Moran Prairie Elementary

Moran Prairie Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school in Spokane, Washington, one of the schools within Spokane School District. The school caters to 462 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 22% above the state mean of about 380.

Spokane School District comprises 62 schools with combined enrollment of 28,853 students; Moran Prairie Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Moran Prairie Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%); the rest is composed of 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. Compared to Spokane County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 36% of students at Moran Prairie Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Spokane County (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Moran Prairie Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 56.0%; this one delivers 67.9%, a residual of +12.0 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Spokane County) reports that median household income runs about $78,582, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Spokane County runs 187 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,588 students), of which Moran Prairie Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Mullan Road Elementary, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Moran Prairie Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 53.1%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Moran Prairie Elementary has fell 16%, going from 549 students in 2018 to 462 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.