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How has Charlotte M Murkland Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
448
Elementary
DISTRICT 445 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOWELL·NCES 250702000092
Charlotte M Murkland Elementary
350 Adams Street, Lowell, MA 01854 · (978) 937-2826 · Middlesex County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Massachusetts public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Massachusetts public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
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 | 36 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 16% smaller than its 4th grade class (91).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 65% · 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
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
26.0%
MA avg 43.8% . -14.0pp since 2016
Math
32.0%
MA avg 42.2% . -10.0pp since 2016
What this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2016, while math scores are down about 10 points.
MCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 27.0% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 26.0% |
| 2018-19 | 36.0% | 44.0% |
| 2017-18 | 39.0% | 38.0% |
| 2016-17 | 40.0% | 42.0% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Charlotte M Murkland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Massachusetts | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #629 of 920 ▼ 89 | #170 of 207 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #723 of 920 ▲ 38 | #185 of 207 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.0pp | #202 of 901 | #44 of 206 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #347 of 1,086 | #83 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #500 of 938 | #122 of 222 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #166 of 938 | #61 of 222 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #315 of 602 | #70 of 141 |
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
448
-26 (-5%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 535
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 448 | 36 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 40 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 38.9 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 34 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 501 | 37.8 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 511 | 36 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 500 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 86% (431) |
| 2000-01 | 535 | N/A | N/A | 84% (447) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charlotte M Murkland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (501 to 448); teachers down 5% (37.8 to 36).
About Charlotte M Murkland Elementary
Charlotte M Murkland Elementary is a public medium-sized elementary school in Lowell, Massachusetts. The grade span is pre-K through 4, and enrollment is 448 students.
Lowell is responsible for 27 schools, Charlotte M Murkland Elementary included, with 14,457 students in all.
At 52%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Charlotte M Murkland Elementary combined. Other students are 24% Asian, 10% White, 9% Black, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Middlesex County residents are about 9% Hispanic. Charlotte M Murkland Elementary has a diversity index of 65%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Charlotte M Murkland Elementary's 36 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.4:1. Across elementary schools in Massachusetts, the average ratio is about 12.2:1.
Measured against Massachusetts public elementary schools, Charlotte M Murkland Elementary receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Within Middlesex County, median household income is about $130,847, 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Middlesex County number 386 and enroll about 215,896.
Kathryn P. Stoklosa Middle School is the public school closest to Charlotte M Murkland Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 448, 5% below the 474 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.4:1, from 13.9:1.
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Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,638,365
Census ACS
Median income
$130,847
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
60%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
386
215,896 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Charlotte M Murkland ElementaryHow large is Charlotte M Murkland Elementary?
Charlotte M Murkland Elementary enrolls approximately 448 students in grades PK-04.
Is Charlotte M Murkland Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Charlotte M Murkland Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Charlotte M Murkland Elementary?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Charlotte M Murkland Elementary.
How diverse is Charlotte M Murkland Elementary?
Charlotte M Murkland Elementary reports a student body of 10% White, 52% Hispanic, 9% Black, 24% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Charlotte M Murkland Elementary public or private?
Charlotte M Murkland Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lowell.
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