Murphy Junior High School

Murphy Junior High School is a roomy 6-8 campus in Plainfield, Illinois, part of CUSD 308. The school instructs 700 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Murphy Junior High School sits 52% bigger than that benchmark.

Within CUSD 308, which oversees 21 schools and 16,766 students, Murphy Junior High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Murphy Junior High School lists that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 18% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

On the resource side, Murphy Junior High School records 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Kendall County's rate of about 32%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Murphy Junior High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.0%.

Across the wider county, Kendall County reports that median household earnings sit near $111,601, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kendall County runs 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,773 students), of which Murphy Junior High School is one.

The closest other public school is Grande Park Elem Sch, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Murphy Junior High School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 65.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Murphy Junior High School has fell 7%, going from 751 students in 2018 to 700 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 59% to 49% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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