Ira A Murphy

Ira A Murphy operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in PEORIA, Arizona, overseen by Peoria Unified School District (4237). Current enrollment sits at 450 students spanning grades pre-K through 8.

Peoria Unified School District (4237) runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 34,436 students. Ira A Murphy is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Ira A Murphy records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%. The remainder breaks down as 25% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Ira A Murphy is one.

Sundance Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ira A Murphy has edged down 6%, going from 478 students in 2018 to 450 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Ira A Murphy community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.