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Moore Square Middle

Wake County Schools · Wake County

Address
301 South Person Street, Raleigh, NC 27601
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Grades served
6-8
NCES school ID
370472002654
594
Students
46.7
Teachers (FTE)
12.7:1
Student–teacher ratio
B
Performance grade
70
Performance score
Not Met
Academic growth
16.6%
Chronically absent
29.4%
Economically disadvantaged

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Moore Square Middle's own events for the year — school events, holidays, breaks and teacher workdays — with a printable PDF and a calendar file you can subscribe to.

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Attendance zone

Wake County Schools

The area Wake County Schools assigns to Moore Square Middle. Zones change, and addresses near a boundary are often decided case by case - confirm with the district before making plans.

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Zone boundary published by Wake County Schools as “base_attendance_areas_all”, last updated 2026-07-01.

How Moore Square Middle compares

Its 2024–25 performance score of 70 against comparable schools. Percentile is the share of that group scoring lower.

All North Carolina public schools72nd percentile
Higher than 72% · rank 640 of 2,483
North Carolina middle schools86th percentile
Higher than 86% · rank 56 of 456
Wake County Schools48th percentile
Higher than 48% · rank 93 of 189

Chronic absence is lower here than at 70% of the 2,482 North Carolina schools reporting it.

Performance score since 2014

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Score up 17 points since 2014 (53 → 70). Met or exceeded expected growth in 6 of 10 years. No grades were issued for 2020 or 2021.

YearScoreGradeGrowthAchievement
202570BNot Met73.3
202473BNot Met74.2
202376BMet76.2
202271BNot Met73.9
201969CMet67.8
201868CMet64.6
201765CMet61
201657CNot Met56
201559CMet53
201453DMet45

Rankings and trends are calculated by Back To School NC from NC DPI report card results; NC DPI publishes each school's own figures but not its standing among peers. See Wake County Schools for district totals.

Student Demographics

White 50%Black 28.45%Hispanic 12.12%Two+ Races 5.39%Asian 3.37%Native Am. 0.67%
White: 50% (297) Black: 28.45% (169) Hispanic: 12.12% (72) Two+ Races: 5.39% (32) Asian: 3.37% (20) Native Am.: 0.67% (4)
White50%
Black28.45%
Hispanic12.12%
Two+ Races5.39%
Asian3.37%
Native Am.0.67%

Gender Distribution

Total Students: 594
49.33%293 Female
50.67%301 Male

Student counts for Moore Square Middle, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 594 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.

Students

Regular attendance 83.4%Chronically absent 16.6%
Regular attendance: 83.4% (509) Chronically absent: 16.6% (101)
Regular attendance83.4%
Chronically absent16.6%

Student Population

Students Counted: 610
29.4%Economically disadvantaged
2.69%16 English learners

Student indicators for Moore Square Middle, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 610 students DPI counted. A student is chronically absent after missing 10% or more of the days enrolled; the other measures overlap it and each other.

Teachers

Experienced 88.11%Beginning 11.89%
Experienced: 88.11% (42) Beginning: 11.89% (6)
Experienced88.11%
Beginning11.89%

Licensing & Certification

Total Teachers: 47.4 FTE
100%Fully licensed
0%Emergency or provisional
14.76%7 teachers certified

Teacher figures for Moore Square Middle, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Counts are full-time equivalents, not headcount. Licensing and certification percentages are each out of 47.4 FTE.

NC School Report Card

2024-2025

Student performance by subject

SubjectGrade-level proficientCareer & college ready
Reading (grades 3–8)74%54.1%
Science (grades 5 & 8)73%63%
Mathematics (grades 3–8)71.4%55.1%

Grade-level proficient is levels 3–5; career and college ready is the higher bar of levels 4–5.

Achievement levels

SubjectNot ProficientLevel 3Level 4Level 5
Mathematics (grades 3–8)28.6%16.3%31.7%23.5%
Reading (grades 3–8)26%19.9%28.6%25.5%
Science (grades 5 & 8)27%10%38.5%24.5%

Academic growth

MeasureStatusGrowth indexScore
OverallDoes Not Meet Expected Growth-4.7158.8

Teachers

Reported as full-time-equivalent staff, so figures carry decimals.

MeasureValue
Total teachers47.43
Experienced teachers41.79 (88%)
Beginning teachers5.64 (12%)
Holding a standard license47.43 (100%)
Emergency or provisional licenses0 (0%)
National Board certified7

Students

MeasureValue
Chronically absent (101 of 610)16.6%
Economically disadvantaged29.4%
English learners making progress (of 16)5%

School environment

MeasureValue
Devices per student0.61
Library books per student22.94
Students have device accessYes
Devices may go homeYes
Wireless access points per classroom1.36

Federal & state designations

DesignationApplies
Low-performing schoolNo
Recurring low-performingNo
CSI — low performingNo
CSI — low graduation rateNo
TSI — at riskNo
TSI — consistently underperformingYes

CSI is Comprehensive Support and Improvement; TSI is Targeted Support and Improvement, both federal ESSA categories.

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First page of the Moore Square Middle report card PDF

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Moore Square Middle's 2024-2025 report card as an interactive PDF — bookmarked sections, donut and bar charts for performance, attendance and achievement levels, and the NC DPI and NCES sources cited with working links.

Enrollment and staffing come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), U.S. Department of Education for 2024-2025; performance, attendance and economic-need figures are the state's NC School Report Card for the same year. Contact the school to confirm current details.