Enrollment
285
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190897002228
Moore Elementary School
3725 52nd St, Des Moines, IA 50310 · (515) 242-8426 · Polk County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL285 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Iowa public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
191 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 48% · 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
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
57.7%
IA avg 73.6% . +7.7pp since 2023
Math
51.0%
IA avg 70.9% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.7% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 46.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. 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
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Iowa 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 Iowa'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 Moore Elementary School
Moore Elementary School's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moore Elementary School this school | 285 | 67.0% | 48.5% |
| Mitchell Early Childhood Center Des Moines | 292 | 67.1% | N/A |
| Nixon Elementary School Hiawatha | 289 | 67.5% | 61.0% |
| Hillis Elementary School Des Moines | 279 | 76.3% | 47.5% |
| McKee Elementary School Des Moines | 235 | 66.0% | N/A |
| Perkins Elementary School Des Moines | 438 | 62.8% | 63.9% |
Matched among Iowa 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 Moore Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #511 of 564 | #55 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #511 of 564 ▲ 21 | #57 of 78 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.7% | #466 of 564 ▲ 29 | #49 of 78 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 285 | #410 of 705 | #72 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #123 of 561 | #17 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.3% | #7 of 561 | #4 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.0% | #89 of 666 | #35 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #305 of 359 | #53 of 64 |
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
285
-49 (-15%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 285 | 23.6 | 12.1:1 | 67% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 298 | 23.8 | 12.5:1 | 64% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 25.2 | 11.8:1 | 72% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 334 | 28 | 11.9:1 | 67% (225) |
| 2017-18 | 297 | 24.9 | 11.9:1 | 65% (192) |
| 2015-16 | 188 | 16 | 11.8:1 | 73% (137) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moore Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (297 to 285); teachers down 5% (24.9 to 23.6).
About Moore Elementary School
Moore Elementary School is an elementary school located in Des Moines, Iowa, in Polk County. It serves 285 students in kindergarten through 5.
Moore Elementary School is one school in Des Moines Independent Comm School District, a system of 59 schools with 29,676 students.
At Moore Elementary School, the largest share of students is White, at 35%. The school is also 21% Hispanic, 21% Black, 11% multiracial, and 10% Asian. That is lower than the 76% White share among all Polk County residents. Moore Elementary School's diversity index is 76%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.1:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Eligible students account for 67% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Compared with the 49% average for public schools in Polk County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against Iowa public elementary schools, Moore Elementary School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Moore Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 48.5%, compared with a predicted 58.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Iowa schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Polk County, the median household income is $83,576, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Polk County is home to 137 public schools and about 77,436 public school students.
The nearest public school is Meredith Middle School, at about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Moore Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Moore Elementary School is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school enrolled 285 students in 2024-25, 49 fewer than the 334 it had in 2020-21.
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Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
503,175
Census ACS
Median income
$83,576
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
137
77,436 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Des Moines Independent Comm School District
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,364 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 2,051 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,952 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,428 students
- Hoover High SchoolHigh · 898 students
- Weeks Middle SchoolMiddle · 688 students
Other schools in Des Moines
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,364 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 2,051 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,952 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,428 students
- Hoover High SchoolHigh · 898 students
- Weeks Middle SchoolMiddle · 688 students
Other Moore Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 6 states are named Moore Elementary. Moore Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 9.
- Moore Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 873 students
- Moore Elementary SchoolARLINGTON, TX · 839 students
- Moore ElementaryFranklin, TN · 496 students
- Moore Elementary SchoolCORPUS CHRISTI, TX · 484 students
- Moore Elementary SchoolBath, PA · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Meredith Middle School0.5 mi · 662
- Hoover High School0.6 mi · 898
- Hillis Elementary School0.9 mi · 279
- Horizon Science Academy Des Moines1.2 mi · 150
- Samuelson Elementary School1.2 mi · 386
- Woodlawn Early Childhood Center1.3 mi · 216
Frequently asked questions
About Moore Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Moore Elementary School?
Moore Elementary School enrolls approximately 285 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Moore Elementary School serve?
Moore Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Moore Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Moore Elementary School is approximately 12.1:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Moore Elementary School?
At Moore Elementary School, the student body is approximately 35% White, 21% Hispanic, 21% Black, 10% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Moore Elementary School public or private?
Moore Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Des Moines Independent Comm School District.
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