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MORAN SCHOOL

900 MAIN AVE, MORAN, TX 76464 · (325) 945-3101 · Shackelford County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL115 STUDENTS
Enrollment
115
Combined
STATE 485
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
16 FTE teachers
STATE 11.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
97 students
STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Pre-K
7
Kindergarten
6
Grade 1
6
Grade 2
6
Grade 3
9
Grade 4
6
Grade 5
6
Grade 6
8
Grade 7
13
Grade 8
12
Grade 9
8
Grade 10
10
Grade 11
8
Grade 12
10
Student demographics
White
10188%
STATE 24%
Hispanic
109%
STATE 54%
Two+
33%
STATE 3%
Pacific Islander
11%
STATE 0%
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
Male
5649%
Female
5951%

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Test scores

STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
36.0%
TX avg 51.8%
Mathematics
17.0%
TX avg 42.0%

What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42.

Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
115
-14 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
was 7.4:1
% White
88%
was 88%
% Hispanic
9%
was 9%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About MORAN SCHOOL

MORAN SCHOOL is a minimally staffed all-grades campus in MORAN, Texas, one of the schools within MORAN ISD. The school instructs 115 students in grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 76% leaner than the state mean of about 485.

MORAN SCHOOL is a school of MORAN ISD, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, MORAN SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder is composed of 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.7:1 average. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Shackelford County's rate of about 48%.

With demographic context factored in, MORAN SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.0%; this one delivers 24.6%.

In the surrounding community, Shackelford County reports that median household income runs about $73,047, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Shackelford County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 589 students), MORAN SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ALBANY JR-SR H S, roughly 14.1 miles away. On composite proficiency, MORAN SCHOOL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 51.8%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MORAN SCHOOL has shrank 11%, going from 129 students in 2018 to 115 in 2025.

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Shackelford County at a glance

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Population
3,175
Census ACS
Median income
$73,047
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
3
589 students

Quick facts

School name
MORAN SCHOOL
District
MORAN ISD
Address
900 MAIN AVE, MORAN, TX 76464
Phone
(325) 945-3101
County
Shackelford County
Level
Combined
Grade range
PK–12
Total enrollment
115
Teachers (FTE)
16
Student–teacher ratio
7.0:1
Free/Reduced lunch
97 (84%)
Locale
43-Rural: Remote
NCES ID
483132003518
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About MORAN SCHOOL
How many students attend MORAN SCHOOL?
MORAN SCHOOL enrolls approximately 115 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does MORAN SCHOOL serve?
MORAN SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
How many teachers does MORAN SCHOOL have?
MORAN SCHOOL employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MORAN SCHOOL?
At MORAN SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 88% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
What district is MORAN SCHOOL in?
MORAN SCHOOL is part of MORAN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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