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Murphy Elementary

Public Grades K-6

4415^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 25% of California elementary schools

Summary

Murphy Elementary is a public elementary school located in El Sobrante, California, serving 445 students in grades K-6. It is part of the West Contra Costa Unified School District, which is ranked 1111 out of 1565 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Murphy Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 25% of California elementary schools, with significantly lower academic performance compared to the district and state averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 25.66% of Murphy Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 33.39% in the district and 48.81% statewide. The school also experiences high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 20.4% to 35.4% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, Murphy Elementary has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively low-income student population.

Nearby schools, such as West County Mandarin, Olinda Elementary, and Stewart Elementary, generally outperform Murphy Elementary on academic measures, with higher proficiency rates and lower rates of chronic absenteeism. The data suggests that addressing the high rates of chronic absenteeism and providing additional resources and support for the students at Murphy Elementary could be crucial for improving the school's performance and educational outcomes.

460

Students ?

21.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

65.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4350 Valley View Rd.
El Sobrante, CA 94803-1499

(510) 231-1427

District: West Contra Costa Unified

Students who attend Murphy Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Betty Reid Soskin Middle
High:	De Anza High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

50.4%

Asian:

17.2%

African American:

13.9%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 17th percentile in 2013 → 25th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 8 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (25% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (25th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (38% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school25%

District avg28%

California avg41%

4,415^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 25%▼ down 20 pts since 2015

From bottom 44% (2015) to bottom 25% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

17^th of 37Elementary Schools in the West Contra Costa Unified

1110^th of 1,543West Contra Costa Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.9	4415 of 5857	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.6	4404 of 5869	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.8	4471 of 5859	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.6	5001 of 5883	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.8	4123 of 5789	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	44.7	2847 of 5662	49.7%	★★☆☆☆
2017	39.5	3137 of 5692	44.9%	★★☆☆☆
2016	24.9	4192 of 5614	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	38.2	3121 of 5611	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2013	22.5	4570 of 5530	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	23.8	4392 of 5390	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	22.9	4471 of 5377	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	23.0	4383 of 5314	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	36.4	3285 of 5193	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2008	33.1	3383 of 5113	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2007	35.6	3185 of 5113	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2006	36.4	2912 of 4818	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2005	32.0	3159 of 4822	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2004	32.6	3096 of 4809	35.6%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	36.5	392 of 663	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	52.3	304 of 747	59.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	65.1	180 of 700	74.3%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	2.5	1149 of 1190	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	1.4	1131 of 1154	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.6	1074 of 1149	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.9	950 of 1071	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2018	44.4	914 of 2128	57.0%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	40.1	1811 of 3162	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	23.7	2967 of 3245	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	36.0	2116 of 3311	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	18.6	3234 of 3275	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	35.4	2034 of 3246	37.3%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.6	4111 of 5597	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.2	3703 of 5612	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	24.7	4257 of 5609	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.0	4811 of 5635	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.0	3830 of 5492	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.4	2868 of 5413	47.0%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.6	4198 of 5107	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.7	4218 of 5107	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.1	4018 of 5087	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.4	4319 of 5084	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.3	4011 of 4963	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	42.3	2717 of 4830	43.7%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.7	4535 of 5460	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.6	4741 of 5517	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.9	4237 of 5363	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.0	4575 of 5264	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	36.2	3421 of 5173	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	53.8	2122 of 5084	58.3%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.4	4247 of 5628	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.6	4648 of 5643	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.3	4314 of 5638	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.4	4671 of 5663	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.4	4067 of 5510	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	45.1	2716 of 5431	50.0%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	24.8	2281 of 2834	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.0	2127 of 2737	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Disabled (2018)57th percentile+7 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)43rd percentile+18 vs school

African American (2022)41st percentile+26 vs school

Female (2025)27th percentile~ school

Male (2025)25th percentile~ school

White (2019)20th percentile-9 vs school

Hispanic (2025)18th percentile-7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)17th percentile-8 vs school

Asian (2023)3rd percentile-20 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics27%-10 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy26%-23 vs state

Science16%-17 vs state

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by a principal
Sunday, November 12, 2017

Awful school. Lazy principal who ruined the school's API. Compare APIs over the last 10yrs from 2007-2017. Websites describe this school as low low performing. Yet liars who are chummy with the principal posted great reviews about the school. What normal person would post positive reviews when the school is clearly failing at state level, district level, and world level? These people must not care about their child's education if they are calling a school that ranks #2 a great school. The district doesn't care about the kids in this district since they were ignorant enough to keep this poor leader. Send your child elsewhere. Close Quote

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Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Total
Murphy Elementary	Public	K-6	4350 Valley View Rd.	El Sobrante	94803	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1427	460	21	21.9	65.4%	38 (8.3%)	64 (13.9%)	232 (50.4%)	79 (17.2%)	3 (0.7%)	4 (0.9%)	38 (8.3%)	24.9	4415^th of 5857 public elementary schools	24.6%		24.6	4404^th of 5869 public elementary schools	25.0%	11																	15.5		15.5	9.5	39.7	20.7	35.7			25.7	22.2	44.4	11.9	28.6			26.9
Valley View Elementary	Public	K-6	3416 Maywood Dr.	Richmond	94803	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1455	220	10	22.0	65.0%	44 (20.0%)	29 (13.2%)	86 (39.1%)	38 (17.3%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (9.1%)	28.5	4098^th of 5857 public elementary schools	30.0%		32.7	3721^st of 5869 public elementary schools	36.6%	377																	21.4		21.4	44.0	28.6	35.7	42.4			37.5	44.0	10.3	4.8	24.2			18.6
Sheldon Elementary	Public	K-6	2601 May Rd.	Richmond	94803	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1414	318	15	21.4	67.9%	31 (9.7%)	33 (10.4%)	158 (49.7%)	60 (18.9%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (10.1%)	15.8	5197^th of 5857 public elementary schools	11.3%		20.7	4793^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	18.3%	404																	19.5		19.5	26.7	29.3	22.0	24.1			25.6	18.6	19.5	4.9	10.3			13.6	96.8
Stewart Elementary	Public	K-8	2040 Hoke Dr.	Pinole	94564	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1410	379	19	20.4	48.8%	31 (8.2%)	38 (10.0%)	215 (56.7%)	69 (18.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.9%)	45.7	2847^th of 5857 public elementary schools	51.4%		42.4	3040^th of 5869 public elementary schools	48.2%	193	17.7	0.0	0.0	6.5	70.6	0.0	21.4	32.6	35.3	0.0	15.4	18.2	17.7	0.0	0.0	6.8	29.3	32.4	30.8	39.5	42.1	56.1	30.6	71.4	47.2	48.5	40.5	41.0	41.5	25.0	34.9	33.3	36.2
Ellerhorst Elementary	Public	K-6	3501 Pinole Valley Rd.	Pinole	94564	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1426	319	16	19.9	58.6%	64 (20.1%)	24 (7.5%)	135 (42.3%)	50 (15.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	45 (14.1%)	60.1	2067^th of 5857 public elementary schools	64.7%		47.5	2704^th of 5869 public elementary schools	53.9%	637																	40.0		40.0	53.2	45.5	55.6	46.3			50.3	55.3	36.4	40.0	43.9			44.1
Harbour Way Elementary Community Day	Public	K-8	1121 Allview Ave.	El Sobrante	94803	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1438	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
West County Mandarin	Public	K-8	1575 Mann Dr.	Pinole	94564	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1453	528	23	22.9	33.9%	40 (7.6%)	29 (5.5%)	140 (26.5%)	223 (42.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	96 (18.2%)	85.4	908^th of 5857 public elementary schools	84.5%		77	1290^th of 5869 public elementary schools	78.0%	382																	59.7		59.7	62.1	62.5	59.7	71.4	60.4		63.0	75.8	68.8	56.1	55.1	35.4		59.9
Olinda Elementary	Public	K-6	5855 Olinda Rd.	El Sobrante	94803	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1452	318	14	22.7	39.6%	38 (11.9%)	38 (11.9%)	110 (34.6%)	91 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	39 (12.3%)	59.7	2083^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	64.4%		56.2	2227^th of 5869 public elementary schools	62.1%	144																	40.9		40.9	41.9	41.9	59.5	47.6			47.7	54.8	44.2	40.0	47.6			46.7
Tara Hills Elementary	Public	K-6	2300 Dolan Way	San Pablo	94806	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1428	317	14	22.6	67.5%	38 (12.0%)	47 (14.8%)	166 (52.4%)	40 (12.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	24 (7.6%)	15.9	5190^th of 5857 public elementary schools	11.4%		13.2	5464^th of 5869 public elementary schools	6.9%	274																	11.6		11.6	30.3	25.0	29.6	19.1			25.7	29.4	9.3	16.3	11.9			15.6	83.0	85.1	91.5	83.0	87.2	87.2
Collins Elementary	Public	K-6	1224 Pinole Valley Rd.	Pinole	94564	Contra Costa County	West Contra Costa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 231-1446	311	17	18.2	50.5%	30 (9.6%)	45 (14.5%)	141 (45.3%)	67 (21.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (9.0%)	31.7	3825^th of 5857 public elementary schools	34.7%		33.1	3674^th of 5869 public elementary schools	37.4%	151																	14.7		14.7	34.1	37.9	32.4	28.6			33.3	46.5	30.0	21.2	28.6			32.8	91.7

Frequently Asked Questions about Murphy Elementary

What schools do graduates of Murphy Elementary attend?

Students who attend Murphy Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Betty Reid Soskin Middle
High : De Anza High

What district is Murphy Elementary in?

West Contra Costa Unified

How many students attend Murphy Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 460 students attended Murphy Elementary.

Is Murphy Elementary a good school?

Murphy Elementary ranks in the bottom 24.6% of California elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Murphy Elementary?

Students at Murphy Elementary are 50% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 14% African American, 8% White, 8% Two or more races.

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