Central Es, Moore OK - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Central Es

Central Elementary in Moore, Oklahoma, serves students from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. It is a neighborhood school within the Moore Public Schools district, a district that has recently made a significant investment in teacher salaries, raising the pay schedule considerably over the past two school years. This is a move that can directly affect the quality of instruction in the classroom, a point a family may want to weigh. District revenue per student has also grown over the last four years, pointing to a steady financial commitment to its schools.

The school itself sits in the middle of Moore, a city that has transformed from a small town into a rapidly growing suburb between Oklahoma City and Norman. Its built environment is suburban and car-dependent, shaped by major highways like Interstate 35. Civic life is spread across the community, with schools distributed through residential subdivisions rather than concentrated in a single area. Moore has a public library, several parks, a community center, and a community pool. Large employers include a hospital and a technology center, and retail plays a big role in the local economy.

Central Elementary is a large school for its grade band, with an enrollment that reflects a diverse student body. The largest share of students is white, followed by a substantial Hispanic population, a meaningful number of students who identify as two or more races, and smaller shares of Black, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Asian students. Information on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, as well as the number of students with disabilities or who are English learners, was not available in the data provided.

State testing data for the 2024-2025 school year tells a straightforward story about academic performance. In math, the share of students scoring proficient or above was low across every tested grade, with the strongest performance, still modest, coming from third graders and the weakest from fifth graders. Reading and English language arts results followed a similar pattern. Again, third graders and sixth graders showed the highest proficiency rates within the school, but the overall levels were low. Fifth grade science results were also low. When compared with other schools in the Cleveland County area, Central Elementary's overall proficiency across subjects and grades sat in the bottom quarter of the comparison set. A parent looking at these results will want to understand what academic support and intervention programs the school offers, especially in math and reading, and how the school is working to move these numbers. Because the state recently changed the cut scores used to define proficiency, it is difficult to say whether these results represent a change from prior years.

There is no graduation rate to report because Central Elementary serves only elementary and middle grades. Information on chronic absenteeism, discipline, course access, and staffing were not available in the data shared. A parent may want to ask the school directly about class sizes and the availability of specialists. Programs outside the core curriculum were not listed.

Central Elementary is a large, racially diverse school in a growing suburban district that has invested seriously in its teaching staff. The academic results on state assessments are the central challenge a family will need to investigate. For a family that values a neighborhood school with a broad cross-section of the community and is prepared to be proactive about academic support, this school presents a setting worth exploring in person.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 322%

School 22% · District 40% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 417%

School 17% · District 43% · ▼ 26 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 57%

School 7% · District 36% · ▼ 29 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

Grade 616%

School 16% · District 37% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 319%

School 19% · District 33% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 411%

School 11% · District 30% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 510%

School 10% · District 34% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 623%

School 23% · District 40% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Science

Grade 517%

School 17% · District 39% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

This schoolMOORE, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income46%Higher-income62%15 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income22%Higher-income33%11 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income28%Higher-income54%26 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income26%Higher-income54%28 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income17%Higher-income17%0 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income16%Higher-income46%30 pp gap