# Murdock Elementary

*Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/murdock-elementary-la-mesa/llm*

Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/murdock-elementary-la-mesa

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `062025002438`
- **School name**: Murdock Elementary
- **Location**: La Mesa, CA 91941
- **Address**: 4354 Conrad Dr.
- **District**: La Mesa-Spring Valley (LEAID `0620250`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: Primary
- **Grade range**: 0–6
- **Coordinates**: 32.75990, -116.98540
- **Phone**: (619)668-5775
- **Website**: https://www.lmsvschools.org

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 608
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 25
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 24.3:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 43.1%

## State accountability rating
- **System**: CA Dashboard
- **Year**: 2024
- **Overall rating**: Green
- **Indicators**:
  - elpi: Green
  - math: Green
  - ela: Blue
  - chronic_absent: Orange

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2024
- **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 59.3% proficient — 258 tested
- **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 80.0% proficient
- **Math (CA SBAC)**: 66.0% proficient

## Attendance
- **2024**: chronic absence 18.4% (120 students) [source: ca_dashboard]
- **2020**: chronic absence 8.5% (53 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 1.1% (7 students) [source: crdc]
- **2017**: chronic absence 1.1% (7 students) [source: crdc]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 0
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 43.3%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 11.0% — 68 students
- **English Learners**: 6.3% — 39 students

## Disability category breakdown (CRDC)
- **Speech/Language Impairment**: 24 students
- **Specific Learning Disability**: 16 students
- **Autism**: 3 students
- **Other Health Impairment**: 3 students
- **Orthopedic Impairment**: 2 students
- **Emotional Disturbance**: 1 students
- **Hearing Impairment**: 1 students
- **Multiple Disabilities**: 1 students

## Programs & enrichment
- Gifted & Talented

## Finance
### School-level (ESSA 2023-24)
- **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $17,326
- **Federal share**: $1,171
- **State + local share**: $16,155
- **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 617
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $18,892,570
- **Federal share**: 18.5%
- **State share**: 50.7%
- **Local share**: 30.8%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $8,985,325

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $120,464
- **Poverty rate**: 8.3%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 51.2%
- **Unemployment**: 3.9%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,707
- **Foreign-born residents**: 14.6%
- **Single-parent households**: 4.1%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 43.0 miles (CAMP PENDLETON MARINE CORPS BASE)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 18
- **Nearest brownfield**: 2.50 miles (CHEVRON)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: HELIX WATER DISTRICT
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 9.25112 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 3.1 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **College Preparatory Middle** — 1.3 mi away, 2% (this school: 18.4%)
- **Lemon Avenue Elementary** — 1.4 mi away, 13.9% (this school: 18.4%)
- **Grossmont High** — 1.5 mi away, 1.73% (this school: 18.4%)
- **The Learning Choice Academy - East County** — 1.7 mi away, 1% (this school: 18.4%)
- **Monte Vista High** — 1.7 mi away, 4.16% (this school: 18.4%)

### ela proficiency
- **College Preparatory Middle** — 1.3 mi away, 75.25% (this school: 69.65%)
- **Helix High** — 3.0 mi away, 75.8% (this school: 69.65%)
- **Benchley/Weinberger Elementary** — 3.6 mi away, 70.6% (this school: 69.65%)
- **Steele Canyon High** — 4.1 mi away, 73.25% (this school: 69.65%)
- **Grossmont Middle College High** — 4.1 mi away, 79.2% (this school: 69.65%)

### math proficiency
- **College Preparatory Middle** — 1.3 mi away, 80% (this school: 66%)
- **Helix High** — 3.0 mi away, 80% (this school: 66%)
- **Lexington Elementary** — 3.2 mi away, 80% (this school: 66%)
- **Benchley/Weinberger Elementary** — 3.6 mi away, 80% (this school: 66%)
- **Green Elementary** — 4.3 mi away, 80% (this school: 66%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/murdock-elementary-la-mesa
- **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/murdock-elementary-la-mesa/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/murdock-elementary-la-mesa/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/murdock-elementary-la-mesa/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/murdock-elementary-la-mesa/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/murdock-elementary-la-mesa/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/murdock-elementary-la-mesa/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/murdock-elementary-la-mesa/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/murdock-elementary-la-mesa/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/murdock-elementary-la-mesa/workforce

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*Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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