Martin Murphy Middle

Martin Murphy Middle is a compact intermediate school in San Jose, California, run under Morgan Hill Unified. The school educates 466 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 29% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Morgan Hill Unified runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 7,810 students. Martin Murphy Middle is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Martin Murphy Middle lists that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 17% White, 16% Asian, 8% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Martin Murphy Middle has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Martin Murphy Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Santa Clara County (around 37%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Martin Murphy Middle is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 52.4%; Martin Murphy Middle posts 33.2%, -19.2 points below that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Santa Clara County) reports that median household earnings sit near $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Martin Murphy Middle is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Los Paseos Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Martin Murphy Middle comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 49.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Martin Murphy Middle has declined 37%, going from 736 students in 2018 to 466 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 27% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 today.

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