MURRAY LANGUAGE ACADEMY Go back
5335 S KENWOOD AVE
CHICAGO, IL 60615
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Phone: 773-535-0585
School Information
  • GreatSchools Rating: 8
  • Educational Climate: Average
  • Technology Measure: Medium-high
  • Type: Public
  • Grades: Kindergarten - 8th Grade
  • District: Chicago Public School District 299
  • Students/Teacher: 19
  • Students/Grade: 57.6
  • Number Students: 518
  • Number Teachers: 28
  • Number Classrooms: 20
  • Expense/Pupil: $6,300.00 - 6,799.99
  • Poverty Level: 16 - 29.9 PERCENT
  • Number Computers: 83
  • Number PCs: 082
  • Number Macs: 001
  • Principal: Mr Gregory Mason
  • CHARTER SCHOOL
  • GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAMS
  • ESL
  • SPECIAL EDUCATION
  • ADVANCED PLACEMENT
  • BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
  • ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS
  • YEAR ROUND CLASSES
  • VOC-TECH
  • ADULT EDUCATION
  • NCLB SCHOOL
  • BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL
  • COALITION OF ESSENTIAL SCHOOLS
  • AYP SCHOOL
  • INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
  • MAGNET SCHOOL
School Ratings & Reviews

School Ratings (37 ratings)
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    School Reviews (38 Reviews)
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    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2012-05-09
    "Congratulations to our kindergarten teacher and Murray Language Academy. Our kindergarten teacher was just awarded the Golden Apple for Excellence in Teaching and it was personally presented to her by the Governor this morning. It is my understanding that the Governor had several schools to choose from, but chose Murray because of it's outstanding reputation in education. Kudos to the principal, your hard work and determination to keep excellent teachers at Murray has paid off! Perhaps the families that are moving on will be lucky enough to find schools with a Golden Apple recipient, 4 Golden Apple Nominees and 5 nationally board certified teachers."
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2012-04-18
    "It is imperative that the new LSC-2012-2014 hit the floor running to help get the school back to a great school and stop the decline in academic performance and discipline. Bringing back the upper grades was a mistake, but hopefully the new LSC can come up with strategies bring the school together. However, I will be transferring my children from the Murray at the end of the school year. The primary grade through 4th grade are strong, but after that much work needs to be done in the 5-8 area. I wish the newly elected council good luck and know they have much to do to get Murray back on track."
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2012-03-26
    "I agree, discipline can be a problem at any school. As a parent you don't just give up on your child, you commit to continue to encourage, teach and believe the best about them. Murray does the same thing. Murray has a lot to offer. Excellent Parent Volunteers, great teachers, and lots of after school programs."
    Other Review | Rating:
    Posted 2012-01-03
    "Worth repeating: Murray is in great shape. Murray had a recorded ISAT composite score of 90.4% last year (2009-10). The composite score did drop to 88.9% this year (2010-11). The CPS performance policy calculates multiple variables of student growth. All three years under the current policy, Murray was a level one school. Murray missed the level 1 cut off by eight tenths (8/10) of a percentage point last year. This year, there are more teachers at Murray with endorsements in their respective subject areas than ever before. These subject matter experts can and do deliver a deeper understanding of the subject to upper grade students. For the K-4 teachers, the self-contain model works prefect. These primary teachers are the masters of their domain. The afterschool program now includes robotics, math team, chess, IMSA math and science, and enrichment. The school has grown over the last three years as evident of test scores, student learning opportunities and new hires. Murray Language Academy is a great school nested in a great community of Hyde Park, home of our great president, President Obama."
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2012-01-03
    "Murray has its good and bad, but overall, we are dissatisfied with our experiences there. Sure there is great parent participation and lots of after school activities but for its location the school has little diversity, many teachers are not challenging the students to grow academically (more homework would be good) but also there are LOTS of discipline problems. Kids are constantly fighting (perhaps not always very seriously) but still, kids cutting class, little development in gym class, etc. Credit to AP Ms. Royster. She does a great job of dealing with the discipline problems. Murray has lots of potential, but it's just where it could be yet."
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