Mooreland El Sch

As a small elementary school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Mooreland El Sch hosts 372 students from grades K through 5, run under Carlisle Area SD.

Within Carlisle Area SD, which oversees 10 schools and 5,087 students, Mooreland El Sch is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Mooreland El Sch logs that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 20% Hispanic, 12% Black, 9% Asian, 9% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

In terms of school funding signals, Mooreland El Sch reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Mooreland El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Cumberland County's rate of about 41%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mooreland El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.2%; this one delivers 54.6%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Cumberland County indicate the typical household earns roughly $87,494 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cumberland County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,044 students), Mooreland El Sch is one campus in the mix.

Carlisle Area HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mooreland El Sch. On composite proficiency, Mooreland El Sch comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 47.8%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mooreland El Sch has increased 16%, going from 321 students in 2018 to 372 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 69% to 50% over that span.

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