Enrollment
356
Elementary
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432005568
Moore Elementary School
8880 S BLUFF, HOUSTON, TX 77089 · (713) 740-0656 · Harris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL356 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
240 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 50 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 8% smaller than its 4th grade class (59).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
63.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 35.0% | 26.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 31.0% | 26.0% | 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 | 63.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 52.0% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 34.0% | 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 45% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 (58.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moore Elementary School this school | 356 | 67.4% | 58.9% |
| Pflugerville Elementary School PFLUGERVILLE | 381 | 64.3% | 33.7% |
| Williams Elementary School AUSTIN | 377 | 71.9% | 42.7% |
| Frazier Elementary School HOUSTON | 439 | 71.3% | 59.6% |
| Love Elementary School HOUSTON | 340 | 64.4% | 38.2% |
| Oak Hills Terrace Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 392 | 71.7% | 32.3% |
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 Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #822 of 4,401 | #92 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,792 of 4,466 ▼ 699 | #240 of 625 ▼ 114 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #1,200 of 4,466 ▼ 70 | #139 of 625 ▼ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #2,231 of 3,998 | #347 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 356 | #3,832 of 4,938 | #577 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #101 of 4,622 | #13 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #2,696 of 4,628 | #370 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.4% | #2,696 of 4,789 | #492 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.6% | #890 of 2,838 | #174 of 441 |
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
356
-34 (-9%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 716
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 356 | 33 | 10.8:1 | 67% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 355 | 32 | 11.1:1 | 75% (265) |
| 2022-23 | 388 | 34 | 11.4:1 | 77% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | 32 | 12.2:1 | 77% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 36.3 | 12.8:1 | 60% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 521 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 57% (297) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 38 | 14.6:1 | 15% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 644 | 41 | 15.7:1 | 24% (153) |
| 1990-91 | 716 | 38 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moore Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (466 to 356); teachers down 9% (36.3 to 33).
About Moore Elementary School
Moore Elementary School is an elementary school located in HOUSTON, Texas, in Harris County. The school reports 356 students in pre-K through 4. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 31% smaller than average.
PASADENA ISD has 67 schools and 46,491 students, and Moore Elementary School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Moore Elementary School is 72% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 10% Black, 9% White, and 6% Asian. Census figures show Harris County is about 44% Hispanic. Moore Elementary School has a diversity index of 46%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 33 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Moore Elementary School was 10.8:1. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. Moore Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 67%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Moore Elementary School beats its 44.9% prediction with 58.9%, a top-10% result in Texas.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Harris County show that median household income is about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 1,205 public schools in Harris County, with a combined enrollment of about 886,911.
The closest public school, Dobie High School, is about 0.3 miles from Moore Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Moore Elementary School is 3rd on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal counts put enrollment at 390 in 2020-21 and 356 in 2024-25, a 9% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.2:1 in 2020-21 to 10.8:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PASADENA ISD
- Dobie High SchoolHigh · 3,692 students
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- South Houston High SchoolHigh · 2,185 students
- Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High SchoolCombined · 1,486 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Other Moore Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 6 states are named Moore Elementary. Moore Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 9.
- Moore Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 873 students
- Moore Elementary SchoolARLINGTON, TX · 839 students
- Moore Elementary SchoolCORPUS CHRISTI, TX · 484 students
- Moore ElementaryFranklin, TN · 496 students
- Moore Elementary SchoolBath, PA · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Dobie High School0.3 mi · 3,692
- Melillo Middle School0.8 mi · 612
- Atkinson Elementary School1.1 mi · 454
- Frazier Elementary School1.2 mi · 439
- Thompson Intermediate School1.2 mi · 835
- South Belt Elementary School1.3 mi · 690
Frequently asked questions
About Moore Elementary SchoolHow large is Moore Elementary School?
Moore Elementary School enrolls approximately 356 students in grades PK-04.
Is Moore Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Moore Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Moore Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Moore Elementary School is approximately 10.8:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Moore Elementary School?
Student demographics at Moore Elementary School are roughly 9% White, 72% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Moore Elementary School public or private?
Moore Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by PASADENA ISD.
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