Lois T. Murray Elementary/Middle

As a minimally staffed K-5 school in Baltimore, Maryland, Lois T. Murray Elementary/Middle works with 33 students from grades pre-K through 8, operated by Baltimore City Public Schools. By comparison, Maryland's public schools average about 481 students each, so Lois T. Murray Elementary/Middle sits 93% smaller than that benchmark.

Baltimore City Public Schools runs 152 schools in total, collectively educating 76,946 students. Lois T. Murray Elementary/Middle is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Lois T. Murray Elementary/Middle reports that nearly all students (82%) are Black. The remainder is composed of 6% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 59% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 2.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 76% of students at Lois T. Murray Elementary/Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Baltimore city) reports that median household earnings sit near $62,177, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lois T. Murray Elementary/Middle is one of 156 public schools in Baltimore city (combined enrollment of about 77,341 students).

Walter P. Carter Elementary/Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lois T. Murray Elementary/Middle has contracted 28%, going from 46 students in 2018 to 33 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 15% to 6%.

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