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Murphy Candler Elementary School
6775 South Goddard Rd Lithonia GA, 30038, Dekalb County Phone: 678-676-9102 Ranking: ![]() Type: Regular Primary School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5 School District: DeKalb County School District Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 32 | 32 | 35 | 33 | 35 | 37 | 39 | |||||||
Total Students: | 535 | 484 | 519 | 526 | 521 | 570 | 579 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 30 | 5.6% | 27 | 5.6% | 27 | 5.2% | 24 | 4.6% | 24 | 4.6% | 25 | 4.4% | 33 | 5.7% |
Kindergarten: | 86 | 16.1% | 80 | 16.5% | 85 | 16.4% | 80 | 15.2% | 68 | 13.1% | 76 | 13.3% | 79 | 13.6% |
Grade 1: | 85 | 15.9% | 80 | 16.5% | 73 | 14.1% | 74 | 14.1% | 62 | 11.9% | 82 | 14.4% | 82 | 14.2% |
Grade 2: | 87 | 16.3% | 71 | 14.7% | 73 | 14.1% | 67 | 12.7% | 78 | 15.0% | 96 | 16.8% | 91 | 15.7% |
Grade 3: | 78 | 14.6% | 66 | 13.6% | 82 | 15.8% | 86 | 16.3% | 90 | 17.3% | 102 | 17.9% | 106 | 18.3% |
Grade 4: | 82 | 15.3% | 73 | 15.1% | 84 | 16.2% | 93 | 17.7% | 90 | 17.3% | 86 | 15.1% | 92 | 15.9% |
Grade 5: | 87 | 16.3% | 87 | 18.0% | 95 | 18.3% | 102 | 19.4% | 109 | 20.9% | 103 | 18.1% | 96 | 16.6% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 305 | 57.0% | 272 | 56.2% | 276 | 53.2% | 291 | 55.3% | 288 | 55.3% | 293 | 51.4% | 292 | 50.4% |
Female: | 230 | 43.0% | 212 | 43.8% | 243 | 46.8% | 235 | 44.7% | 233 | 44.7% | 254 | 44.6% | 268 | 46.3% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.3% |
Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% |
Hispanic: | 10 | 1.9% | 17 | 3.5% | 14 | 2.7% | 16 | 3.0% | 15 | 2.9% | 12 | 2.1% | 7 | 1.2% |
Black: | 517 | 96.6% | 459 | 94.8% | 494 | 95.2% | 499 | 94.9% | 496 | 95.2% | 539 | 94.6% | 553 | 95.5% |
White: | 3 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 3 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.6% | 5 | 1.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.6% | 6 | 1.1% | 4 | 0.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 453 | 84.7% | 378 | 78.1% | 380 | 73.2% | 398 | 75.7% | 377 | 72.4% | 377 | 66.1% | 395 | 68.2% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 30 | 5.6% | 43 | 8.9% | 47 | 9.1% | 44 | 8.4% | 50 | 9.6% | 75 | 13.2% | 78 | 13.5% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.67 | 15.13 | 14.79 | 15.89 | 15.10 | 15.40 | 14.80 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
CRCT | ||||||
2006 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 73% | 80% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 76.5% | 82.4% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 79.7% | 84.4% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 82% | 77.2% | 84% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 79.7% | 77.4% | 87% |
2006 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 85.1% | 90% |
2007 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 76.1% | 82.3% |
2008 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 80% | 80.3% | 86.4% |
2009 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 85.9% | 78.3% | 87% |
2010 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 75% | 74.1% | 85% |
2006 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 81% | 83.1% | 87% |
2007 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 85.6% | 90.1% |
2008 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 87% | 90.3% |
2009 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 85.8% | 90.9% |
2010 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 89% | 86.8% | 93% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 77.3% | 83% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 83.2% | 78.2% | 83.7% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 78.5% | 84.1% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 81.4% | 86.8% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 76.5% | 85% |
2006 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 81.3% | 87% |
2007 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 72% | 73.5% | 81.4% |
2008 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 76.6% | 85.5% |
2009 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 67% | 79.4% | 87.3% |
2010 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 74.4% | 74.5% | 86% |
2006 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 83.6% | 89% |
2007 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 90% | 88% | 91.3% |
2008 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 88.5% | 92% |
2009 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 88.1% | 91.9% |
2010 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 84.5% | 91% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 74.4% | 82% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82% | 79.2% | 85.6% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.7% | 82.4% | 87.1% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 80.8% | 86.6% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 80.9% | 88% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 78.3% | 89.2% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81% | 81.7% | 91% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 79.8% | 88.1% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 85.8% | 91% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 84.1% | 90.4% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.8% | 60.7% | 70.9% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.4% | 67.6% | 77.9% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62% | 69.9% | 79% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 51.2% | 67.1% | 81.2% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.8% | 70.2% | 81% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 53.4% | 65.1% | 78.5% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 75.4% | 82% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 78.6% | 85.1% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 83.6% | 87.5% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 82.9% | 88% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 84.5% | 90% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 82.3% | 90.9% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.7% | 83.9% | 90% |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 85.6% | 92.1% |
2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86% | 74.8% | 85% |
2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.1% | 56.7% | 70.1% |
2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 64% | 74.5% |
2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71% | 69.5% | 79.7% |
2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.3% | 70.1% | 80% |
2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 54.7% | 69.1% | 80.5% |
2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.2% | 65.1% | 78% |
2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.7% | 65.1% | 78.4% |
2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 82.4% | 88% |
2007 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 81.9% | 88.6% |
2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 83.4% | 89% |
2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 68.3% | 76.1% |
2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.4% | 67.7% | 79% |
2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60.7% | 70.5% | 81% |
2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.8% | 71.7% | 81% |
2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.7% | 73.1% | 83.4% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.7% | 71.8% | 79% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 78.6% | 84.3% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 80.6% | 86.2% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 82.3% | 86.9% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.5% | 81% | 87% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 79.2% | 88% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 83.2% | 90% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.0% | 82.3% | 90.2% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.9% | 71.1% | 79% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.9% | 70.6% | 78.4% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.2% | 59% | 70% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 56.1% | 64.8% | 74.3% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.3% | 66.7% | 77% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.1% | 67.5% | 81.1% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.7% | 69% | 81% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 70.0% | 84.3% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 73.2% | 81% |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 78.3% | 84.7% |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 82.6% | 87.5% |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 83.2% | 87.3% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 84% | 89% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 80.1% | 87.9% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 83.1% | 90% |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 86.9% | 92.5% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 79.9% | 88% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.4% | 61.2% | 71.9% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 62.2% | 73.8% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 67.3% | 77.7% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 55% | 67.2% | 80% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 60% | 66.4% | 79% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 47.6% | 68.4% | 81% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 69.0% | 82.7% |
2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 79% | 84.6% | 90% |
2007 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 83.8% | 88.5% |
2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 84.8% | 90.2% |
2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.2% | 61.6% | 71.4% |
2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 53.9% | 60.9% | 74% |
2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 53.4% | 64.3% | 77.4% |
2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 48.8% | 65.1% | 79% |
2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.8% | 68.1% | 81.3% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 78.5% | 85% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 83.4% | 87.6% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.5% | 86.6% | 89.9% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 87.1% | 91.3% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 87.5% | 92% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 86.2% | 93% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 87.9% | 95% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 88.3% | 94.2% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.3% | 84.1% | 88% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 82.7% | 88.1% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 41.4% | 63.2% | 71.7% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.4% | 72.1% | 79.2% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 71.8% | 82% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 76.6% | 86.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 70% | 74.4% | 84% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.0% | 79.2% | 89.5% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.9% | 75% | 81% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 80.7% | 85.5% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 83% | 87.2% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 83.5% | 87.8% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 84.1% | 90% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 84.6% | 90.5% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84% | 84.5% | 91% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 86.5% | 92.9% |
2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 82.2% | 89% |
2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.1% | 53.8% | 66.8% |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 46.2% | 59.5% | 71.3% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 46% | 62.3% | 76% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.1% | 64.5% | 77% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.2% | 64.9% | 76.6% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 52% | 62.6% | 78% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.5% | 63.2% | 79.6% |
2006 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 86.8% | 91% |
2007 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.6% | 83% | 88.4% |
2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 83.5% | 89% |
2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 45% | 60.9% | 71.2% |
2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 42% | 56.2% | 72% |
2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.1% | 55.8% | 71.3% |
2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.1% | 62.4% | 77% |
2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 49.5% | 66.2% | 80.5% |
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* Murphy Candler Elementary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.