Marion C. Moore School

Located at 6415 Outer Loop, in Louisville, Kentucky, Marion C. Moore School is an expansive high school that educates 1,892 students (grades 6 through 12), operated by Jefferson County. Compared to the state average of about 558 students per school, that is 239% bigger than typical.

Jefferson County comprises 167 schools with combined enrollment of 95,124 students; Marion C. Moore School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Marion C. Moore School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 32% Black, 24% White, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 9% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 133 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Marion C. Moore School is in the bottom 10% of Kentucky public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 39.9%; Marion C. Moore School posts 17.8%, -22.1 points below that line.

In the area at large, Jefferson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,866 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Jefferson County's 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), Marion C. Moore School is one campus in the mix.

Smyrna Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Marion C. Moore School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 26.0%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Marion C. Moore School's enrollment has declined 12% since 2018, when it stood at 2,145 (now 1,892). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 38% to 24% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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