ALBERT J. MURPHY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 12074 HIGHWAY 196, in TEXARKANA, Arkansas, ALBERT J. MURPHY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a modestly sized 6-8 campus that teaches 287 students (grades 7 through 9), run under GENOA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 464 students each, so ALBERT J. MURPHY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 38% smaller than that benchmark.

ALBERT J. MURPHY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by GENOA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 1,213 students overall.

Demographically, ALBERT J. MURPHY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Miller County (around 80%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, ALBERT J. MURPHY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.7%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Miller County) records that median household income runs about $48,836, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ALBERT J. MURPHY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 16 public schools in Miller County (combined enrollment of about 6,217 students).

GARY E. COBB MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ALBERT J. MURPHY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

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