Enrollment
353
Elementary
DISTRICT 379 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELIZABETH CITY-PASQUOTANK PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370354002275
P W Moore Elementary
606 Roanoke Ave, Elizabeth City, NC 27909 · (252) 338-5000 · Pasquotank County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL353 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
350 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
32.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
46.0%
NC avg 52.2%
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.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like P W Moore Elementary
P W Moore Elementary's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| P W Moore Elementary this school | 353 | 99.2% | 39.0% |
| Williamston Primary Williamston | 361 | 99.2% | N/A |
| South Creek Elementary Robersonville | 337 | 99.1% | 38.5% |
| Sycamore Lane Elementary Laurinburg | 347 | 98.0% | 34.9% |
| Monroe Avenue Elementary Hamlet | 411 | 96.4% | 38.5% |
| James Love Elementary Shelby | 376 | 98.7% | 40.7% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where P W Moore Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Pasquotank County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,120 of 1,297 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,008 of 1,296 | #6 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #1,141 of 1,300 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 353 | #1,041 of 1,485 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #364 of 1,377 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #785 of 1,379 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #549 of 1,414 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #584 of 937 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
353
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 458
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 353 | 26 | 13.6:1 | 99% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 337 | 23.7 | 14.2:1 | 99% (334) |
| 2022-23 | 353 | 26 | 13.6:1 | 97% (344) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 28 | 12.5:1 | 99% (348) |
| 2017-18 | 393 | 26 | 15.1:1 | 98% (387) |
| 2015-16 | 370 | 25 | 14.8:1 | 90% (332) |
| 2010-11 | 467 | 36 | 13.0:1 | 74% (347) |
| 2000-01 | 413 | 33 | 12.5:1 | 73% (300) |
| 1990-91 | 458 | 31 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for P W Moore Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (393 to 353); teachers unchanged (26 to 26).
About P W Moore Elementary
P W Moore Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 353 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 24% below the 467-student average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
P W Moore Elementary is run by Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools, whose 13 schools enroll 5,014 students.
About 60% of the student body at P W Moore Elementary is Black. The remaining students are 22% White, 11% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Among people living in Pasquotank County, the Black share is about 35%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 26 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.6:1. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 14.9:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 99%. Among public schools in Pasquotank County, the average eligibility rate is 91%.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, P W Moore Elementary outscored 14%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, P W Moore Elementary would score about 48.6%. It scores 39.0%, 9.6 points below that figure.
For the population of Pasquotank County, the median household earns about $66,589 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. P W Moore Elementary shares Pasquotank County with 13 other public schools.
Pasquotank Elementary is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. P W Moore Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, P W Moore Elementary ranks 5th on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 351 in 2020-21 and 353 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 12.5:1 to 13.6:1.
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Pasquotank County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
40,834
Census ACS
Median income
$66,589
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
5,774 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools
- Northeastern HighHigh · 658 students
- Pasquotank County HighHigh · 653 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 484 students
- Elizabeth City MiddleMiddle · 484 students
- Sheep-Harney ElementaryElementary · 441 students
- Northside ElementaryElementary · 419 students
Other schools in Elizabeth City
- Northeast Academy of Aerospace & AdvTechHigh · 760 students
- Northeastern HighHigh · 658 students
- Pasquotank County HighHigh · 653 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 484 students
- Elizabeth City MiddleMiddle · 484 students
- Sheep-Harney ElementaryElementary · 441 students
Nearby schools
- Pasquotank Elementary0.5 mi · 254
- Northeast Academy of Aerospace & AdvTech0.7 mi · 760
- H L Trigg Community0.9 mi · 35
- Sheep-Harney Elementary1.0 mi · 441
- J C Sawyer Elementary1.0 mi · 400
- Northeastern High1.5 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About P W Moore ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at P W Moore Elementary?
P W Moore Elementary enrolls approximately 353 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does P W Moore Elementary serve?
P W Moore Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at P W Moore Elementary?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at P W Moore Elementary.
How diverse is P W Moore Elementary?
P W Moore Elementary reports a student body of 22% White, 11% Hispanic, 60% Black, 8% Two or more.
Is P W Moore Elementary public or private?
P W Moore Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.