📍 3539 W Grace St, Chicago, Cook County, 60618
Murphy Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Chicago, Cook County. The school has 497 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lorelei Shick. It is part of the City of Chicago SD 299 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.6:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Murphy Elem School enrolls 497 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 43 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% Hispanic or Latino, 32% White and 4.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 290 | 58% |
| White | 157 | 32% |
| Black or African American | 23 | 4.6% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 2.6% |
| Asian | 11 | 2.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
276 of the school's 497 students (56%) 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 Elem School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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 IL-30, state senate district 20, state house district 40.
Murphy Elem School is one of 644 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299, based in Chicago, Illinois. The district serves 324,130 students district-wide and employs 22,932 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 497 students, Murphy Elem School is close to the district average of about 503 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large