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What's the most underrated thing about NANCY MOSELEY EL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
610
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DALLAS ISD·NCES 481623001320
Nancy Moseley Elementary School
10400 RYLIE RD, DALLAS, TX 75217 · (972) 749-6700 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL610 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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
15.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
588 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 113 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Nancy Moseley Elementary School→Young Women's Steam Academy at Balch Springs Middl→H Grady Spruce High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from DALLAS ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +4.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 4 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 18.0% | 25.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 18.0% | 27.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 47.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | 46.0% |
| 2020-21 | 43.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Nancy Moseley Elementary School
Nancy Moseley Elementary School's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy Moseley Elementary School this school | 610 | 96.4% | 37.6% |
| Central Elementary School LEWISVILLE | 573 | 95.1% | 26.8% |
| Tinsley Elementary School HOUSTON | 590 | 98.5% | 33.0% |
| YES Prep Airline Elementary School HOUSTON | 632 | 94.1% | 46.0% |
| Leslie A Stemmons Elementary School DALLAS | 603 | 95.7% | 41.1% |
| Garcia-Leza Ec/PK/K HOUSTON | 617 | 93.5% | N/A |
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 Nancy Moseley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #2,876 of 4,401 | #220 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,717 of 4,466 ▼ 803 | #226 of 429 ▼ 73 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,855 of 4,466 ▼ 300 | #217 of 429 ▼ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #841 of 3,998 | #116 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 610 | #1,538 of 4,938 | #115 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #2,561 of 4,622 | #235 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.3% | #3,685 of 4,628 | #358 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.4% | #340 of 4,789 | #75 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.0% | #1,093 of 2,838 | #117 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
610
-63 (-9%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 480
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 610 | 40.4 | 15.1:1 | 96% (588) |
| 2023-24 | 663 | 47.5 | 14.0:1 | 96% (636) |
| 2022-23 | 618 | 40.5 | 15.3:1 | 96% (596) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | 44 | 15.3:1 | 95% (636) |
| 2017-18 | 772 | 46.5 | 16.6:1 | 94% (725) |
| 2015-16 | 795 | 47 | 16.9:1 | 96% (763) |
| 2010-11 | 1,143 | 71 | 16.1:1 | 95% (1,081) |
| 2000-01 | 638 | 41 | 15.6:1 | 77% (492) |
| 1990-91 | 480 | 28 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nancy Moseley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (772 to 610); teachers down 13% (46.5 to 40.4).
About Nancy Moseley Elementary School
Nancy Moseley Elementary School is an elementary school in DALLAS, Texas, reachable at (972) 749-6700. It had 610 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
Enrollment across the 240 schools in DALLAS ISD totals 140,630 students.
At Nancy Moseley Elementary School, 88% of students are Hispanic. It is also 9% Black. For comparison, the population of Dallas County is roughly 41% Hispanic. The diversity index for Nancy Moseley Elementary School is 22%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 40.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is similar, at 15.1:1. On the income side, 96% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County is 19 points.
Nancy Moseley Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 42% of Texas public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Nancy Moseley Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 37.6% actual against 32.5% predicted.
Dallas County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 771 public schools in the county, enrolling about 459,645, Nancy Moseley Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Nancy Moseley Elementary School is closest to A+ Academy Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Nancy Moseley Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nancy Moseley Elementary School's average proficiency of 37.6% compares with 33.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Nancy Moseley Elementary School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 9%, from 673 to 610.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 DALLAS ISD
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
- Moises E Molina High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- Woodrow Wilson High SchoolHigh · 1,832 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
- A+ Academy Elementary School0.2 mi · 888
- Richard Lagow Elementary School0.9 mi · 415
- Ebby Halliday Elementary School1.0 mi · 722
- A+ Secondary School1.3 mi · 790
- H Grady Spruce High School1.6 mi · 1,370
- Julius Dorsey Leadership Academy1.9 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Nancy Moseley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Nancy Moseley Elementary School?
Nancy Moseley Elementary School enrolls approximately 610 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Nancy Moseley Elementary School serve?
Nancy Moseley Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Nancy Moseley Elementary School have?
Nancy Moseley Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nancy Moseley Elementary School?
At Nancy Moseley Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 88% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Nancy Moseley Elementary School public or private?
Nancy Moseley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DALLAS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.