Use my locationShowing schools within 8 miles of Murphys. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in Murphys.
Murphys
5 scored schools near Murphys
Each school level has its own list. Scores use California’s state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26 elementary and middle; 2024–25 high school.
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The district is known for every school. IB and Public Waldorf are checked against the International Baccalaureate’s directory and the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education’s member list.
These schools take students by address, so the district is the filter that matters.
These come from each charter’s own website. We have read 0 of the 0 charters here. A school we have not read is never counted as a “no”.
We hold no program detail for magnets yet, only how they admit.
6 of the 6 public schools here take students by address.
6 schools take students by address. Your home address decides which one your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your street.
No charter schools are within 8 miles of Murphys.
No magnets or schools of choice are within 8 miles of Murphys.
Elementary
Which elementary schools are near Murphys?
3 scored elementary schools are within 8 miles of Murphys. The closest is Albert A. Michelson Elementary, less than 0.1 miles away.
Distance 0.0mi
Albert A. Michelson Elementary
Vallecito Union · Grades K–5
292942% below the standard
Scope Score 81Strong · 75th percentile
Distance 6.3mi
Columbia Elementary
Columbia Union · Grades K–8
2272% below the standard
Scope Score 70Needs Support · 19th percentile
Distance 6.6mi
Mark Twain Elementary
Mark Twain Union Elementary · Grades K–8
1973% below the standard
Scope Score 71Needs Support · 23rd percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Murphys, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
Middle
Which middle schools are near Murphys?
3 scored middle schools are within 8 miles of Murphys. The closest is Columbia Elementary, 6.3 miles away.
Distance 6.3mi
Columbia Elementary
Columbia Union · Grades K–8
1775% below the standard
Scope Score 70Needs Support · 20th percentile
Distance 6.6mi
Mark Twain Elementary
Mark Twain Union Elementary · Grades K–8
2174% below the standard
Scope Score 73Developing · 36th percentile
Distance 6.7mi
Avery Middle
Vallecito Union · Grades 6–8
223147% below the standard
Scope Score 75Solid · 52nd percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Murphys, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
High school
Which high schools are near Murphys?
1 scored high school is within 8 miles of Murphys. The closest is Bret Harte Union High, 6.4 miles away.
These results are from spring 2025, when the state called its top two levels Exceeded and Met. The state now calls the same levels Advanced and Proficient.
Distance 6.4mi
Bret Harte Union High
Bret Harte Union High · Grades 9–12
172954% below the standard
Scope Score 74Developing · 44th percentile
Continuation and other schools · 1
These schools are listed separately. Some are compared only with California schools of the same kind. Some have no score because students are placed there.
Distance 6.5mi
Vallecito Continuation High
Bret Harte Union High · Grades 9–12
1288% below the standard
Strong · 92nd percentileRanked only against California continuation high schools.
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Murphys, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2024–25. High school Scope Scores use spring 2025 tests. They include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests.
Private schools
Which private schools are near Murphys?
Private schools don’t take California’s state tests, so there is no state testing data for them. We list them and never score them.
- Christian Heritage AcademyGrades 1–12 · 53 students6.4 mi
- Libertas AcademyGrades K–12 · 109 students7.9 mi
2 private schools are within 8 miles of Murphys, nearest first. Source: the federal private-school survey and private schools’ filings with the state. Tuition is the lowest and highest yearly price on the school’s own site, where we have read it.
Districts nearby
Which districts run the schools near Murphys?
Your address decides which school your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your address.
- Bret Harte Union High2 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Vallecito Union2 public and charter schools in the lists above
- Columbia Union1 public or charter school in the lists above
- Mark Twain Union Elementary1 public or charter school in the lists above