📍 7231 W North Ln, Peoria, Maricopa County, 85345
Ira A Murphy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Peoria, Maricopa County. The school has 451 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Peoria Unified School District (4237) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
Ira A Murphy enrolls 451 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% Hispanic or Latino, 24% White and 6.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 280 | 62% |
| White | 107 | 24% |
| Black or African American | 30 | 6.7% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 4% |
| Asian | 12 | 2.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
292 of the school's 451 students (65%) 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.
Ira A Murphy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 OK-80.
Ira A Murphy is one of 44 schools in Peoria Unified School District (4237), based in GLENDALE, Arizona. The district serves 34,436 students district-wide and employs 1,900 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 451 students, Ira A Murphy is smaller than the district average of about 783 students per school.
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