Murphy Elementary School

Murphy Elementary School is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in HASLETT, Michigan, overseen by Haslett Public Schools, with 386 students on its rolls from grades 2 through 5.

Within Haslett Public Schools, which oversees 5 schools and 2,601 students, Murphy Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Murphy Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Ingham County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Murphy Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.2%, the actual is 59.9%, a residual of +2.6 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Ingham County put median household income runs about $65,526, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Ingham County runs 100 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,914 students), of which Murphy Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Vera Ralya Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Murphy Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.8%.

Murphy Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Murphy Elementary School has stayed largely flat, going from 380 students in 2018 to 386 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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