Webb A Murray Elementary

Webb A Murray Elementary, a tight-knit K-5 school in Hickory, North Carolina, run under Catawba County Schools, instructs 380 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Catawba County Schools runs 28 schools in total, collectively educating 16,003 students. Webb A Murray Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Webb A Murray Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 27% White, 10% Black, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Roughly 99% of students at Webb A Murray Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Catawba County's rate of about 86%.

With demographic context factored in, Webb A Murray Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Catawba County indicate median household earnings sit near $67,864, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Catawba County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,392 students), Webb A Murray Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Saint Stephens Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Webb A Murray Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 54.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Webb A Murray Elementary's enrollment has edged down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 453 (now 380). White enrollment moved from 38% to 27% across the same window.

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