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Enrollment
514
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIST 299·NCES 170993000983
Murphy Elementary School
3539 W Grace St, Chicago, IL 60618 · (773) 534-5223 · Cook County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL514 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
266 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 58 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 14% larger than its 8th grade class (44).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Murphy Elementary School→Schurz High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
50.7%
IL avg 51.0% . +15.2pp since 2023
Math
36.5%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.7% | 36.5% |
| 2023-24 | 35.5% | 24.5% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 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 Elementary School
Murphy Elementary School's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murphy Elementary School this school | 514 | 51.8% | 42.0% |
| Canterbury Elementary School Crystal Lake | 486 | 54.5% | 28.2% |
| J Covington Elementary School Oak Lawn | 470 | 56.0% | 38.5% |
| Conrad Fischer Elementary School Elmhurst | 584 | 51.2% | 43.8% |
| Oak Terrace Elementary School Highwood | 494 | 46.4% | 50.2% |
| North Elementary School Villa Park | 434 | 56.5% | 44.9% |
Matched among Illinois 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #855 of 1,925 | #224 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #1,069 of 2,077 ▼ 60 | #315 of 829 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #980 of 2,077 ▼ 25 | #313 of 829 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 514 | #494 of 2,419 | #240 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #837 of 2,035 | #396 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #683 of 2,042 | #244 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.8% | #1,253 of 2,132 | #594 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #1,401 of 1,461 | #639 of 661 |
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
514
-37 (-7%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 539
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 | 514 | 40 | 12.8:1 | 52% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 37 | 13.4:1 | 53% (265) |
| 2022-23 | 497 | 43 | 11.6:1 | 56% (276) |
| 2020-21 | 551 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 31.7 | 16.4:1 | 78% (407) |
| 2015-16 | 578 | 31 | 18.6:1 | 84% (486) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 28 | 20.5:1 | 83% (475) |
| 2000-01 | 554 | 31 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 539 | 24 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Murphy Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (521 to 514); teachers up 26% (31.7 to 40).
About Murphy Elementary School
Students in Chicago, Illinois, attend Murphy Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Its 514 students are spread across pre-K through 8. The school's enrollment is 35% above the 381 average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 has a total of 622 schools and 324,396 students, Murphy Elementary School among them.
Murphy Elementary School is 56% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining students are 32% White, 5% Black, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Cook County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 40 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.8:1. That is lower than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Eligible students account for 52% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in Cook County average 66%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Murphy Elementary School is +0.4 points: 42.0% actual, 41.6% predicted.
Cook County has these Census figures: the median household income is $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
Nearest public school: Disney II Magnet High School, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Murphy Elementary School ranks 2nd of 9 nearby schools, at 42.0% versus a 33.2% average.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 514 students in 2024-25, 37 fewer than the 551 it had in 2020-21.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other schools in Chicago
- Lane Technical High SchoolHigh · 4,604 students
- Taft High SchoolHigh · 4,487 students
- Curie Metropolitan High SchoolHigh · 3,099 students
- Kenwood Academy High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Young Magnet High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- Lincoln Park High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
Other Murphy Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Murphy Elementary. Murphy Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Murphy ElementaryMurphy, NC · 467 students
- Murphy ElementaryEl Sobrante, CA · 460 students
- MURPHY ELEM.HIGH RIDGE, MO · 433 students
- Murphy Elementary SchoolHASLETT, MI · 386 students
Nearby schools
- Disney II Magnet High School0.3 mi · 738
- CICS - Irving Park Campus0.3 mi · 453
- Reilly Elementary School0.6 mi · 539
- Cleveland Elementary School0.6 mi · 507
- Henry Elementary School0.6 mi · 445
- Disney II Elementary School0.7 mi · 422
Frequently asked questions
About Murphy Elementary SchoolHow large is Murphy Elementary School?
Murphy Elementary School enrolls approximately 514 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Murphy Elementary School serve?
Murphy Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Murphy Elementary School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Murphy Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Murphy Elementary School?
Student demographics at Murphy Elementary School are roughly 32% White, 56% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Murphy Elementary School?
Murphy Elementary School is overseen by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.