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Enrollment
846
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO ISD·NCES 481830010644
CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8
499 CABARET, EL PASO, TX 79912 · (915) 236-3925 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL846 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
736 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
27.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +6.0pp since 2022
Mathematics
22.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
About CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8
CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8 operates as a big elementary school in EL PASO, Texas, one of the schools within EL PASO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 846 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 63% bigger than the state mean of about 519.
Within EL PASO ISD, which oversees 76 schools and 48,118 students, CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8 is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8 lists that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 5% White, 3% Black.
Looking at school resources, CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8 records 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against El Paso County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8 sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 35.9%; actual is 21.9%, a gap of -14.0 points.
In the surrounding community, El Paso County reports that median household earnings sit near $59,806, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8 is one of 273 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students).
Nearest neighbor: IDEA MESA HILLS COLLEGE PREPARATORY, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8. On composite proficiency, CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8 comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 44.9%.
CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8 operates from a downtown location.
On allk12, members of the CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8 community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
870,779
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
273
165,404 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EL PASO ISD
- FRANKLIN H SHigh · 2,835 students
- CORONADO H SHigh · 2,576 students
- CHAPIN H SHigh · 1,766 students
- EL PASO H SHigh · 1,636 students
- HORNEDO MIDDLEMiddle · 1,442 students
- DON HASKINS PK-8Elementary · 1,405 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- EASTLAKE H SHigh · 3,004 students
- PEBBLE HILLS H SHigh · 2,952 students
- FRANKLIN H SHigh · 2,835 students
- SOCORRO H SHigh · 2,579 students
- CORONADO H SHigh · 2,576 students
- MONTWOOD H SHigh · 2,499 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA MESA HILLS COLLEGE PREPARATORY0.2 mi · 533
- IDEA MESA HILLS ACADEMY0.2 mi · 643
- DR GREEN EL0.7 mi · 264
- DR GREEN MONTESSORI0.7 mi · 87
- PUTNAM EL1.2 mi · 260
- WESTERN HILLS EL1.4 mi · 436
Frequently asked questions
About CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8How many students attend CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8?
CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8 enrolls approximately 846 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8 serve?
CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8 serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8 have?
CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8 employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
How diverse is CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8?
CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8 reports a student body of 5% White, 90% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8?
CHARLES Q MURPHREE PK-8 is overseen by EL PASO ISD in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.