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MAUDE MOORE WOOD EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 32 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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%.
About MAUDE MOORE WOOD EL
MAUDE MOORE WOOD EL is a mid-tier primary school in KILLEEN, Texas, overseen by KILLEEN ISD. The school enrolls 728 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so MAUDE MOORE WOOD EL sits 40% bigger than that benchmark.
Across the 55 schools in KILLEEN ISD (42,883 students total), MAUDE MOORE WOOD EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, MAUDE MOORE WOOD EL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 28% Black, 23% White, 12% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Bell County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, MAUDE MOORE WOOD EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.4%; this one delivers 56.0%.
Across the wider county, Bell County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,865 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bell County runs 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students), of which MAUDE MOORE WOOD EL is one.
The closest other public school is SKIPCHA EL, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MAUDE MOORE WOOD EL. On composite proficiency, MAUDE MOORE WOOD EL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 47.6%.
MAUDE MOORE WOOD EL operates from a metropolitan location.
On the community side, members of the MAUDE MOORE WOOD EL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Bell County at a glance
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