Moore Elementary School

As a compact primary school in Griffin, Georgia, Moore Elementary School instructs 335 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Griffin-Spalding County. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 45% below typical.

Across the 18 schools in Griffin-Spalding County (9,350 students total), Moore Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Moore Elementary School lists that nearly all students (89%) are Black; the rest breaks down as 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Spalding County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Moore Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Moore Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 88% of students at Moore Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Moore Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 32.0%; actual is 7.9%, a gap of -24.1 points.

In the broader community, Spalding County reports that median household earnings sit near $62,071, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Spalding County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,350 students), of which Moore Elementary School is one.

AZ Kelsey Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Moore Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Moore Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 26.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Moore Elementary School has contracted 16%, going from 398 students in 2018 to 335 in 2025.

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