About Murray Independent School District
Murray Independent School District is a public school system serving Calloway County, Kentucky, based in Murray. It serves 1,946 students across 4 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a town: distant district. By enrollment it is the #99 largest of Kentucky’s 175 school systems.
Size and structure
Murray Independent School District enrolls 1,946 students in 4 schools — an average of about 486 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #99 of 175 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Murray Independent School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (1,946 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Murray Independent School District employs about 127 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 15.3:1 — below the Kentucky average of about 15.4:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 379.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Kentucky funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Murray Independent School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
The Kentucky School Report Card rates each school and district with a 1-to-5 star overall rating built from reading and math proficiency, science/social studies/writing, academic growth, transition (college/career) readiness and graduation. Look up Murray Independent School District on the Kentucky School Report Card.
Accreditation status
The main K-12 accreditor used by Kentucky districts is Cognia (formerly AdvancED); accreditation is largely voluntary rather than a single state requirement. Look up Murray Independent School District in the free Cognia registry.
Murray Independent School District vs. Kentucky
See every Kentucky district side by side in the Kentucky directory.
Look up Murray Independent School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):