Murray Lake Elementary

Murray Lake Elementary is a mid-sized primary school in LOWELL, Michigan, run under Lowell Area Schools. The school hosts 433 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Lowell Area Schools comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,455 students; Murray Lake Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Murray Lake Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%); the rest consists of 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Murray Lake Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Kent County's rate of about 47%.

With demographic context factored in, Murray Lake Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.1%; this one delivers 69.8%.

Around the school, Kent County reports that median household income runs about $82,631, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Kent County runs 239 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,253 students), of which Murray Lake Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Goodwillie Environmental School, roughly 4.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Murray Lake Elementary comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 63.8%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Murray Lake Elementary's enrollment has contracted 9% since 2018, when it stood at 477 (now 433). White enrollment moved from 95% to 91% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.