W J Murphy Elem School

W J Murphy Elem School is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in Round Lake Park, Illinois, part of Round Lake CUSD 116, works with 414 students in grades K through 2.

Round Lake CUSD 116 runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 6,473 students. W J Murphy Elem School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, W J Murphy Elem School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% White, 9% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, W J Murphy Elem School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lake County indicate the typical household earns roughly $110,416 per year, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. W J Murphy Elem School is one of 214 public schools in Lake County (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students).

Magee Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. W J Murphy Elem School's enrollment has contracted 23% since 2018, when it stood at 541 (now 414). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.