P W Moore Elementary
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About P W Moore Elementary
P W Moore Elementary operates as a cozy elementary school in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, overseen by Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 353 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so P W Moore Elementary sits 24% below that benchmark.
Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 5,014 students; P W Moore Elementary is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, P W Moore Elementary lists that 60% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 22% White, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 35% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, P W Moore Elementary records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Pasquotank County runs at roughly 91%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, P W Moore Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 39.0%, a residual of -9.6 points.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Pasquotank County put median household income runs about $66,589, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Pasquotank County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,774 students), of which P W Moore Elementary is one.
Pasquotank Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, P W Moore Elementary comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.3%.
P W Moore Elementary operates from a town-center location.
Five-year trend. P W Moore Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 393 (now 353). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for P W Moore Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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