Murray Middle School

Set in Murray, Kentucky, Murray Middle School is a reasonably sized intermediate school, one of the schools within Murray Independent. It enrolls 645 students across grades 4 through 8.

Murray Middle School is one of 4 schools operated by Murray Independent, a district that educates 1,946 students overall.

Demographically, Murray Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Calloway County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Murray Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 47% of students at Murray Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Murray Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.4%, the actual is 62.9%, a residual of +15.5 points.

In the broader community, census data for Calloway County shows the typical household earns roughly $52,706 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Calloway County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,966 students), Murray Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Murray Preschool Head Start, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Murray Middle School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 56.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Murray Middle School's enrollment has increased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 607 (now 645). White enrollment moved from 80% to 76% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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