Murphy High School

Murphy High School is a sizable four-year high school in Mobile, Alabama, one of the schools within Mobile County. The school educates 1,212 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 78% bigger than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 682 students.

Murphy High School is one of 85 schools operated by Mobile County, a district that serves 49,946 students overall.

On demographics, Murphy High School records that 76% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest is composed of 14% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Mobile County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Murphy High School has 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.2:1, putting Murphy High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Murphy High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 18.7%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Mobile County indicate median household earnings sit near $58,880, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Mobile County's 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,070 students), Murphy High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Leinkauf Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Murphy High School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.1%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 34%: 1,823 students in 2018 compared to 1,212 in 2025.

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