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Best kept secret at Clifford D. Murray Elementary?
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Enrollment
397
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AZUSA UNIFIED·NCES 060360000280
Clifford D. Murray Elementary
505 East Renwick Rd., Azusa, CA 91702 · (626) 633-8700 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
361 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 97 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 106% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Clifford D. Murray Elementary→Gladstone Middle
Based on grade levels within Azusa Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
18.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -10.6pp since 2014
Math
17.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.9% | 13.5% | 23.9% | 57.7% |
| Math | 7.7% | 10.0% | 27.6% | 54.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.4% | 17.6% |
| 2023-24 | 20.4% | 17.7% |
| 2022-23 | 30.3% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.3% | 25.9% |
| 2018-19 | 30.6% | 31.9% |
| 2017-18 | 39.8% | 39.3% |
| 2016-17 | 30.3% | 40.3% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 35.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 24.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Clifford D. Murray Elementary
Clifford D. Murray Elementary's state test result (18.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clifford D. Murray Elementary this school | 397 | 90.9% | 18.4% |
| Hamilton Elementary Hamilton City | 393 | 91.3% | 18.2% |
| Rorimer Elementary La Puente | 405 | 91.6% | 28.0% |
| Corona Elementary Ontario | 414 | 91.1% | 46.0% |
| Marshall Elementary San Bernardino | 384 | 92.2% | 26.7% |
| Lincoln Elementary El Centro | 399 | 89.0% | 32.5% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Clifford D. Murray Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #4,702 of 5,151 | #1,090 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #4,508 of 5,172 ▼ 81 | #1,077 of 1,129 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #4,928 of 5,172 ▼ 224 | #1,113 of 1,129 ▼ 30 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.1pp | #65 of 5,116 | #9 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #3,729 of 5,915 | #798 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #3,249 of 5,352 | #777 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.5% | #4,778 of 5,354 | #999 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.9% | #982 of 5,625 | #407 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #2,271 of 3,837 | #654 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
397
-108 (-21%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 615
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 25.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 397 | 17 | 23.4:1 | 91% (361) |
| 2023-24 | 386 | 16.1 | 24.1:1 | 90% (348) |
| 2022-23 | 464 | 18.1 | 25.6:1 | 89% (414) |
| 2020-21 | 505 | 20 | 25.3:1 | 95% (481) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 17 | 26.9:1 | 90% (411) |
| 2015-16 | 458 | 20 | 22.9:1 | 91% (417) |
| 2010-11 | 559 | N/A | N/A | 94% (523) |
| 2000-01 | 739 | 35 | 21.1:1 | 91% (673) |
| 1990-91 | 615 | 21 | 29.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clifford D. Murray Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (457 to 397); teachers unchanged (17 to 17).
About Clifford D. Murray Elementary
Families in Azusa, California, are served by Clifford D. Murray Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment stands at 397 students, covering kindergarten through 5.
Clifford D. Murray Elementary falls under Azusa Unified, which has 10 schools enrolling 6,028 students.
At Clifford D. Murray Elementary, 93% of students are Hispanic. Other students are 3% Asian. That is higher than the 48% Hispanic share among all Los Angeles County residents. The diversity index for Clifford D. Murray Elementary is 13%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Clifford D. Murray Elementary totals 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 23.4:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Federal data show 91% of students (361) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Clifford D. Murray Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 5% of California public elementary schools.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 26.3%. Clifford D. Murray Elementary scores 18.4%.
In Los Angeles County, median household income comes to about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 2,244, with about 1,265,907 students.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Covina-Valley Learning Options Academy, is the closest to Clifford D. Murray Elementary. Clifford D. Murray Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Clifford D. Murray Elementary comes in 6th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Clifford D. Murray Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 505 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 397 by 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 23.4 students per teacher, compared with 25.3 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Clifford D. Murray Elementary can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Azusa Unified
- Azusa HighHigh · 1,609 students
- Gladstone MiddleMiddle · 1,326 students
- Valleydale ElementaryElementary · 526 students
- Paramount ElementaryElementary · 513 students
- Victor F. Hodge ElementaryElementary · 460 students
- Charles H. Lee ElementaryElementary · 378 students
Other schools in Azusa
- Azusa HighHigh · 1,609 students
- Valleydale ElementaryElementary · 526 students
- Paramount ElementaryElementary · 513 students
- Victor F. Hodge ElementaryElementary · 460 students
- Charles H. Lee ElementaryElementary · 378 students
- Magnolia ElementaryElementary · 367 students
Nearby schools
- Covina-Valley Learning Options Academy0.7 mi · 57
- Fairvalley High (Continuation)0.7 mi · 115
- Paramount Elementary0.8 mi · 513
- Gladstone Middle0.8 mi · 1,326
- Valleydale Elementary0.8 mi · 526
- Magnolia Elementary0.9 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About Clifford D. Murray ElementaryHow many students attend Clifford D. Murray Elementary?
Clifford D. Murray Elementary enrolls approximately 397 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Clifford D. Murray Elementary serve?
Clifford D. Murray Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Clifford D. Murray Elementary?
Approximately 23.4:1 students per teacher at Clifford D. Murray Elementary.
How diverse is Clifford D. Murray Elementary?
Clifford D. Murray Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 93% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Clifford D. Murray Elementary?
Clifford D. Murray Elementary is overseen by Azusa Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.