MURPHY ELEM.

MURPHY ELEM. operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in HIGH RIDGE, Missouri, part of NORTHWEST R-I. Current enrollment sits at 433 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 37% larger than the state mean of about 315.

Across the 10 schools in NORTHWEST R-I (5,815 students total), MURPHY ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MURPHY ELEM. lists that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, MURPHY ELEM. lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, MURPHY ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.4%; this one delivers 51.3%.

Zooming out to the county, Jefferson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $82,851 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MURPHY ELEM. is one of 69 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 36,216 students).

The closest other public school is BRENNAN WOODS ELEM., roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MURPHY ELEM. ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 44.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MURPHY ELEM. has fell 12%, going from 494 students in 2018 to 433 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 81% to 75%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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