Moore Montessori Community School

Moore Montessori Community School is one of the cozy elementary-level communitys in Southern Pines, North Carolina, one of the schools within Moore Montessori Community School, with 259 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 45% leaner than the state mean of about 467.

Moore Montessori Community School sits inside Moore Montessori Community School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Moore Montessori Community School reports that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 12% Black, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Moore County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Moore Montessori Community School reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Zooming out to the county, Moore County reports that median household earnings sit near $86,080, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Moore County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,708 students), of which Moore Montessori Community School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Southern Pines Elementary, around 1.5 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Moore Montessori Community School operates from a city-core location. Moore Montessori Community School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.