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How has MURPHY MIDDLE changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
901
Middle
DISTRICT 804 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLANO ISD·NCES 483510009639
Murphy Middle School
620 N MURPHY RD, MURPHY, TX 75094 · (469) 752-7000 · Collin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL901 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
176 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 281 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 305 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 315 | 35% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from PLANO ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
79.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +37.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
67.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 55.0% | 24.0% | 14.0% | 7.0% |
| Mathematics | 33.0% | 34.0% | 19.0% | 14.0% |
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 | 79.0% | 67.0% |
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 72.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 57.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 55.0% |
| 2020-21 | 42.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
72.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Murphy Middle School
Murphy Middle School's state test result (72.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murphy Middle School this school | 901 | 19.5% | 72.1% |
| Cobb Middle School FRISCO | 798 | 15.9% | 66.6% |
| Schimelpfenig Middle School PLANO | 826 | 17.2% | 79.4% |
| Hunt Middle School FRISCO | 852 | 19.8% | 72.6% |
| Ereckson Middle School ALLEN | 1,263 | 19.9% | 76.0% |
| Walter & Lois Curtis Middle School ALLEN | 1,323 | 19.2% | 74.2% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Murphy Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #76 of 1,635 | #14 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #182 of 1,670 ▼ 36 | #28 of 57 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #132 of 1,670 ▼ 30 | #21 of 57 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.5pp | #538 of 1,570 | #20 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 901 | #400 of 1,749 | #29 of 57 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,036 of 1,542 | #36 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #171 of 1,543 | #30 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.5% | #1,564 of 1,648 | #37 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.5% | #167 of 942 | #4 of 29 |
Ranked against other public middle 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
901
-232 (-20%) vs 2020
-6% since 2010-11, when it was 954
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 17.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 901 | 57.4 | 15.7:1 | 20% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 925 | 57.3 | 16.1:1 | 19% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 1,011 | 56.8 | 17.8:1 | 18% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 1,133 | 66 | 17.2:1 | 17% (187) |
| 2017-18 | 1,261 | 69 | 18.3:1 | 7% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 1,220 | 68 | 17.9:1 | 9% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 954 | 60 | 15.9:1 | 8% (74) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Murphy Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (1,261 to 901); teachers down 17% (69 to 57.4).
About Murphy Middle School
Murphy Middle School is a middle school located in MURPHY, Texas, in Collin County. The school enrolls 901 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Texas enroll around 643, and this school is 40% above that mark.
Murphy Middle School is one of 73 schools in PLANO ISD, which enrolls 46,612 students in total.
White students account for 42% of enrollment at Murphy Middle School, more than any other group. The remaining students are 32% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Collin County, the White share is about 54%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Murphy Middle School scores 70%.
Murphy Middle School reported 57.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.7:1. The school's 15.7:1 compares with an average of 14.4:1 for middle schools in Texas. Roughly 20% of students at Murphy Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Collin County averages 30%, higher than here.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Murphy Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 72.1% actual against 65.3% predicted.
Looking at the county, Collin County, the median household earns about $121,600 a year, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Murphy Middle School, Collin County has 338 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Boggess Elementary School, is about 0.3 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Murphy Middle School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
In the federal locale system, Murphy Middle School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Murphy Middle School had a net loss of 232 students, or 20%. The school's ratio dropped from 17.2:1 to 15.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Murphy Middle School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PLANO ISD
- Plano East Sr High SchoolHigh · 3,033 students
- Plano West Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,559 students
- Plano Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Shepton High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Jasper High SchoolHigh · 1,301 students
- Renner Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,137 students
Other schools in MURPHY
- McMillen High SchoolHigh · 1,010 students
- Boggess Elementary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- Hunt Elementary SchoolElementary · 491 students
Other Murphy Middle schools
One other US public school is named Murphy Middle. Murphy Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Murphy MiddleMurphy, NC · 353 students
Nearby schools
- Boggess Elementary School0.3 mi · 498
- McMillen High School0.3 mi · 1,010
- Tibbals Elementary School0.7 mi · 609
- R V Groves Elementary School1.0 mi · 680
- Hunt Elementary School1.3 mi · 491
- Schell Elementary School1.7 mi · 403
Frequently asked questions
About Murphy Middle SchoolHow many students attend Murphy Middle School?
Murphy Middle School enrolls approximately 901 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Murphy Middle School serve?
Murphy Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Murphy Middle School have?
Murphy Middle School employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Murphy Middle School?
Student demographics at Murphy Middle School are roughly 42% White, 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, 32% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Murphy Middle School in?
Murphy Middle School is part of PLANO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.