Murray Middle School

Murray Middle School is a middle school of reasonably sized scale in SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, part of Saint Paul Public Schools, caters to 576 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within Saint Paul Public Schools, which oversees 87 schools and 33,152 students, Murray Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Murray Middle School reports that the most-represented group is White (31%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 26% Black, 18% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the resource side, Murray Middle School reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Murray Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.1%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Ramsey County indicate median household income runs about $81,568, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Ramsey County runs 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), of which Murray Middle School is one.

Anna Westin House is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Murray Middle School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Murray Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 27.7%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 20%: 718 students in 2018 compared to 576 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 34% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 today.

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