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Marion C. Moore School

Public, Magnet Grades 6-12
247th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 254 Kentucky High Schools
Better than 3% of Kentucky high schools
Summary

Marion C. Moore School is a public magnet high school serving grades 6-12 in Louisville, Kentucky, with an enrollment of 2,031 students. The school is part of the Jefferson County school district, which is ranked 140 out of 157 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite spending more per student than many nearby schools, Marion C. Moore School consistently ranks in the bottom quarter of Marion C. Moore School consistently ranks in the bottom quarter of Kentucky high schools, with a ranking between 197-251 out of 254-295 schools over the past 10 years. The school's performance on state assessments (KSA) is significantly below the Jefferson County and Kentucky state averages across all subject areas and grade levels. Additionally, Marion C. Moore School struggles to serve its diverse student population, ranking in the bottom 25% of Kentucky high schools for various student subgroups, including female, male, Asian, African American, Hispanic, and white students, as well as students with disabilities, English language learners, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

The school's challenges extend beyond academic performance, with an extremely high chronic absenteeism rate ranging from 25-48.2% in recent years, significantly above the state and district averages. This, in turn, contributes to a slightly below-average 4-year graduation rate of 88-93.5% and a higher-than-average dropout rate of 1.1-2.6%. While the nearby schools in the Jefferson County district, such as Seneca High, Fern Creek High, and Southern High, also struggle academically, they generally outperform Marion C. Moore School on key metrics, suggesting the school may face unique challenges.

1,892
Students ?
14.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$22,955
Per pupil spending ?
67.7%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 6415 Outer Loop
       Louisville, KY  40228

(502) 485-8304

District: Jefferson County


Feeder schools for Marion C. Moore School:

Elementary:    Hartstern Elementary
    Rangeland Elementary
    Smyrna Elementary School
    Wilt Elementary
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
33.4%
African American:
32.1%
White:
23.9%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 27th percentile in 2015 → 3rd in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Kentucky average (19% vs 44% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)
!Graduation rate below the Kentucky average (88% vs 94%)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school19%
District avg32%
Kentucky avg44%
Middle school
313th of 320
Kentucky public middle schools ?
Bottom 2%▼ down 7 pts since 2015
From bottom 9% (2015) to bottom 2% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
247th of 254
Kentucky public high schools ?
Bottom 3%▼ down 25 pts since 2015
From bottom 27% (2015) to bottom 3% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Kentucky High Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
17th of 22High Schools in the Jefferson County
140th of 157Jefferson County among Kentucky districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20254.5313 of 3202.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.0318 of 3241.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.6315 of 3273.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.4307 of 3204.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.2274 of 2822.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.8307 of 3358.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.2301 of 3226.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20178.9310 of 3306.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201612.9306 of 3317.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201513.8307 of 3378.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201410.8311 of 3357.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201310.0311 of 3357.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201212.9298 of 3196.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20116.4289 of 3044.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20103.8289 of 2993.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20093.1283 of 2892.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20085.5282 of 2871.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20073.8281 of 2841.1%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202514.476 of 838.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.372 of 8010.0%★☆☆☆☆
202312.874 of 796.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.472 of 8414.3%★☆☆☆☆
201923.882 of 9614.6%★☆☆☆☆
201821.585 of 9611.5%★☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202522.225 of 3221.9%★☆☆☆☆
20249.924 of 254.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.223 of 244.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.623 of 230.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201837.124 of 3531.4%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202217.4106 of 1114.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201925.5197 of 22612.8%★☆☆☆☆
201826.1192 of 21912.3%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202419.39 of 90.0%★☆☆☆☆
202323.04 of 520.0%★★★☆☆
202213.26 of 60.0%★★☆☆☆
201932.129 of 3823.7%★☆☆☆☆
201843.318 of 3548.6%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20254.4292 of 2982.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.3296 of 3001.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.3285 of 2953.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.7292 of 2992.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20198.0288 of 2993.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.4272 of 2906.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202513.8120 of 1318.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.3119 of 1233.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202320.9105 of 11911.8%★☆☆☆☆
202217.7107 of 12010.8%★☆☆☆☆
201927.498 of 12018.3%★☆☆☆☆
201829.993 of 11619.8%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
201920.652 of 5810.3%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20257.6307 of 3142.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.1304 of 3112.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.0284 of 3098.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.3290 of 3106.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.1211 of 2245.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.0285 of 3035.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.5261 of 2858.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20254.0298 of 3031.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.9300 of 3041.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.4299 of 3072.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.8296 of 3042.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.9215 of 2223.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.2287 of 3035.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.2283 of 2933.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20244.499 of 990.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.395 of 950.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202223.790 of 988.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.285 of 872.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20198.7278 of 2945.4%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20253.6310 of 3141.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.1311 of 3161.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.7309 of 3203.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202217.0278 of 31411.5%★☆☆☆☆
201913.3245 of 2667.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201817.0231 of 2538.7%☆☆☆☆☆
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20253.1247 of 2542.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.4251 of 29013.4%★☆☆☆☆
20239.5244 of 27611.6%★☆☆☆☆
202210.7237 of 27112.5%★☆☆☆☆
202111.5241 of 2679.7%★☆☆☆☆
20199.1244 of 28514.4%★☆☆☆☆
20188.7233 of 27114.0%★☆☆☆☆
201728.8222 of 28722.6%★☆☆☆☆
201640.5197 of 28831.6%★★☆☆☆
201533.1214 of 29527.5%★☆☆☆☆
201433.3210 of 29027.6%★☆☆☆☆
201329.0222 of 29123.7%★☆☆☆☆
201222.7199 of 22913.1%★☆☆☆☆
201131.8170 of 22624.8%★☆☆☆☆
201019.1194 of 22313.0%★☆☆☆☆
200918.3197 of 2179.2%☆☆☆☆☆
200825.3180 of 21717.1%★☆☆☆☆
200721.3185 of 21714.7%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20257.373 of 752.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.784 of 939.7%★☆☆☆☆
202317.177 of 837.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202217.877 of 8913.5%★☆☆☆☆
202137.946 of 7841.0%★★☆☆☆
201916.981 of 899.0%★☆☆☆☆
201812.388 of 946.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202413.723 of 2714.8%★☆☆☆☆
202324.421 of 2619.2%★☆☆☆☆
202219.724 of 2814.3%★☆☆☆☆
201923.317 of 2326.1%★★☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202257.834 of 15377.8%★★★★☆
201924.8137 of 16617.5%★☆☆☆☆
201814.0165 of 1660.6%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202447.521 of 4856.3%★★★☆☆
202347.215 of 4163.4%★★★☆☆
202250.214 of 3762.2%★★★☆☆
201953.711 of 2962.1%★★★☆☆
201833.220 of 3033.3%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20251.0236 of 2391.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.5246 of 2615.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.8235 of 2537.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.1240 of 2524.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202114.6211 of 23610.6%★☆☆☆☆
20199.2225 of 2499.6%★☆☆☆☆
20185.0226 of 2343.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202513.716 of 175.9%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20256.7112 of 1152.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202421.9109 of 12412.1%★☆☆☆☆
202328.688 of 11624.1%★☆☆☆☆
202222.294 of 11417.5%★☆☆☆☆
202138.856 of 9239.1%★★☆☆☆
201920.273 of 8817.0%★☆☆☆☆
201824.467 of 8016.3%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20198.832 of 333.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20254.1238 of 2421.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.6248 of 2749.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.8240 of 27211.8%★☆☆☆☆
202213.4235 of 26611.7%★☆☆☆☆
202116.7215 of 2348.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.5223 of 25412.2%★☆☆☆☆
201810.1216 of 2326.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20256.2234 of 2392.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.2235 of 26210.3%★☆☆☆☆
202310.0239 of 2597.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.5222 of 25713.6%★☆☆☆☆
202123.5195 of 23818.1%★☆☆☆☆
20197.1232 of 2517.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.0210 of 23711.4%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202512.181 of 899.0%★☆☆☆☆
202429.068 of 8721.8%★☆☆☆☆
202329.158 of 7623.7%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
202418.6156 of 1687.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.6155 of 1624.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.4210 of 2267.1%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKentucky percentileRating
20257.7237 of 2515.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.2242 of 27311.4%★☆☆☆☆
202312.1242 of 2648.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202218.9223 of 26014.2%★☆☆☆☆
202116.1177 of 20312.8%★☆☆☆☆
201911.6198 of 2199.6%★☆☆☆☆
201810.4185 of 1986.6%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Middle school
Asian (2025)22nd percentile+20 vs school
Homeless (2019)10th percentile~ school
African American (2025)8th percentile+6 vs school
Hispanic (2025)8th percentile+6 vs school
Special Education (2019)5th percentile-3 vs school
Disabled (2022)5th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Female (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Male (2025)2nd percentile~ school
White (2025)1st percentile~ school
Multi-racial (2024)<1st percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2024)<1st percentile~ school
High school
Disabled (2022)78th percentile+65 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)56th percentile+43 vs school
Asian (2024)15th percentile~ school
Multi-racial (2025)9th percentile+6 vs school
Special Education (2024)7th percentile-6 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2025)6th percentile+3 vs school
White (2025)6th percentile+3 vs school
Homeless (2019)3rd percentile-11 vs school
African American (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Hispanic (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Male (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)2nd percentile~ school
Female (2025)1st percentile~ school
By subject vs Kentucky (2024-2025) ?
Writing22%-25 vs state
Reading21%-26 vs state
Editing and Mechanics18%-26 vs state
Mathematics16%-26 vs state
Social Studies16%-23 vs state

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Friday, July 30, 2010

Open Quote I go to moore and honestly I thing it is the best school around here . I have became more social going into this school and love it ... If you like a really good school more is always a great option ! Plus they have papa Johns pizza every wed. Close Quote





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In the 2024-25 school year, 1,892 students attended Marion C. Moore School.

Marion C. Moore School ranks in the bottom 2.8% of Kentucky high schools.

Students at Marion C. Moore School are 33% Hispanic, 32% African American, 24% White, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more races.

Marion C. Moore School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Hartstern Elementary
Elementary : Rangeland Elementary
Elementary : Smyrna Elementary School
Elementary : Wilt Elementary


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