📍 100 S Carlen St, Mobile, Mobile County, 36606
Murphy High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Mobile, Mobile County. The school has 1,254 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mobile County school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
Murphy High School enrolls 1,254 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 45% male and 55% female. A teaching staff of 78 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 73% Black or African American, 18% White and 4.1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 916 | 73% |
| White | 227 | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 52 | 4.1% |
| Two or more races | 38 | 3% |
| Asian | 16 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
828 of the school's 1,254 students (66%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Murphy High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-20.
Murphy High School is one of 92 schools in Mobile County, based in Mobile, Alabama. The district serves 49,946 students district-wide and employs 2,913 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,254 students, Murphy High School is larger than the district average of about 543 students per school.