Murray-Massenburg Elementary

Murray-Massenburg Elementary is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in Durham, North Carolina, operated by Durham Public Schools, educateing 517 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Durham Public Schools comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 31,797 students; Murray-Massenburg Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Murray-Massenburg Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Black (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 25% White, 21% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 32% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Murray-Massenburg Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 43.0%, a residual of -5.5 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Durham County indicate the typical household earns roughly $82,316 per year, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Durham County's 74 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,109 students), Murray-Massenburg Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Southwest Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Murray-Massenburg Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

On allk12, the feed for Murray-Massenburg Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.