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Enrollment
839
Elementary
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON ISD·NCES 480870021052
Moore Elementary School
5500 PARK SPRINGS BLVD, ARLINGTON, TX 76017 · (682) 867-8900 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL839 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
435 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 87 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 99 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 15% smaller than its 6th grade class (99).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
61.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 33.0% | 28.0% | 21.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 31.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% |
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 | 61.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 51.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Moore Elementary School
Moore Elementary School's state test result (52.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moore Elementary School this school | 839 | 51.8% | 52.5% |
| Giesinger Elementary School CONROE | 713 | 49.9% | 52.9% |
| Ridglea Hills Elementary School FORT WORTH | 742 | 52.7% | 42.3% |
| Ruth Cherry Elementary School ROYSE CITY | 772 | 47.4% | 38.3% |
| Blue Haze Elementary School FORT WORTH | 735 | 55.9% | 39.7% |
| Wilkinson Elementary School CONROE | 755 | 52.1% | 52.4% |
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 Moore Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #1,231 of 4,401 | #72 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,556 of 4,466 ▼ 218 | #90 of 339 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,322 of 4,466 ▼ 438 | #82 of 339 ▼ 25 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #1,360 of 3,998 | #98 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 839 | #324 of 4,938 | #11 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,781 of 4,622 | #229 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #507 of 4,628 | #85 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.8% | #3,503 of 4,789 | #252 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #2,483 of 2,838 | #215 of 242 |
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
839
-55 (-6%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 737
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 839 | 54.6 | 15.4:1 | 52% (435) |
| 2023-24 | 905 | 58.2 | 15.6:1 | 53% (481) |
| 2022-23 | 933 | 57.3 | 16.3:1 | 53% (490) |
| 2020-21 | 894 | 57 | 15.7:1 | 50% (449) |
| 2017-18 | 880 | 51.4 | 17.1:1 | 35% (311) |
| 2015-16 | 775 | 49 | 15.8:1 | 36% (281) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | 40 | 14.4:1 | 22% (125) |
| 2000-01 | 821 | 50 | 16.4:1 | 12% (95) |
| 1990-91 | 737 | 36 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moore Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (880 to 839); teachers up 6% (51.4 to 54.6).
About Moore Elementary School
Moore Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school in ARLINGTON, Texas, administered by ARLINGTON ISD. A federal count lists 839 students at the school, in pre-K through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Texas is about 519, so this school runs 62% above that.
Enrollment across the 75 schools in ARLINGTON ISD totals 53,394 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Moore Elementary School, at 42%. The rest of enrollment is 28% Hispanic, 20% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's diversity index is 70%, meaning two students picked at random have a 70% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 54.6 full-time equivalents, or about 15.4 students per teacher. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 52%. Compared with the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Moore Elementary School is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 52.5% actual, 51.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Federal survey data for Tarrant County show that the median household income is $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 639 public schools in Tarrant County, enrolling about 385,835 students in all.
The shortest distance from Moore Elementary School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Boles Junior High School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Moore Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Moore Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Over 4 years, Moore Elementary School's enrollment declined 6%, to 839.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Moore Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ARLINGTON ISD
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Seguin High SchoolHigh · 1,554 students
Other schools in ARLINGTON
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 3,535 students
- Sam Houston High SchoolHigh · 3,208 students
- Arlington High SchoolHigh · 2,580 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,457 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Mansfield Timberview High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
Other Moore Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 6 states are named Moore Elementary. Moore Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 9.
- Moore Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 873 students
- Moore Elementary SchoolCORPUS CHRISTI, TX · 484 students
- Moore Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 356 students
- Moore ElementaryFranklin, TN · 496 students
- Moore Elementary SchoolBath, PA · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Boles Junior High School0.2 mi · 512
- Corey Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy0.7 mi · 497
- Wood Elementary School1.0 mi · 732
- Arlington Classics Academy - Middle School1.1 mi · 509
- R F Patterson Elementary School1.3 mi · 331
- Iltexas Arlington Middle School1.3 mi · 370
Frequently asked questions
About Moore Elementary SchoolHow large is Moore Elementary School?
Moore Elementary School enrolls approximately 839 students in grades PK-06.
Is Moore Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Moore Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Moore Elementary School have?
Moore Elementary School employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
How diverse is Moore Elementary School?
Moore Elementary School reports a student body of 42% White, 28% Hispanic, 20% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Moore Elementary School public or private?
Moore Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ARLINGTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.