NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools KY

Best-Resourced Schools in Murray, KY

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12 public K-12 schools in Murray from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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12
Schools
4,966
Students
50.6/100
Avg Resource Index
14.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Murray has more public-school enrollment than 55% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Murray lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Murray's 12 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 51-point gap between Calloway County Alternative Program and Calloway County Preschool Center shows the range hidden by Murray's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 45%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
88th percentile
Teacher staffing
65th percentile

Calloway County High School accounts for 16.6% of all Murray public-school enrollment

That concentration means Murray-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Murray school enrollment varies 118× across entities

Murray school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 824 students (highest), a spread of 817 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Murray reports 51.7% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Murray student-teacher ratio is 14.2:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Murray is typically wider than the Murray-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Calloway County Alternative Program 74
2. Murray Elementary School 59
3. Calloway County Day Treatment 56
4. Murray Middle School 55
5. East Calloway Elementary School 55
6. Calloway County Middle School 52
7. Murray High School 52
8. Southwest Calloway Elementary School 51
9. Calloway County High School 46
10. North Calloway Elementary School 45
11. Murray Preschool Head Start 39
12. Calloway County Preschool Center 23

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Murray

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Murray Preschool Head Start 64.3/100
  2. 2 Murray High School 43.7/100
  3. 3 Murray Elementary School 42.0/100
  4. 4 Calloway County Preschool Center 41.6/100
  5. 5 Murray Middle School 40.2/100

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Which Murray school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Calloway County Alternative Program has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Murray schools in this federal-data comparison at 74/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Murray, KY? ▼

Murray has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,966 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.