Murphey Traditional Academy

Murphey Traditional Academy is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Greensboro, North Carolina. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 328 students. Against the 467-student average for elementary schools in North Carolina, enrollment here is 30% lower.

Guilford County Schools is the district for Murphey Traditional Academy. It has 123 schools and 68,535 students.

At Murphey Traditional Academy, Black students make up 56% of the student body. The remaining shares are 31% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 2% White, and 2% multiracial. Guilford County as a whole is about 34% Black, so the school's share is higher. Murphey Traditional Academy's diversity index is 59%, against a US figure of 70%.

The school reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.7 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 99%. The average for public schools in Guilford County is 89%.

Guilford County census figures show that the median household income is $68,642, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Guilford County is home to 143 public schools and about 79,539 public school students.

The closest public school, Jackson Middle, is about 0.1 miles from Murphey Traditional Academy. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

For locale, NCES codes Murphey Traditional Academy as City: Large.

Enrollment has grown by 45 students since 2017-18, to 328. The student mix also changed: the Hispanic share increased from 23% to 31%.

Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Murphey Traditional Academy. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.