Murwood Elementary

As a medium-sized elementary school in Walnut Creek, California, Murwood Elementary works with 451 students from grades K through 5, run under Walnut Creek Elementary.

Within Walnut Creek Elementary, which oversees 7 schools and 3,597 students, Murwood Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Murwood Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 18% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 14% Asian, 2% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Contra Costa County's rate of about 45%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Murwood Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.4%; this one delivers 65.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Contra Costa County indicate median household earnings sit near $127,229, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Contra Costa County's 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), Murwood Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Las Lomas High, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Murwood Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 69.3%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Murwood Elementary's enrollment has edged up 19% since 2018, when it stood at 379 (now 451). The White share of enrollment decreased from 58% to 50% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.