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Murphey Candler Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Lithonia, Georgia, serving grades PK-5 with a student population of 528. The school is part of the DeKalb County School District, which is ranked 138 out of 203 districts in Georgia and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. Murphey Candler Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Georgia elementary schools, with a ranking between 1017 and 1154 out of around 1200-1250 schools over the past 10 years, and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Murphey Candler Elementary School consistently underperforms compared to the DeKalb County and Georgia state averages on the Milestones Assessments in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 18.1% of 3rd graders, 22% of 4th graders, and 29.1% of 5th graders were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 31.6%, 30.5%, and 40.8% for DeKalb County, respectively. The school's math proficiency rates are also significantly lower than the county and state, ranging from 11.1% to 21.7% across the grade levels, compared to 32.1% to 34.3% for DeKalb County. Murphey Candler Elementary has extremely high rates of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, with 100% of students qualifying in the 2022-2023 and 2020-2021 school years, indicating a high-poverty student population.
When comparing Murphey Candler Elementary to the other nearby schools in the DeKalb County district, as well as schools in the Rockdale County and Henry County districts, it consistently underperforms on test scores. For instance, in 2023-2024, Murphey Candler's 3rd grade ELA proficiency rate of 18.1% is significantly lower than the 20.8% at Fairington Elementary, 16.9% at Stoneview Elementary, and 22.2% at Browns Mill Elementary. Murphey Candler's performance is also much lower than the 19% at Sims Elementary (Rockdale County), 26.2% at Shoal Creek Elementary (Rockdale County), and 23.1% at Austin Road Elementary (Henry County). This persistent low performance suggests a need for significant interventions and support to improve student achievement at Murphey Candler Elementary School.
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