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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at MOSS HAVEN EL this year?
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Enrollment
467
Elementary
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHARDSON ISD·NCES 483702004142
Moss Haven Elementary School
9202 MOSS FARM LN, DALLAS, TX 75243 · (469) 593-2200 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL467 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
91 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 19 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 50% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
76.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +45.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
59.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 45 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 51.0% | 25.0% | 8.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 33.0% | 26.0% | 16.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 76.0% | 59.0% |
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 16.0% | 18.0% |
| 2021-22 | 0.0% | 7.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Moss Haven Elementary School
Moss Haven Elementary School's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Haven Elementary School this school | 467 | 19.5% | 65.5% |
| Valley Creek Elementary School MCKINNEY | 498 | 22.1% | 57.8% |
| Tanglewood Elementary School FORT WORTH | 575 | 19.5% | 75.2% |
| Grace Hartman Elementary School ROCKWALL | 477 | 16.1% | 65.3% |
| Mt Peak Elementary School MIDLOTHIAN | 567 | 25.0% | 55.0% |
| Earl & Lottie Wolford Elementary School MCKINNEY | 389 | 16.2% | 76.3% |
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 Moss Haven Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #498 of 4,401 | #33 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,024 of 4,466 ▲ 147 | #77 of 429 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #445 of 4,466 ▲ 115 | #40 of 429 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 467 | #2,852 of 4,938 | #254 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #640 of 4,622 | #36 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #2,004 of 4,628 | #135 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.5% | #4,443 of 4,789 | #418 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #2,469 of 2,838 | #247 of 274 |
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
467
-31 (-6%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 521
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 467 | 36.8 | 12.7:1 | 19% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 488 | 40 | 12.2:1 | 17% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 42 | 12.4:1 | 25% (131) |
| 2020-21 | 498 | 38 | 13.1:1 | 24% (121) |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 32.5 | 15.1:1 | 17% (85) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 19% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 453 | 30 | 15.1:1 | 32% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 484 | 35 | 13.8:1 | 30% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 521 | 30 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moss Haven Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (491 to 467); teachers up 13% (32.5 to 36.8).
About Moss Haven Elementary School
Moss Haven Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in DALLAS, Texas, administered by RICHARDSON ISD. It serves 467 students in pre-K through 5.
A total of 55 schools make up RICHARDSON ISD, with 38,526 students enrolled.
At 64%, White students outnumber all other groups at Moss Haven Elementary School combined. After that, the student body is 16% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Dallas County, the White share is about 35%. By the diversity index, Moss Haven Elementary School comes in at 54%.
Moss Haven Elementary School's 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.7:1. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 19%. The gap from the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County is 58 points.
The allk12 Grade for Moss Haven Elementary School is A-. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 81% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Moss Haven Elementary School would score about 65.4%. It scores 65.5%, within a point of that figure.
Dallas County has about 2,621,179 residents, and median household income is about $76,547, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Dallas County number 771 and enroll about 459,645.
The nearest public school is Forest Meadow Middle School, at about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Moss Haven Elementary School ranks 1st in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Moss Haven Elementary School went from 498 students to 467.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Moss Haven Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RICHARDSON ISD
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Richardson High SchoolHigh · 2,669 students
- Berkner High SchoolHigh · 2,350 students
- Pearce High SchoolHigh · 2,317 students
- Forest Meadow Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,211 students
- Lake Highlands Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,114 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- Forest Meadow Middle School0.5 mi · 1,211
- Skyview Elementary School0.8 mi · 802
- Stults Road Elementary School0.8 mi · 552
- Merriman Park Elementary School1.1 mi · 446
- Lake Highlands High School1.1 mi · 2,972
- Lee A McShan Jr Elementary School1.2 mi · 670
Frequently asked questions
About Moss Haven Elementary SchoolHow large is Moss Haven Elementary School?
Moss Haven Elementary School enrolls approximately 467 students in grades PK-05.
Is Moss Haven Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Moss Haven Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Moss Haven Elementary School have?
Moss Haven Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Moss Haven Elementary School?
Student demographics at Moss Haven Elementary School are roughly 64% White, 14% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Moss Haven Elementary School?
Moss Haven Elementary School is overseen by RICHARDSON ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.