Is Murphy Ranch Elementary a good school?

Murphy Ranch Elementary ranks 722 nd of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Murphy Ranch Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 516 students attended Murphy Ranch Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Murphy Ranch Elementary?

Students at Murphy Ranch Elementary are 73% Hispanic, 13% White, 7% Two or more races, 6% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Murphy Ranch Elementary attend?

Students who attend Murphy Ranch Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Granada Middle High : La Serna High

Murphy Ranch Elementary

Summary:

Murphy Ranch Elementary is a public elementary school located in Whittier, California, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 516 students. The school is part of the East Whittier City Elementary District, which is ranked 370 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Murphy Ranch Elementary consistently ranks among the top 15% of elementary schools in California, with a statewide ranking between 362 and 722 out of over 5,800 schools. The school's students consistently outperform the district and state averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. In the 2023-2024 school year, 73.19% of Murphy Ranch students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 57.75% in the district and 47.04% statewide. In Mathematics, 68.71% of Murphy Ranch students were proficient or better, compared to 49.48% in the district and 35.54% statewide. The school also outperforms the district and state in Science, with 48.39% of students proficient or better in the 5th grade CAST assessment, compared to 34.68% in the district and 32.68% statewide.

When comparing Murphy Ranch Elementary to the nearby schools within the East Whittier City Elementary District, the school consistently outperforms the other district schools in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics, as well as in Science. The school's rankings for Hispanic, White, and low-income students are significantly higher than the other district schools, and it has lower chronic absenteeism rates compared to the other district schools. When looking at schools outside the East Whittier City Elementary District, such as those in the Lowell Joint and La Habra City Elementary districts, the performance gap becomes even more pronounced, with Murphy Ranch Elementary's academic achievement and subgroup performance being notably higher than these neighboring schools.

Detail:

Public K-5

16021 Janine Dr.
Whittier, CA 90603-1527

(562) 789-2150

District: East Whittier City Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
722^nd of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Students who attend Murphy Ranch Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Granada Middle
High:	La Serna High

Student/teacher ratio: 26.4

Number of students: 516

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

72.9%

White:

13.2%

Two or more races:

7.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 18%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Murphy Ranch Elementary ranks better than 87.7% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks first among 10 ranked elementary schools in the East Whittier City Elementary School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 89.52. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a high 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 (72.9%), White (13.2%), two or more races (7%). (See more...)

Compare Details 18% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the East Whittier City Elementary School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Murphy Ranch Elementary is 26.4, which is the highest among 10 elementary schools in the East Whittier City Elementary School District! (See more...)

Compare Murphy Ranch Elementary employs 19.5 full-time teachers.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Murphy Ranch Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Murphy Ranch Elementary 722^nd of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Murphy Ranch Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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East Whittier City Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks East Whittier City Elementary 370^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Murphy Ranch Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Murphy Ranch Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	83.54	770^th	4809	84.0%
2005	75.41	1111^th	4822	77.0%
2006	69.87	1347^th	4818	72.0%
2007	87.10	667^th	5113	87.0%
2008	88.97	548^th	5113	89.3%
2009	82.98	833^rd	5193	84.0%
2010	87.26	624^th	5314	88.3%
2011	84.77	740^th	5377	86.2%
2012	89.48	452^nd	5390	91.6%
2013	91.00	402^nd	5530	92.7%
2015	93.18	433^rd	5611	92.3%
2016	94.17	362^nd	5614	93.6%
2017	87.56	782^nd	5692	86.3%
2018	91.82	524^th	5662	90.7%
2019	91.59	551^st	5789	90.5%
2022	94.71	388^th	5883	93.4%
2023	93.83	450^th	5874	92.3%
2024	89.52	722^nd	5862	87.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Murphy Ranch Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	96.85	76^th	5084	98.5%
2019	93.05	198^th	5173	96.2%
2022	97.36	101^st	5264	98.1%
2023	94.25	219^th	5374	95.9%
2024	80.91	786^th	5511	85.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Murphy Ranch Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	88.04	665^th	5413	87.7%
2019	88.25	652^nd	5492	88.1%
2022	94.61	327^th	5635	94.2%
2023	87.26	776^th	5617	86.2%
2024	85.41	849^th	5605	84.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Murphy Ranch Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	84.85	216^th	2128	89.8%

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Rank History for Male students at Murphy Ranch Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	92.56	411^th	5431	92.4%
2019	92.04	446^th	5510	91.9%
2022	93.11	438^th	5663	92.3%
2023	95.63	250^th	5650	95.6%
2024	90.47	572^nd	5636	89.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Murphy Ranch Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	98.06	48^th	4830	99.0%
2019	98.53	44^th	4963	99.1%
2022	99.09	38^th	5084	99.3%
2023	98.26	59^th	5098	98.8%
2024	95.60	146^th	5102	97.1%

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Rank History for White students at Murphy Ranch Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	64.40	1029^th	2737	62.4%
2019	55.66	1351^st	2834	52.3%
2022	91.02	74^th	2726	97.3%
2023	94.00	15^th	2662	99.4%
2024	86.30	202^nd	2647	92.4%

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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 Murphy Ranch Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	284	0	17	80	0	n/a	n/a	0	381
1989	241	4	53	83	0	n/a	n/a	0	381
1990	303	0	41	97	2	n/a	n/a	0	443
1991	204	0	11	47	0	n/a	n/a	0	262
1992	190	4	23	50	0	n/a	n/a	0	267
1993	179	1	25	65	0	n/a	n/a	0	270
1994	214	1	28	69	0	n/a	n/a	0	312
1995	211	3	28	84	1	n/a	n/a	0	327
1996	211	3	28	84	1	n/a	n/a	0	327
1997	218	4	21	98	2	n/a	n/a	0	343
1998	249	3	20	98	1	n/a	n/a	0	371
1999	223	4	26	101	1	n/a	n/a	0	355
2000	211	3	31	118	2	n/a	n/a	0	365
2001	194	3	36	126	5	n/a	n/a	0	364
2002	174	18	27	147	2	n/a	n/a	5	373
2003	174	18	27	147	2	n/a	n/a	5	373
2004	168	2	24	155	2	n/a	n/a	5	356
2005	143	1	29	166	2	n/a	n/a	9	350
2006	143	2	36	167	3	n/a	n/a	7	358
2007	131	2	35	170	2	n/a	n/a	12	352
2008	111	2	40	196	1	n/a	n/a	0	350
2009	111	8	43	193	2	3	23	0	383
2010	127	9	43	229	2	1	2	0	413
2011	134	16	42	261	2	1	2	0	458
2012	132	19	38	314	2	1	4	0	510
2013	130	17	37	360	2	1	3	0	550
2014	123	16	30	399	3	1	3	0	575
2015	109	13	22	413	2	1	6	0	566
2016	105	12	24	412	0	1	5	0	559
2017	98	9	23	420	0	1	8	0	559
2018	83	7	22	413	0	1	12	0	538
2019	87	6	22	413	0	1	21	0	550
2020	76	6	30	418	0	0	25	0	555
2021	79	5	30	401	0	0	33	0	548
2022	67	6	28	374	0	0	31	0	506
2023	68	5	31	376	0	0	36	0	516

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 Murphy Ranch Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	381	14.0	27.2	n/a
1989	381	14.7	25.9	n/a
1990	443	16.6	26.6	n/a
1991	262	12.6	20.7	n/a
1992	267	12.8	20.8	6.7
1993	270	11.7	23.1	8.9
1994	312	13.0	24.0	9.3
1995	327	14.0	23.4	10.7
1996	327	14.0	23.4	10.7
1997	343	16.0	21.4	11.7
1998	371	18.0	20.6	8.9
1999	355	19.0	18.7	5.4
2000	365	20.0	18.3	6.3
2001	364	20.5	17.8	8.8
2002	373	21.0	17.8	7.3
2003	373	21.0	17.8	7.3
2004	356	19.0	18.7	6.6
2005	350	19.0	18.4	5.9
2006	358	19.0	18.8	8.3
2007	352	19.0	18.5	7.1
2008	350	21.0	16.7	9.7
2009	383	20.0	18.2	13.3
2010	413	21.0	19.6	15.3
2011	458	n/a	n/a	15.5
2012	510	21.2	23.9	n/a
2013	550	21.2	25.9	13.1
2014	575	19.2	29.8	16.5
2015	566	20.0	28.3	17.7
2016	559	21.0	26.6	18.2
2017	559	22.0	25.4	15.9
2018	538	22.0	24.4	22.7
2019	550	21.0	26.1	23.1
2020	555	n/a	n/a	23.1
2021	548	21.0	26.0	20.6
2022	506	20.1	25.1	35
2023	516	19.5	26.4	18

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 Murphy Ranch Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	381	14.0	27.2	n/a
1989	381	14.7	25.9	n/a
1990	443	16.6	26.6	n/a
1991	262	12.6	20.7	n/a
1992	267	12.8	20.8	6.7
1993	270	11.7	23.1	8.9
1994	312	13.0	24.0	9.3
1995	327	14.0	23.4	10.7
1996	327	14.0	23.4	10.7
1997	343	16.0	21.4	11.7
1998	371	18.0	20.6	8.9
1999	355	19.0	18.7	5.4
2000	365	20.0	18.3	6.3
2001	364	20.5	17.8	8.8
2002	373	21.0	17.8	7.3
2003	373	21.0	17.8	7.3
2004	356	19.0	18.7	6.6
2005	350	19.0	18.4	5.9
2006	358	19.0	18.8	8.3
2007	352	19.0	18.5	7.1
2008	350	21.0	16.7	9.7
2009	383	20.0	18.2	13.3
2010	413	21.0	19.6	15.3
2011	458	n/a	n/a	15.5
2012	510	21.2	23.9	n/a
2013	550	21.2	25.9	13.1
2014	575	19.2	29.8	16.5
2015	566	20.0	28.3	17.7
2016	559	21.0	26.6	18.2
2017	559	22.0	25.4	15.9
2018	538	22.0	24.4	22.7
2019	550	21.0	26.1	23.1
2020	555	n/a	n/a	23.1
2021	548	21.0	26.0	20.6
2022	506	20.1	25.1	35
2023	516	19.5	26.4	18

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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