📍 200 E. Drummond Ave., Ridgecrest, Kern County, 93555
Murray Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Ridgecrest, Kern County. The school has 690 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sierra Sands Unified school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
Murray Middle enrolls 690 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% White, 34% Hispanic or Latino and 5.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 351 | 51% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 233 | 34% |
| Black or African American | 40 | 5.8% |
| Asian | 28 | 4.1% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 3.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | 1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
319 of the school's 690 students (46%) 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.
Murray Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Murray Middle is one of 11 schools in Sierra Sands Unified, based in Ridgecrest, California. The district serves 4,974 students district-wide and employs 238 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 690 students, Murray Middle is larger than the district average of about 452 students per school.