MURDOCK ELEMENTARY

MURDOCK ELEMENTARY, a moderately sized elementary-level community in MURDOCK, Minnesota, part of KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG, works with 395 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Within KERKHOVEN-MURDOCK-SUNBURG, which oversees 2 schools and 777 students, MURDOCK ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, MURDOCK ELEMENTARY records that White students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Hispanic. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, MURDOCK ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.3%; this one delivers 48.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Swift County indicate median household income runs about $60,412, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Swift County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,767 students), of which MURDOCK ELEMENTARY is one.

KERKHOVEN SECONDARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.0 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, MURDOCK ELEMENTARY comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 34.0%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. MURDOCK ELEMENTARY's enrollment has ticked down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 461 (now 395). The White share of enrollment edged down from 82% to 75% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.