📍 4350 Valley View Rd., El Sobrante, Contra Costa County, 94803
Murphy Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in El Sobrante, Contra Costa County. The school has 404 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Beth Minor. It is part of the West Contra Costa Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
Murphy Elementary enrolls 404 students across grades K–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 20 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% Hispanic or Latino, 21% Asian and 15% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 179 | 44% |
| Asian | 85 | 21% |
| Black or African American | 60 | 15% |
| White | 34 | 8.4% |
| Two or more races | 33 | 8.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | 1.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 6 | 1.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
224 of the school's 404 students (55%) 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 Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Murphy Elementary is one of 54 schools in West Contra Costa Unified, based in Richmond, California. The district serves 25,244 students district-wide and employs 1,231 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 404 students, Murphy Elementary is close to the district average of about 467 students per school.