
Nearby schools
- RENAISSANCE ACADEMY0.7 mi · 243
- BUCK LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 696
- SWIFT CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL2.6 mi · 793
- LEON COUNTY VIRTUAL SCHOOL FRANCHISE2.6 mi · 88
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL2.7 mi · 1,822
- APALACHEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 482
Frequently asked questions
About W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 519 students in grades PK-05.
Is W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
How diverse is W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 33% White, 10% Hispanic, 45% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LEON.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.