Enrollment
304
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO ISD·NCES 481830008209
Moreno Elementary School
2300 SAN DIEGO, EL PASO, TX 79930 · (915) 832-6650 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL304 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
267 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 24 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 28.0% | 29.0% | 33.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 52.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Moreno Elementary School
Moreno Elementary School's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moreno Elementary School this school | 304 | 87.8% | 36.5% |
| L G Alarcon Elementary School SAN ELIZARIO | 297 | 87.2% | 31.3% |
| Benavides Heights Elementary School EAGLE PASS | 308 | 87.7% | 37.0% |
| Zavala Elementary School CRYSTAL CITY | 300 | 89.7% | 44.3% |
| Deanna Davenport Elementary School CANUTILLO | 303 | 85.8% | 33.8% |
| San Luis Elementary School EAGLE PASS | 314 | 88.5% | 37.0% |
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 Moreno Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #3,008 of 4,401 | #100 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,096 of 4,466 ▼ 870 | #109 of 133 ▼ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,506 of 4,466 ▼ 53 | #93 of 133 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #845 of 3,998 | #19 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 304 | #4,172 of 4,938 | #122 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #58 of 4,622 | #2 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.1% | #4,222 of 4,628 | #91 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.8% | #1,305 of 4,789 | #42 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.7% | #224 of 2,838 | #11 of 93 |
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
304
-87 (-22%) vs 2020
-21% since 2000-01, when it was 383
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 304 | 29.2 | 10.4:1 | 88% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 30.9 | 12.8:1 | 88% (349) |
| 2022-23 | 392 | 31.8 | 12.3:1 | 94% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 34 | 11.5:1 | 95% (373) |
| 2017-18 | 488 | 35.1 | 13.9:1 | 92% (449) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 35 | 14.0:1 | 97% (474) |
| 2010-11 | 534 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 92% (490) |
| 2000-01 | 383 | 26 | 14.7:1 | 89% (340) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moreno Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (488 to 304); teachers down 17% (35.1 to 29.2).
About Moreno Elementary School
Moreno Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in EL PASO, Texas. Total enrollment is 304 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
EL PASO ISD has 76 schools; together they serve 48,118 students.
Moreno Elementary School is 96% Hispanic by enrollment. That compares with about 83% Hispanic among all El Paso County residents. The diversity index for Moreno Elementary School is 7%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 10.4:1. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 4.7 students per teacher. By family income, 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in El Paso County is 74%.
Moreno Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (36.5%) and its predicted rate (36.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
In the wider El Paso County area, median household income comes to about $59,806, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of people live in poverty. El Paso County's 273 public schools enroll about 165,404 students and include Moreno Elementary School.
Moreno Montessori is less than a tenth of a mile from Moreno Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, Moreno Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 391 to 304, a 22% drop. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.5:1 to 10.4:1.
The allk12 page for Moreno Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
870,779
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
273
165,404 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EL PASO ISD
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Chapin High SchoolHigh · 1,766 students
- El Paso High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Hornedo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,442 students
- Don Haskins PK-8Elementary · 1,405 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
Other Moreno Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Moreno Elementary. Moreno Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Moreno Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 697 students
- Moreno ElementaryMoreno Valley, CA · 809 students
- Moreno ElementaryMontclair, CA · 428 students
Nearby schools
- Moreno Montessori0.0 mi · 112
- Young Women's Steam Research & Preparatory Academy0.5 mi · 443
- College Career Technology Academy (ccta)0.5 mi · 151
- Telles Academy0.5 mi · 26
- Lamar Elementary School1.0 mi · 265
- About Face Program Elementary School1.0 mi · 3
Frequently asked questions
About Moreno Elementary SchoolHow large is Moreno Elementary School?
Moreno Elementary School enrolls approximately 304 students in grades PK-05.
Is Moreno Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Moreno Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Moreno Elementary School?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Moreno Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Moreno Elementary School?
At Moreno Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Moreno Elementary School public or private?
Moreno Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by EL PASO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.