MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL

MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a big middle school in LINCOLN, Nebraska, run under LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Current enrollment sits at 849 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 107% above the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 411 students.

Within LINCOLN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which oversees 67 schools and 42,301 students, MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%); the rest breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL records 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.5:1, putting MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Lancaster County's rate of about 32%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.3%, the actual is 76.4%, a residual of +3.1 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lancaster County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,793 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Lancaster County runs 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,123 students), of which MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: KLOEFKORN ELEMENTARY, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 71.8%.

MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL has edged up 177%, going from 307 students in 2018 to 849 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.