MORIARTY ELEMENTARY

MORIARTY ELEMENTARY operates as a sprawling elementary-level community in MORIARTY, New Mexico, run under MORIARTY-EDGEWOOD. Current enrollment sits at 464 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so MORIARTY ELEMENTARY sits 62% bigger than that benchmark.

MORIARTY ELEMENTARY is one of 7 schools operated by MORIARTY-EDGEWOOD, a district that instructs 2,361 students overall.

On the student-mix side, MORIARTY ELEMENTARY reports that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 27% White, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, MORIARTY ELEMENTARY logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, MORIARTY ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.5%, the actual is 23.4%, a residual of -10.1 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Torrance County) logs that median household earnings sit near $57,842, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Torrance County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,258 students), MORIARTY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MORIARTY MIDDLE, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MORIARTY ELEMENTARY at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 45.0%.

MORIARTY ELEMENTARY operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 12%: 415 students in 2018 compared to 464 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 40% to 27% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.