Clifford D. Murray Elementary

Clifford D. Murray Elementary, an average-sized elementary school in Azusa, California, operated by Azusa Unified, educates 397 students, covering grades K through 5.

Within Azusa Unified, which oversees 10 schools and 6,028 students, Clifford D. Murray Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Clifford D. Murray Elementary lists that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest consists of 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Clifford D. Murray Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.3%, the actual is 18.7%, a residual of -6.6 points.

In the broader community, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Clifford D. Murray Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Covina-Valley Learning Options Academy, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Clifford D. Murray Elementary at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 30.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Clifford D. Murray Elementary's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 457 (now 397). Hispanic enrollment moved from 97% to 93% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.9:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 today.

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