📍 1400 S Old Tom Morris Road, Aurora, Arapahoe County, 80018
Murphy Creek K-8 School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Aurora, Arapahoe County. The school has 735 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 42.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
Murphy Creek K-8 School enrolls 735 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 42.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 35% White, 27% Hispanic or Latino and 23% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 254 | 35% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 195 | 27% |
| Black or African American | 167 | 23% |
| Two or more races | 74 | 10% |
| Asian | 42 | 5.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
351 of the school's 735 students (48%) 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 Creek K-8 School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Murphy Creek K-8 School is one of 61 schools in Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A, based in AURORA, Colorado. The district serves 38,702 students district-wide and employs 2,360 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 735 students, Murphy Creek K-8 School is larger than the district average of about 634 students per school.
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