Is Murchison Street Elementary a good school?

Murchison Street Elementary ranks 3460 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Murchison Street Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 367 students attended Murchison Street Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Murchison Street Elementary?

Students at Murchison Street Elementary are 94% Hispanic, 4% African American, 1% White.

What schools do graduates of Murchison Street Elementary attend?

Students who attend Murchison Street Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : El Sereno Middle High : Abraham Lincoln Senior High High : Woodrow Wilson Senior High

Murchison Street Elementary

Summary:

Murchison Street Elementary is a public elementary school in Los Angeles, California, serving 361 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District, which has a 2-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger.

Murchison Street Elementary faces several significant challenges. The school has seen a sharp increase in chronic absenteeism rates, rising from 16.9% in 2017-2018 to 45.4% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the district and state averages. Academically, the school consistently underperforms the district and state in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, with only 33.86% of students proficient or better in ELA and 33.51% in Math in 2023-2024. The school's performance also varies greatly across different student subgroups, with English Language Learners and students with disabilities lagging behind. Additionally, Murchison Street Elementary has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, reaching 97.51% in 2022-2023, indicating a high concentration of students from low-income families.

Compared to nearby schools in the same district, Multnomah Street Elementary consistently outperforms Murchison Street Elementary across various academic measures. Furthermore, Murchison Street Elementary has experienced a steady decline in its statewide ranking and SchoolDigger star rating over the past decade, suggesting that the school is struggling to keep up with the academic performance of other elementary schools in the state. Addressing the socioeconomic challenges and providing targeted interventions and support may be crucial for improving academic outcomes at Murchison Street Elementary.

Detail:

Public K-6

1501 Murchison St.
Los Angeles, CA 90033-1526

(323) 222-0148

District: Los Angeles Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
3460^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $12,600

Students who attend Murchison Street Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	El Sereno Middle
High:	Abraham Lincoln Senior High
	Woodrow Wilson Senior High

Student/teacher ratio: 17.4

Number of students: 367

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

93.7%

African American:

4.1%

White:

1.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 97.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Murchison Street Elementary ranks worse than 59% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 279^th among 486 ranked elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 35.67. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (93.7%), African American (4.1%), White (1.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 97.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Murchison Street Elementary is 17.4, which is the 66^th best among 486 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Murchison Street Elementary employs 21 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Murchison Street Elementary is $12,600, which is the 154^th highest among 486 elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Murchison Street Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Murchison Street Elementary 3460^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Murchison Street Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Los Angeles Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Los Angeles Unified 871^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Murchison Street Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Murchison Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	13.92	4412^th	4809	8.3%
2005	11.91	4538^th	4822	5.9%
2006	12.69	4495^th	4818	6.7%
2007	8.95	4968^th	5113	2.8%
2008	15.56	4625^th	5113	9.5%
2009	15.29	4718^th	5193	9.1%
2010	27.68	4027^th	5314	24.2%
2011	21.15	4597^th	5377	14.5%
2012	14.52	4982^nd	5390	7.6%
2013	19.34	4783^rd	5530	13.5%
2015	12.20	5339^th	5611	4.8%
2016	14.60	5074^th	5614	9.6%
2017	13.51	5231^st	5692	8.1%
2018	12.32	5300^th	5662	6.4%
2019	9.35	5605^th	5789	3.2%
2022	19.20	4937^th	5883	16.1%
2023	25.78	4292^nd	5874	26.9%
2024	35.67	3460^th	5862	41.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Murchison Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	18.82	3111^th	3246	4.2%
2019	19.62	3201^st	3275	2.3%
2022	29.94	2613^th	3311	21.1%
2023	20.63	3110^th	3250	4.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Murchison Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	27.05	1791^st	2420	26.0%
2024	27.80	1952^nd	2634	25.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Murchison Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	17.29	4645^th	5084	8.6%
2019	13.50	4913^th	5173	5.0%
2022	26.85	4092^nd	5264	22.3%
2023	35.17	3464^th	5374	35.5%
2024	45.73	2696^th	5511	51.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Murchison Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	10.81	5200^th	5413	3.9%
2019	7.60	5416^th	5492	1.4%
2022	26.55	4066^th	5635	27.8%
2023	33.17	3488^th	5617	37.9%
2024	42.95	2861^st	5605	49.0%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Murchison Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	22.72	1829^th	2128	14.1%
2019	21.09	2289^th	2585	11.5%
2022	37.99	1170^th	2227	47.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Murchison Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	15.16	4953^rd	5431	8.8%
2019	12.66	5203^rd	5510	5.6%
2022	14.33	5277^th	5663	6.8%
2023	21.49	4578^th	5650	19.0%
2024	29.33	3881^st	5636	31.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Murchison Street Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	17.53	4400^th	4830	8.9%
2019	13.19	4734^th	4963	4.6%
2022	27.32	3925^th	5084	22.8%
2023	35.30	3295^th	5098	35.4%
2024	50.35	2240^th	5102	56.1%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Murchison Street Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	4	27	10	893	0	n/a	n/a	0	934
1989	5	17	13	895	0	n/a	n/a	0	930
1990	6	13	14	876	0	n/a	n/a	0	909
1991	1	17	18	944	0	n/a	n/a	0	980
1992	4	32	12	967	0	n/a	n/a	0	1015
1993	1	18	10	961	0	n/a	n/a	0	990
1994	1	7	10	955	0	n/a	n/a	0	973
1995	1	3	2	800	0	n/a	n/a	0	806
1996	1	3	2	800	0	n/a	n/a	0	806
1997	1	2	1	835	0	n/a	n/a	0	839
1998	1	1	1	814	0	n/a	n/a	0	817
1999	1	0	1	851	0	n/a	n/a	0	853
2000	1	3	0	842	0	n/a	n/a	0	846
2001	0	2	0	833	1	n/a	n/a	0	836
2002	0	1	5	863	1	n/a	n/a	0	870
2003	0	1	5	863	1	n/a	n/a	0	870
2004	1	4	5	817	1	n/a	n/a	0	828
2005	1	0	5	760	1	n/a	n/a	0	767
2006	1	0	7	693	2	n/a	n/a	0	703
2007	0	0	1	594	1	n/a	n/a	1	597
2008	1	1	6	550	2	n/a	n/a	0	560
2009	1	2	6	606	1	0	0	0	616
2010	0	11	5	555	0	0	1	0	572
2011	0	10	3	558	0	0	0	0	571
2012	0	13	2	539	0	0	0	0	554
2013	0	11	1	547	0	0	0	0	559
2014	0	8	0	505	1	0	0	0	514
2015	2	9	0	485	1	0	1	0	498
2016	1	13	0	460	1	0	1	0	476
2017	0	10	2	464	1	0	2	0	479
2018	2	10	1	446	1	0	2	0	462
2019	1	12	2	419	0	0	1	0	435
2020	3	8	3	347	0	0	1	0	362
2021	2	9	3	336	0	0	0	0	350
2022	2	16	2	344	0	0	1	0	365
2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	361	361
2024	4	15	2	344	0	0	2	0	367

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Murchison Street Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	934	40.8	22.8	n/a
1989	930	38.0	24.4	n/a
1990	909	41.8	21.7	n/a
1991	980	44.8	21.8	n/a
1992	1015	45.5	22.3	95
1993	990	44.0	22.5	95.1
1994	973	40.0	24.3	95
1995	806	36.0	22.4	94.9
1996	806	36.0	22.4	94.9
1997	839	39.0	21.5	95
1998	817	45.5	18.0	95
1999	853	46.0	18.5	95
2000	846	44.0	19.2	98.1
2001	836	45.0	18.6	99.4
2002	870	44.0	19.8	91
2003	870	44.0	19.8	91
2004	828	43.0	19.3	93.7
2005	767	40.0	19.2	93
2006	703	38.0	18.5	92.9
2007	597	33.0	18.1	97.1
2008	560	36.0	15.6	84.6
2009	616	33.0	16.6	94.6
2010	572	30.0	19.0	93.2
2011	571	n/a	n/a	59.4
2012	554	24.0	23.0	99.5
2013	559	24.5	22.8	65.1
2014	514	23.0	22.3	90.5
2015	498	23.0	21.6	95.2
2016	476	22.0	21.6	95.4
2017	479	22.0	21.7	93.5
2018	462	22.0	21.0	97
2019	435	22.0	19.7	94
2020	362	n/a	n/a	94.2
2021	350	18.0	19.4	94.9
2022	365	19.5	18.7	96.4
2023	361	21.0	17.1	97.5
2024	367	21.0	17.4	97.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Murchison Street Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	934	40.8	22.8	n/a
1989	930	38.0	24.4	n/a
1990	909	41.8	21.7	n/a
1991	980	44.8	21.8	n/a
1992	1015	45.5	22.3	95
1993	990	44.0	22.5	95.1
1994	973	40.0	24.3	95
1995	806	36.0	22.4	94.9
1996	806	36.0	22.4	94.9
1997	839	39.0	21.5	95
1998	817	45.5	18.0	95
1999	853	46.0	18.5	95
2000	846	44.0	19.2	98.1
2001	836	45.0	18.6	99.4
2002	870	44.0	19.8	91
2003	870	44.0	19.8	91
2004	828	43.0	19.3	93.7
2005	767	40.0	19.2	93
2006	703	38.0	18.5	92.9
2007	597	33.0	18.1	97.1
2008	560	36.0	15.6	84.6
2009	616	33.0	16.6	94.6
2010	572	30.0	19.0	93.2
2011	571	n/a	n/a	59.4
2012	554	24.0	23.0	99.5
2013	559	24.5	22.8	65.1
2014	514	23.0	22.3	90.5
2015	498	23.0	21.6	95.2
2016	476	22.0	21.6	95.4
2017	479	22.0	21.7	93.5
2018	462	22.0	21.0	97
2019	435	22.0	19.7	94
2020	362	n/a	n/a	94.2
2021	350	18.0	19.4	94.9
2022	365	19.5	18.7	96.4
2023	361	21.0	17.1	97.5
2024	367	21.0	17.4	97.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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