MURCHISON EL

Set in MURCHISON, Texas, MURCHISON EL is a tiny K-5 school, operated by MURCHISON ISD. It caters to 169 students across grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 67% below typical.

MURCHISON ISD is the operating authority for MURCHISON EL, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, MURCHISON EL logs that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Henderson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MURCHISON EL has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MURCHISON EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, MURCHISON EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.9%; this one delivers 36.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Henderson County) reports that median household earnings sit near $65,179, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Henderson County runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,150 students), of which MURCHISON EL is one.

BROWNSBORO EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, MURCHISON EL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 45.6%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 166 students in 2018 compared to 169 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 83% to 75%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

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