NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools UT

Best-Resourced Schools in Murray, UT

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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
7,568
Students
24.7/100
Avg Resource Index
24.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Murray has more public-school enrollment than 72% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Murray's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

7 of Murray's 12 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 0 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 35-point gap between Utah Virtual Academy and Horizon School 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 28%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
4th percentile
Teacher staffing
2nd percentile

Utah Virtual Academy accounts for 25.0% of all Murray public-school enrollment

That concentration means Murray-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. 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 13× across entities

Murray school enrollment ranges from 147 students (lowest) to 1,890 students (highest), a spread of 1,743 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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 student-teacher ratio is 24.8:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Utah Virtual Academy 48
2. Murray High 40
3. Hillcrest Jr High 30
4. Mcmillan School 29
5. Liberty School 24
6. Riverview Jr High 23
7. Viewmont School 21
8. Grant School 19
9. Parkside School 18
10. Longview School 16
11. Early Childhood Center 15
12. Horizon School 13

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 Parkside School 63.3/100
  2. 2 Liberty School 62.8/100
  3. 3 Horizon School 61.7/100
  4. 4 Hillcrest Jr High 58.9/100
  5. 5 Murray High 54.4/100

What do families ask about schools in Murray?

Which Murray school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Utah Virtual Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Murray schools in this federal-data comparison at 48/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Murray, UT? ▼

Murray has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,568 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 24.8:1.

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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.