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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
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of Texas public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 103 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 112 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 110 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 153 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 52% smaller than its 8th grade class (153).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2022
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +20.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 30.0% | 22.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 25.0% | 28.0% | 35.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 50.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 21.0% | 17.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% 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 →
Schools most like Charles Q Murphree PK-8
Charles Q Murphree PK-8's state test result (22.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Q Murphree PK-8 this school | 846 | 87.0% | 22.3% |
| Barton Elementary School IRVING | 848 | 88.3% | 27.8% |
| Colonel Miguel Menchaca Early Childhood Center SAN ANTONIO | 809 | 87.4% | N/A |
| Edward K Downing Elementary School ODESSA | 834 | 88.7% | 17.9% |
| Cedar Creek Elementary School CEDAR CREEK | 775 | 85.3% | 16.5% |
| Gilbert F M Elementary School IRVING | 748 | 86.5% | 37.2% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Charles Q Murphree PK-8 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #4,185 of 4,401 | #131 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,219 of 4,466 ▲ 961 | #112 of 133 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,507 of 4,466 ▲ 1,769 | #94 of 133 ▲ 38 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +24.5pp | #303 of 3,998 | #2 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 846 | #308 of 4,938 | #22 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,900 of 4,622 | #59 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.9% | #3,793 of 4,628 | #40 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #1,390 of 4,789 | #47 of 139 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 846 | 58.7 | 14.4:1 | 87% (736) |
| 2023-24 | 880 | 60.6 | 14.5:1 | 90% (790) |
| 2022-23 | 849 | 59.5 | 14.3:1 | 89% (757) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles Q Murphree PK-8.
About Charles Q Murphree PK-8
Charles Q Murphree PK-8 is a large elementary school with an address in EL PASO, Texas. It educates 846 students in pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.
EL PASO ISD runs Charles Q Murphree PK-8 along with 75 other schools, enrolling 48,118 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Charles Q Murphree PK-8 is 90% Hispanic. Other groups include 5% White and 3% Black. Charles Q Murphree PK-8's diversity index is 19%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 58.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.4 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 87%. Across public schools in El Paso County, the average is 74%.
The allk12 Grade for Charles Q Murphree PK-8 is D. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 11% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Charles Q Murphree PK-8 is -14.2 points, in the bottom 10% of Texas. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 22.3%, and the predicted rate is 36.5%.
Within El Paso County, the median household income is $59,806, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Besides Charles Q Murphree PK-8, El Paso County has 272 other public schools.
The school nearest to Charles Q Murphree PK-8 is IDEA Mesa Hills Academy, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 46.1%; Charles Q Murphree PK-8's is 22.3%, ranking 8th of 8.
The NCES locale for Charles Q Murphree PK-8 is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The Charles Q Murphree PK-8 community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Chapin High SchoolHigh · 1,766 students
- El Paso High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Hornedo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,442 students
- Don Haskins PK-8Elementary · 1,405 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA Mesa Hills Academy0.2 mi · 643
- IDEA Mesa Hills College Preparatory0.2 mi · 533
- Dr Green Montessori0.7 mi · 87
- Dr Green Elementary School0.7 mi · 264
- Putnam Elementary School1.2 mi · 260
- Western Hills Elementary School1.4 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.