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 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.4%, the actual is 56.8%, a residual of +12.4 points.

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 4th 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.

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