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How has Murphy Ranch Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 483 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST WHITTIER CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 061185001319
Murphy Ranch Elementary
16021 Janine Dr., Whittier, CA 90603 · (562) 789-2150 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
28.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
189 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
74.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.8pp since 2014
Math
68.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 45.6% | 28.6% | 15.5% | 10.3% |
| Math | 42.9% | 25.8% | 20.6% | 10.7% |
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 | 74.2% | 68.7% |
| 2023-24 | 73.2% | 68.7% |
| 2022-23 | 77.1% | 76.4% |
| 2021-22 | 79.6% | 71.0% |
| 2018-19 | 81.6% | 69.4% |
| 2017-18 | 79.9% | 68.6% |
| 2016-17 | 76.0% | 60.7% |
| 2015-16 | 79.0% | 71.0% |
| 2014-15 | 75.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
71.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in California's top 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 Murphy Ranch Elementary
Murphy Ranch Elementary's state test result (71.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murphy Ranch Elementary this school | 466 | 40.6% | 71.0% |
| Grace Miller Elementary La Verne | 448 | 41.7% | 71.5% |
| Sunnyside Elementary Bonita | 434 | 38.5% | 56.7% |
| Clear View Chula Vista | 513 | 38.4% | 58.0% |
| Stanton Elementary Glendora | 551 | 40.8% | 40.4% |
| Bishop Elementary Sunnyvale | 465 | 42.8% | 36.0% |
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 Murphy Ranch Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #610 of 5,151 | #137 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #660 of 5,172 ▲ 7 | #145 of 1,129 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #526 of 5,172 ▲ 27 | #118 of 1,129 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.9pp | #757 of 5,116 | #113 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #2,836 of 5,915 | #572 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 28.2:1 | #5,253 of 5,352 | #1,190 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.4% | #2,958 of 5,354 | #489 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.6% | #4,314 of 5,625 | #1,061 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #2,224 of 3,837 | #650 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
466
-82 (-15%) vs 2020
+78% since 1990-91, when it was 262
Student : Teacher
28.2:1
was 26.1:1
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 | 16.5 | 28.2:1 | 41% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 491 | 19 | 25.8:1 | 31% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 19.5 | 26.5:1 | 18% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 548 | 21 | 26.1:1 | 21% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 538 | 22 | 24.4:1 | 23% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 21 | 26.6:1 | 18% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | N/A | N/A | 16% (71) |
| 2000-01 | 364 | 20 | 18.2:1 | 9% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 262 | 12 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Murphy Ranch Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (538 to 466); teachers down 25% (22 to 16.5).
About Murphy Ranch Elementary
Murphy Ranch Elementary sits in Whittier, California, and is classified as an elementary school. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 466 students enrolled.
The district, East Whittier City Elementary, has 7,442 students enrolled across 13 schools.
At Murphy Ranch Elementary, Hispanic students make up 70% of the student body. The next largest groups are 14% White, 9% multiracial, and 7% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 22 points above the 48% share among Los Angeles County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 47% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 28.2 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 41%. Among public schools in Los Angeles County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 55.8% for Murphy Ranch Elementary, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 71.0%. The 15.3-point gap ranks in the top 10% of California schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Los Angeles County show that the median household income is $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Besides Murphy Ranch Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,243 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Leffingwell Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Murphy Ranch Elementary ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has fallen by 82 students since 2020-21, to 466. Students per teacher rose from 26.1 in 2020-21 to 28.2 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Murphy Ranch Elementary can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 East Whittier City Elementary
- Granada MiddleMiddle · 989 students
- East Whittier MiddleMiddle · 985 students
- Ocean View ElementaryElementary · 668 students
- Hillview MiddleMiddle · 643 students
- Leffingwell ElementaryElementary · 551 students
- Scott Avenue ElementaryElementary · 494 students
Other schools in Whittier
- La Serna HighHigh · 2,372 students
- California HighHigh · 2,261 students
- Whittier HighHigh · 1,652 students
- Pioneer HighHigh · 1,000 students
- Granada MiddleMiddle · 989 students
- East Whittier MiddleMiddle · 985 students
Nearby schools
- Leffingwell Elementary0.7 mi · 551
- Jordan Elementary0.8 mi · 516
- La Serna High0.8 mi · 2,372
- Macy Elementary0.9 mi · 413
- Orchard Dale Elementary1.3 mi · 472
- Hillview Middle1.5 mi · 643
Frequently asked questions
About Murphy Ranch ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Murphy Ranch Elementary?
Murphy Ranch Elementary enrolls approximately 466 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Murphy Ranch Elementary serve?
Murphy Ranch Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Murphy Ranch Elementary?
Approximately 28.2:1 students per teacher at Murphy Ranch Elementary.
How diverse is Murphy Ranch Elementary?
Murphy Ranch Elementary reports a student body of 14% White, 70% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Murphy Ranch Elementary public or private?
Murphy Ranch Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by East Whittier City Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.