MURRAY AVENUE SCHOOL

MURRAY AVENUE SCHOOL operates as a sizable elementary campus in LARCHMONT, New York, part of MAMARONECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 689 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so MURRAY AVENUE SCHOOL sits 56% larger than that benchmark.

MAMARONECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 5,520 students. MURRAY AVENUE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MURRAY AVENUE SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 80%. The remainder comes out to 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 52% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, MURRAY AVENUE SCHOOL has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 2% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Westchester County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, MURRAY AVENUE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 74.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 84.4%.

Around the school, Westchester County reports that median household earnings sit near $118,976, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. MURRAY AVENUE SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students).

The closest other public school is CENTRAL SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MURRAY AVENUE SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 70.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. MURRAY AVENUE SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 754 (now 689). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 84% to 80%.

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