MURCHISON EL

Located at 2215 KELLY LN, in PFLUGERVILLE, Texas, MURCHISON EL is a reasonably sized elementary school that works with 651 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by PFLUGERVILLE ISD. That puts it 25% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within PFLUGERVILLE ISD, which oversees 35 schools and 25,477 students, MURCHISON EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, MURCHISON EL shows that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 22% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 8% multiracial, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, MURCHISON EL records 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Travis County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MURCHISON EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Travis County) logs that median household income runs about $99,611, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. MURCHISON EL is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).

Nearest neighbor: HENDRICKSON H S, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MURCHISON EL. On composite proficiency, MURCHISON EL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MURCHISON EL has contracted 20%, going from 816 students in 2018 to 651 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment rose from 11% to 18% over that span.

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