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Enrollment
466
Middle
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORGAN HILL UNIFIED·NCES 062583003880
Martin Murphy Middle
141 Avenida Espana, San Jose, CA 95139 · (408) 201-6260 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of California public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.1:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
212 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 137 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 160 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 169 | 36% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
43.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.4pp since 2014
Math
32.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.4% | 29.1% | 25.0% | 31.4% |
| Math | 19.1% | 13.4% | 25.4% | 42.0% |
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 | 43.6% | 32.5% |
| 2023-24 | 40.2% | 26.2% |
| 2022-23 | 39.4% | 24.5% |
| 2021-22 | 43.2% | 28.2% |
| 2018-19 | 54.7% | 41.3% |
| 2017-18 | 58.0% | 43.5% |
| 2016-17 | 54.9% | 43.1% |
| 2015-16 | 46.0% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Martin Murphy Middle
Martin Murphy Middle's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Murphy Middle this school | 466 | 45.5% | 35.7% |
| J. H. Hull Middle Torrance | 621 | 50.2% | 43.1% |
| Col. J. K. Tuffree Middle Placentia | 566 | 46.6% | 63.5% |
| Lewis H. Britton Middle Morgan Hill | 637 | 45.1% | 36.5% |
| Philip Magruder Middle Torrance | 635 | 50.9% | 47.8% |
| Pioneer Middle Hanford | 550 | 45.1% | 44.5% |
Matched among California middle 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 Martin Murphy Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #617 of 1,224 | #43 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #548 of 1,227 ▲ 87 | #41 of 56 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #623 of 1,227 ▲ 29 | #39 of 56 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #592 of 1,214 | #14 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #975 of 1,377 | #47 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #903 of 1,279 | #51 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #319 of 1,278 | #22 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.5% | #984 of 1,329 | #28 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.7% | #45 of 930 | #4 of 53 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
466
-218 (-32%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 968
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
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 | 466 | 20.7 | 22.5:1 | 45% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 521 | 24.1 | 21.7:1 | 43% (224) |
| 2022-23 | 550 | 25.5 | 21.6:1 | 41% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 684 | 27 | 25.3:1 | 35% (239) |
| 2017-18 | 736 | 30.5 | 24.1:1 | 39% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 463 | 19 | 24.4:1 | 41% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | N/A | N/A | 30% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 904 | 38 | 23.8:1 | 14% (131) |
| 1990-91 | 968 | 39 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin Murphy Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (736 to 466); teachers down 32% (30.5 to 20.7).
About Martin Murphy Middle
Martin Murphy Middle operates as a low-enrollment middle-grades school in San Jose, California. School enrollment was 466 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in California is roughly 659 students; this school is 29% smaller than that.
Besides Martin Murphy Middle, Morgan Hill Unified runs 12 other schools. The district enrolls 7,810 students.
Martin Murphy Middle's enrollment is 55% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 17% White, 16% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 3% Black. In Santa Clara County overall, about 25% of residents are Hispanic. Martin Murphy Middle has a diversity index of 64%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Martin Murphy Middle is 20.7 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 22.5:1. Among middle schools in California, the typical ratio is 20.7:1. The school counts 212 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 45%. The rate at public schools in Santa Clara County averages 37%, lower than here.
Martin Murphy Middle is graded C by allk12, scoring above 29% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Martin Murphy Middle posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 35.7%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California are predicted to post 52.9%, so the school is 17.2 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
Census Bureau estimates for Santa Clara County show that median household income is about $164,281, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Martin Murphy Middle is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County, which together enroll about 230,059 students.
Nearby, Los Paseos Elementary is about 0.2 miles away. Martin Murphy Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Martin Murphy Middle ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 35.7% against a local average of 49.1%.
Under the NCES locale system, Martin Murphy Middle is City: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 684 in 2020-21 and 466 in 2024-25, a 32% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.3:1 in 2020-21 to 22.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Morgan Hill Unified
- Ann Sobrato HighHigh · 1,511 students
- Live Oak HighHigh · 1,101 students
- Jackson Academy of Music and Math (JAMM)Elementary · 690 students
- Nordstrom ElementaryElementary · 645 students
- San Martin Gwinn Environmental Science AcademyElementary · 643 students
- Lewis H. Britton MiddleMiddle · 637 students
Other schools in San Jose
- Evergreen Valley HighHigh · 2,703 students
- Independence HighHigh · 2,289 students
- Silver Creek HighHigh · 2,139 students
- Santa Teresa HighHigh · 2,134 students
- Piedmont Hills HighHigh · 1,918 students
- Leigh HighHigh · 1,884 students
Nearby schools
- Los Paseos Elementary0.2 mi · 403
- Baldwin (Julia) Elementary0.8 mi · 425
- Bernal Intermediate1.2 mi · 675
- Ledesma (Rita) Elementary1.3 mi · 426
- Santa Teresa Elementary1.6 mi · 542
- Taylor (Bertha) Elementary2.3 mi · 497
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Murphy MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Martin Murphy Middle?
Martin Murphy Middle enrolls approximately 466 students in grades 06-08.
Is Martin Murphy Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Martin Murphy Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Martin Murphy Middle have?
Martin Murphy Middle employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Martin Murphy Middle?
Student demographics at Martin Murphy Middle are roughly 17% White, 55% Hispanic, 3% Black, 16% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Martin Murphy Middle in?
Martin Murphy Middle is part of Morgan Hill Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.