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Enrollment
484
Elementary
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORPUS CHRISTI ISD·NCES 481527006529
Moore Elementary School
6121 DURANT DR, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78414 · (361) 878-2660 · Nueces County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL484 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
15.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
439 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 77 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 29.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 23.0% | 26.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 (38.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moore Elementary School this school | 484 | 90.7% | 38.3% |
| Joy James Academy of Leadership FORT WORTH | 471 | 91.5% | 41.2% |
| Glenwood Elementary School AMARILLO | 455 | 90.5% | 46.5% |
| Blanton Elementary School ARLINGTON | 456 | 90.8% | 23.6% |
| Edgewood Elementary School HOUSTON | 503 | 92.2% | 32.3% |
| McMullan Elementary School CHANNELVIEW | 482 | 90.0% | 32.0% |
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 Nueces County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #2,804 of 4,401 | #31 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #2,601 of 4,466 ▼ 52 | #31 of 51 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,362 of 4,466 ▲ 185 | #29 of 51 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #2,751 of 3,998 | #25 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 484 | #2,688 of 4,938 | #24 of 58 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #2,616 of 4,622 | #22 of 53 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.1% | #3,564 of 4,628 | #32 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.7% | #991 of 4,789 | #16 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #1,382 of 2,838 | #14 of 38 |
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
484
-26 (-5%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 864
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 484 | 31.9 | 15.2:1 | 91% (439) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 32 | 15.9:1 | 89% (456) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 30.9 | 16.3:1 | 90% (452) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 34 | 15.0:1 | 88% (450) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 35.8 | 16.4:1 | 88% (517) |
| 2015-16 | 650 | 34 | 19.1:1 | 68% (439) |
| 2010-11 | 604 | 35 | 17.3:1 | 81% (487) |
| 2000-01 | 624 | 34 | 18.4:1 | 77% (481) |
| 1990-91 | 864 | 45 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moore Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (587 to 484); teachers down 11% (35.8 to 31.9).
About Moore Elementary School
Moore Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 484 students enrolled.
The CORPUS CHRISTI ISD system has 54 schools and 33,103 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Moore Elementary School is Hispanic, at 86%. The rest of enrollment is 7% White, 4% Black, and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Nueces County, the Hispanic share is about 63%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 26%.
The school had 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is similar, at 15.1:1. The school reported 91% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 67% average among public schools in Nueces County.
Moore Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 43% of Texas public elementary schools.
The model predicts 35.0% for a school in Texas with Moore Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Moore Elementary School posts 38.3%.
Nueces County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $66,897 a year, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Moore Elementary School shares Nueces County with 123 other public schools.
About 0.6 miles separate Moore Elementary School from the closest public school, Nueces Co J J Alternative Education Program. The five-mile area around Moore Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Moore Elementary School at 7th of 7.
NCES assigns Moore Elementary School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 484, from 510 in 2020-21.
People who know Moore Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Nueces County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,955
Census ACS
Median income
$66,897
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
124
59,619 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CORPUS CHRISTI ISD
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,026 students
- Carroll High SchoolHigh · 1,928 students
- Ray High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- Roy Miller H S and Metro School of DesignHigh · 1,424 students
- Moody High SchoolHigh · 1,326 students
- King High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
Other schools in CORPUS CHRISTI
- Sst Corpus ChristiCombined · 2,343 students
- Veterans Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,026 students
- Flour Bluff High SchoolHigh · 1,940 students
- Carroll High SchoolHigh · 1,928 students
- Ray High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- Roy Miller H S and Metro School of DesignHigh · 1,424 students
Other Moore Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 6 states are named Moore Elementary. Moore Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 9.
- Moore Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 873 students
- Moore Elementary SchoolARLINGTON, TX · 839 students
- Moore Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 356 students
- Moore ElementaryFranklin, TN · 496 students
- Moore Elementary SchoolBath, PA · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Nueces Co J J Alternative Education Program0.6 mi · 2
- Nueces Co J J Alternative Education Program0.6 mi · 3
- Faye Webb Elementary School1.0 mi · 634
- Veterans Memorial High School1.2 mi · 2,026
- Kaffie Middle School1.2 mi · 1,154
- Club Estates1.4 mi · 406
Frequently asked questions
About Moore Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Moore Elementary School?
Moore Elementary School enrolls approximately 484 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Moore Elementary School serve?
Moore Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Moore Elementary School have?
Moore Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Moore Elementary School?
At Moore Elementary School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 86% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Moore Elementary School public or private?
Moore Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CORPUS CHRISTI ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.