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B−

Murphy K-8 School

PublicElementaryGrades PK–8

1 Worrell Street, Dorchester, MA 02122 · (617) 635-8781 · Part of Boston School District

Boston’s School Grade C− better than 18% of Massachusetts school districts

Directions
Students
855
Students per teacher
12:1
Setting
City
Grades
PK–8
The gist

What stands out about Murphy K-8 School

  • Its own letter, B−: better results than 46% of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Small classes: 12 students per teacher
  • Next stop for Boston kids: 40 middle schools

On the path

Where Boston kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–8Murphy K-8 SchoolYou are here
7–840 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency36%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts47%
State average 49.3%

Its own letter, B−, places these results among Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

1 Worrell Street, Dorchester

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K48
Kindergarten68
Grade 167
Grade 285
Grade 391
Grade 4110
Grade 5113
Grade 6126
Grade 782
Grade 865
Enrollment over time
907’20
857’21
836’22
839’23
855’24

Down 5.7% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Asian 49%Black 19%Hispanic 16%White 12%Two or more races 4%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Murphy K-8 School from Boston families.

Other schools in Boston School District

The district →
Curley K-8 School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Jamaica Plain
C
902 students8:1
Eliot K-8 Innovation School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Boston
A
784 students13:1
Quincy Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Boston
B
731 students12:1
Orchard Gardens K-8 School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Roxbury
D−
689 students10:1
UP Academy Holland
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Dorchester
D−
641 students14:1
McKay K-8 School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · East Boston
D
640 students10:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Massachusetts’s other public schools; Boston’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.