Enrollment
344
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623007250
Maria Moreno Steam Academy
2115 HAMPTON RD, DALLAS, TX 75224 · (972) 502-3100 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL344 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
329 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 55 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 39.0% | 22.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 36.0% | 25.0% | 27.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 55.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 38.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Maria Moreno Steam Academy
Maria Moreno Steam Academy's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Moreno Steam Academy this school | 344 | 95.6% | 39.9% |
| Natha Howell Elementary School FORT WORTH | 349 | 96.0% | 32.2% |
| Rodriguez Elementary School AUSTIN | 372 | 96.0% | 31.6% |
| James Bowie Elementary School DALLAS | 317 | 95.9% | 57.1% |
| Lorenzo De Zavala Elementary School DALLAS | 369 | 96.7% | 32.5% |
| Houston Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 356 | 95.2% | 40.9% |
Matched among Texas 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 Maria Moreno Steam Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #2,607 of 4,401 | #190 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,940 of 4,466 ▲ 67 | #153 of 429 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,919 of 4,466 ▲ 637 | #135 of 429 ▲ 58 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #1,708 of 3,998 | #135 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 344 | #3,909 of 4,938 | #373 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,817 of 4,622 | #156 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.8% | #3,861 of 4,628 | #388 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.6% | #423 of 4,789 | #99 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #965 of 2,838 | #105 of 274 |
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
344
-9 (-3%) vs 2020
-69% since 2000-01, when it was 1,098
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 344 | 24 | 14.3:1 | 96% (329) |
| 2023-24 | 339 | 25.9 | 13.1:1 | 95% (321) |
| 2022-23 | 356 | 24.6 | 14.5:1 | 94% (334) |
| 2020-21 | 353 | 26 | 13.6:1 | 92% (326) |
| 2017-18 | 445 | 30 | 14.8:1 | 89% (397) |
| 2015-16 | 422 | 32 | 13.2:1 | 93% (392) |
| 2010-11 | 642 | 40 | 16.1:1 | 91% (587) |
| 2000-01 | 1,098 | 62 | 17.7:1 | 85% (936) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maria Moreno Steam Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (445 to 344); teachers down 20% (30 to 24).
About Maria Moreno Steam Academy
Maria Moreno Steam Academy serves students in DALLAS, Texas, as a low-enrollment elementary school. It teaches 344 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 34% lower.
DALLAS ISD serves 140,630 students across 240 schools.
Maria Moreno Steam Academy is 91% Hispanic by enrollment. Other reported shares: 6% Black and 2% White. That compares with about 41% Hispanic among all Dallas County residents. The diversity index for Maria Moreno Steam Academy is 17%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 24 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.3:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Of all students at Maria Moreno Steam Academy, 96% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 77% average for public schools in Dallas County is 19 points lower.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Maria Moreno Steam Academy outscored 56%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Maria Moreno Steam Academy is 32.9%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 39.9%.
For Dallas County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $76,547 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Maria Moreno Steam Academy, Dallas County has 771 public schools.
Golden Rule Charter School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Maria Moreno Steam Academy, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Maria Moreno Steam Academy places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 344 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 353.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Maria Moreno Steam Academy. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
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- Golden Rule Charter School0.4 mi · 490
- L V Stockard Middle School0.6 mi · 728
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- Jimmie Tyler Brashear Elementary School0.8 mi · 598
- Margaret B Henderson Elementary School0.8 mi · 337
- Arturo Salazar Elementary School0.9 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Maria Moreno Steam AcademyHow many students attend Maria Moreno Steam Academy?
Maria Moreno Steam Academy enrolls approximately 344 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Maria Moreno Steam Academy serve?
Maria Moreno Steam Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Maria Moreno Steam Academy?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Maria Moreno Steam Academy.
How diverse is Maria Moreno Steam Academy?
Maria Moreno Steam Academy reports a student body of 2% White, 91% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Maria Moreno Steam Academy public or private?
Maria Moreno Steam Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.