Enrollment
356
Elementary
DISTRICT 495 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432005568
MOORE EL
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
356
-110 (-24%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 12.8:1
% White
9%
was 6%
% Hispanic
72%
was 63%
% Black
10%
was 9%
% Asian
6%
was 18%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MOORE EL
MOORE EL is an elementary school of close-knit scale in HOUSTON, Texas, part of PASADENA ISD, hosting 356 students in grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so MOORE EL sits 31% smaller than that benchmark.
PASADENA ISD comprises 67 schools with combined enrollment of 46,491 students; MOORE EL is among them.
In terms of who attends, MOORE EL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%; the rest looks like 10% Black, 9% White, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MOORE EL has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MOORE EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, MOORE EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 44.9%; MOORE EL posts 58.9%, +14.0 points above that line.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household income runs about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. MOORE EL is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
Nearest neighbor: DOBIE H S, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MOORE EL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 52.3%.
The school occupies a downtown site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MOORE EL has edged down 24%, going from 466 students in 2018 to 356 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment edged down from 18% to 6% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.
On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 H SHigh · 3,692 students
- PASADENA MEMORIAL H SHigh · 3,177 students
- SAM RAYBURN H SHigh · 2,627 students
- PASADENA H SHigh · 2,217 students
- SOUTH HOUSTON H SHigh · 2,185 students
- DR KIRK LEWIS CAREER AND TECHNICAL H SCombined · 1,486 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,284 students
- ELSIK H SHigh · 4,057 students
- SUMMER CREEK H SHigh · 3,972 students
- HASTINGS H SHigh · 3,786 students
- C E KING H SHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- DOBIE H S0.3 mi · 3,692
- MELILLO MIDDLE0.8 mi · 612
- ATKINSON EL1.1 mi · 454
- FRAZIER EL1.2 mi · 439
- THOMPSON INT1.2 mi · 835
- SOUTH BELT EL1.3 mi · 690
Frequently asked questions
About MOORE ELHow large is MOORE EL?
MOORE EL enrolls approximately 356 students in grades PK-04.
Is MOORE EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MOORE EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MOORE EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MOORE EL is approximately 10.8:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at MOORE EL?
Student demographics at MOORE EL are roughly 9% White, 72% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is MOORE EL public or private?
MOORE EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PASADENA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.