Enrollment
169
Texas · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Murchison, TX
Murchison El
Federal NCES profile for Murchison El, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 65/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 483201003555
👥 S:T ratio 62
🌟 Gifted program 70
📋 Attendance 63
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Murchison El earns 65/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 92% of Texas schools.
- 65
- Resource Index · Higher
- 9.4:1
- small classes for Texas
- 60.0%
- free-lunch eligible
- 169
- students enrolled
Murchison El has class sizes smaller than 92% of Texas schools. Computed live against every Texas school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Murchison Isd · Texas
NCES ID 483201003555 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
18.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
9.4:1
vs 14.7:1 Texas avg
-36% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
60.0%
vs 61.9% Texas avg
-3% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Murchison El compares with Texas and U.S. medians
What stands out at Murchison El
Murchison El is a higher-need, small combined-grade school in Murchison, Texas, enrolling 169 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 9.4:1, Murchison El is leaner than roughly 92% of Texas schools and 36% under the state's 14.7:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Its free-meal eligibility rate of 60.0% lands close to the Texas typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.
Enrollment of 169 puts it in the smaller third of Texas schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 96% of the 8,960 Texas schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Against 429 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #60.
Its student body is led by White (75%) and Hispanic or Latino (22%) (diversity index 40/100).
14.8% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.
Its district draws 25.7% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
Murchison Isd operates only this one school, so Murchison El has no district-mates to compare against locally.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Murchison El compares
Murchison El on the metrics families compare, against Texas and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Texas | Texas avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 9.4:1 | ▼ 36% | 14.7:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 60.0% | ▼ 3% | 61.9% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 169 | top 87% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
9.4:1
Leaner classes than 91% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
169
Bigger than 16% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
60.0%
free-lunch eligible
- 3% below the Texas average of 61.9%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
9.4:1
students per teacher
- 36% below state mean
Top 8% in Texas - lower ratio than 92% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
14.8%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 10-15% range, above the pre-pandemic national baseline but within the broader post-pandemic picture.
Funding equity
$15,749
per pupil, district-wide
- above Texas avg of $13,644
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
8
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 4.7 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 4.7 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Overview
- Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
- Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
- F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.
Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.
Student demographics
White 74.6%
Hispanic or Latino 21.9%
Two or More 3.0%
African American 0.6%
Largest group: White at 74.6% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 39.5/100
Simpson diversity index - at 39.5, Murchison El is less mixed than the Texas school average of 44.7.
Programs
Gifted & talented Yes
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Murchison Isd, which includes Murchison El.
$15,749
Per student
+15%
vs Texas
Avg $13,644
-5%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 15.1%
State 59.2%
Federal 25.7%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar other schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Texas, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~169 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~9.4:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Murchison El
How many students attend Murchison El?
Murchison El has 169 students enrolled. It is a public school in Murchison, TX.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Murchison El?
The student-teacher ratio at Murchison El is 9.4:1, which is 36% lower than the Texas average of 14.7:1 and 40% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Murchison El?
60.0% of students at Murchison El are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Texas average of 61.9%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Murchison El?
The largest demographic group at Murchison El is White at 74.6% of enrollment, in Murchison, TX.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Murchison El?
Murchison El has a Resource Investment Index of 65/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
Is Murchison El a good school?
Murchison El earns 65/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 92% of Texas schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.
What other schools are in Murchison Isd?
None reported; Murchison Isd operates only Murchison El as a public school district in NCES's records.
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