Is W J Murphy Elementary School a good school?

W J Murphy Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10.9% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend W J Murphy Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 428 students attended W J Murphy Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of W J Murphy Elementary School?

Students at W J Murphy Elementary School are 78% Hispanic, 9% White, 7% African American, 5% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

What schools do graduates of W J Murphy Elementary School attend?

Students who attend W J Murphy Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Magee Middle School High : Round Lake Senior High School

W J Murphy Elementary School

Summary:

W J Murphy Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Round Lake Park, Illinois, serving grades 1-5 with a total enrollment of 454 students. The school is part of the Round Lake CUSD 116 district, which is ranked 796 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

W J Murphy Elementary School consistently performs below the state and district averages in standardized test scores, with only 10.3% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 6.9% proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 14% and 5.9% for the district, and 41.2% and 28.4% for the state, respectively. The school also has a significantly higher chronic absenteeism rate of 15.8%, compared to the state average of 3.2%. Additionally, the school struggles to support the academic achievement of various student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 25% of Illinois elementary schools for Hispanic, English Language Learner, Special Education, and Low Socioeconomic Status students.

When comparing W J Murphy Elementary School to other nearby schools within the same district, such as Round Lake Beach Elementary School and Indian Hill Elementary School, it becomes evident that W J Murphy is performing significantly worse academically. The chronic absenteeism rate at W J Murphy has also been steadily increasing over the past few years, from 2.8% in the 2019-2020 school year to 15.8% in the 2023-2024 school year. These issues suggest potential equity concerns, as the nearby schools in the Grayslake CCSD 46 district, which serve a more affluent and less diverse population, consistently outperform W J Murphy Elementary School.

Detail:

Public 1-5

220 Greenwood Dr
Round Lake Park, IL 60073-3444

(847) 270-9950

District: Round Lake CUSD 116

SchoolDigger Rank:
1842^nd of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,419

Students who attend W J Murphy Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Magee Middle School
High:	Round Lake Senior High School

Student/teacher ratio: 12.8

Number of students: 428

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

78.0%

White:

8.9%

African American:

7.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 85.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details W J Murphy Elementary School ranks worse than 89.1% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 2^nd among 5 ranked elementary schools in the Round Lake CUSD 116 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.15. (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 (78%), White (8.9%), African American (7.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 85.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at W J Murphy Elementary School is 12.8. 4 elementary schools in the Round Lake CUSD 116 School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare W J Murphy Elementary School employs 33.4 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at W J Murphy Elementary School is $18,419. 5 elementary schools in the Round Lake CUSD 116 School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

W J Murphy Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks W J Murphy Elementary School 1842^nd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See W J Murphy Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Low Socio Economic Status students:

Female students:

Disabled students:

Male students:

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Round Lake CUSD 116:

SchoolDigger ranks Round Lake CUSD 116 796^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for W J Murphy Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at W J Murphy Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	49.30	1227^th	2020	39.3%
2004	51.62	1183^rd	2030	41.7%
2005	51.96	1184^th	2022	41.4%
2006	41.91	1467^th	2086	29.7%
2007	32.41	1646^th	2095	21.4%
2008	32.09	1591^st	2092	23.9%
2009	29.14	1663^rd	2120	21.6%
2010	16.28	1874^th	2139	12.4%
2011	20.31	1830^th	2147	14.8%
2012	24.93	1759^th	2166	18.8%
2013	15.21	1909^th	2167	11.9%
2014	9.16	1973^rd	2093	5.7%
2015	17.85	1763^rd	2052	14.1%
2016	17.45	1772^nd	2046	13.4%
2017	22.45	1615^th	2044	21.0%
2018	23.16	1577^th	2037	22.6%
2019	21.87	1665^th	2086	20.2%
2021	26.51	1366^th	1948	29.9%
2022	15.36	1848^th	2082	11.2%
2023	20.51	1668^th	2077	19.7%
2024	15.15	1842^nd	2067	10.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at W J Murphy Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.51	618^th	718	13.9%
2019	23.04	698^th	743	6.1%
2021	30.58	439^th	537	18.2%
2022	27.83	661^st	768	13.9%
2023	33.09	572^nd	788	27.4%
2024	30.22	640^th	826	22.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at W J Murphy Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	24.84	625^th	763	18.1%
2019	18.09	1168^th	1194	2.2%
2022	23.75	975^th	1113	12.4%
2023	19.30	1074^th	1156	7.1%
2024	17.95	1120^th	1195	6.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at W J Murphy Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	33.00	1238^th	1765	29.9%
2019	30.10	1370^th	1816	24.6%
2021	35.84	968^th	1514	36.1%
2022	19.06	1615^th	1763	8.4%
2023	29.74	1334^th	1808	26.2%
2024	19.52	1608^th	1793	10.3%

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Rank History for Female students at W J Murphy Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	26.10	1465^th	1964	25.4%
2019	24.62	1558^th	2019	22.8%
2021	26.22	1215^th	1680	27.7%
2022	12.95	1860^th	1970	5.6%
2023	16.31	1739^th	1957	11.1%
2024	15.03	1754^th	1942	9.7%

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Rank History for Disabled students at W J Murphy Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	24.21	755^th	907	16.8%
2024	23.62	763^rd	886	13.9%

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Rank History for Male students at W J Murphy Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	22.20	1568^th	1972	20.5%
2019	20.48	1664^th	2019	17.6%
2021	26.81	1215^th	1707	28.8%
2022	18.87	1644^th	1977	16.8%
2023	25.46	1443^rd	1984	27.3%
2024	16.50	1703^rd	1959	13.1%

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Rank History for African American students at W J Murphy Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	31.33	502^nd	692	27.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at W J Murphy Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	31.97	655^th	938	30.2%
2019	33.52	662^nd	955	30.7%
2021	30.15	538^th	742	27.5%
2022	18.18	897^th	954	6.0%
2023	29.09	723^rd	970	25.5%
2024	20.68	850^th	959	11.4%

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Rank History for White students at W J Murphy Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	15.93	1322^nd	1463	9.6%
2019	5.13	1445^th	1462	1.2%
2023	30.08	1048^th	1419	26.1%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board 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: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for W J Murphy Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	621	4	n/a	75	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	700
1990	628	2	n/a	72	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	702
1991	582	4	0	106	0	n/a	n/a	0	692
1992	473	7	3	101	1	n/a	n/a	0	585
1993	437	9	5	92	0	n/a	n/a	0	543
1994	441	11	3	82	1	n/a	n/a	0	538
1995	471	12	1	205	2	n/a	n/a	0	691
1996	471	12	1	205	2	n/a	n/a	0	691
1997	457	27	1	192	6	n/a	n/a	0	683
1998	445	17	6	207	5	n/a	n/a	0	680
1999	319	26	3	209	4	n/a	n/a	0	561
2000	328	34	5	283	3	n/a	n/a	0	653
2001	329	35	5	289	3	n/a	n/a	0	661
2002	257	63	11	341	0	n/a	n/a	0	672
2003	257	63	11	341	0	n/a	n/a	0	672
2004	239	73	18	355	0	n/a	n/a	0	685
2005	210	52	17	372	3	n/a	n/a	0	654
2006	167	54	20	434	1	n/a	n/a	15	691
2007	173	54	20	423	1	n/a	n/a	20	691
2008	152	49	16	422	2	n/a	n/a	28	669
2009	141	34	21	464	1	n/a	n/a	25	686
2010	124	42	16	464	1	n/a	n/a	21	668
2011	101	41	10	484	3	0	16	0	655
2012	102	41	12	469	2	0	16	0	642
2013	96	51	8	494	2	0	11	0	662
2014	88	48	6	493	4	1	13	0	653
2015	89	55	5	436	5	0	11	0	601
2016	59	52	7	435	5	1	20	0	579
2017	58	52	9	398	4	1	16	0	538
2018	57	37	7	421	5	0	14	0	541
2019	57	32	8	400	7	0	7	0	511
2020	45	34	9	396	2	0	12	0	498
2021	36	36	5	366	0	0	10	0	453
2022	39	34	6	360	1	0	12	0	452
2023	50	45	5	339	0	0	15	0	454
2024	38	31	5	334	0	0	20	0	428

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 W J Murphy Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	700	26.0	26.9	n/a
1990	702	26.0	27.0	n/a
1991	692	32.0	21.6	n/a
1992	585	28.0	20.8	n/a
1993	543	30.0	18.1	n/a
1994	538	29.0	18.6	n/a
1995	691	33.0	20.9	n/a
1996	691	33.0	20.9	n/a
1997	683	31.0	22.0	n/a
1998	680	30.0	22.7	n/a
1999	561	30.0	18.7	n/a
2000	653	27.0	24.2	n/a
2001	661	28.0	23.6	n/a
2002	672	29.7	22.6	54.3
2003	672	29.7	22.6	54.3
2004	685	32.6	21.0	51.7
2005	654	31.0	21.1	55.5
2006	691	32.0	21.6	42.8
2007	691	30.0	23.0	61.7
2008	669	27.0	24.8	65.7
2009	686	33.0	20.8	64.3
2010	668	31.5	21.1	81.3
2011	655	31.3	20.8	81.1
2012	642	29.3	21.8	67.9
2013	662	33.7	19.6	76.9
2014	653	36.0	18.1	82.4
2015	601	37.0	16.2	76.2
2016	579	37.0	15.6	60.3
2017	538	36.0	14.9	72.5
2018	541	37.2	14.5	75.8
2019	511	36.5	14.0	81
2020	498	37.0	13.4	82.7
2021	453	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	452	35.6	12.6	64.2
2023	454	32.6	13.9	83
2024	428	33.4	12.8	85.5

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 W J Murphy Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	700	26.0	26.9	n/a
1990	702	26.0	27.0	n/a
1991	692	32.0	21.6	n/a
1992	585	28.0	20.8	n/a
1993	543	30.0	18.1	n/a
1994	538	29.0	18.6	n/a
1995	691	33.0	20.9	n/a
1996	691	33.0	20.9	n/a
1997	683	31.0	22.0	n/a
1998	680	30.0	22.7	n/a
1999	561	30.0	18.7	n/a
2000	653	27.0	24.2	n/a
2001	661	28.0	23.6	n/a
2002	672	29.7	22.6	54.3
2003	672	29.7	22.6	54.3
2004	685	32.6	21.0	51.7
2005	654	31.0	21.1	55.5
2006	691	32.0	21.6	42.8
2007	691	30.0	23.0	61.7
2008	669	27.0	24.8	65.7
2009	686	33.0	20.8	64.3
2010	668	31.5	21.1	81.3
2011	655	31.3	20.8	81.1
2012	642	29.3	21.8	67.9
2013	662	33.7	19.6	76.9
2014	653	36.0	18.1	82.4
2015	601	37.0	16.2	76.2
2016	579	37.0	15.6	60.3
2017	538	36.0	14.9	72.5
2018	541	37.2	14.5	75.8
2019	511	36.5	14.0	81
2020	498	37.0	13.4	82.7
2021	453	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	452	35.6	12.6	64.2
2023	454	32.6	13.9	83
2024	428	33.4	12.8	85.5

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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