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W J Murphy Elementary School

Grades: 1-5

Students: 414

Type: Public

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Student-Teacher Ratio: 12:1

Certified Teachers: 100%

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Round Lake Community Unit School District 116

220 Greenwood Drive
Round Lake Park, IL 60073

(847) 270-9950

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I don’t recommended this school to anyone. There’s a lot so I decided to do it in bullets points. 1. Lost my daughter for 20 minutes the first day of school; put her on a bus she wasn’t supposed to ride yet after telling the principal and teacher a day before and a week before. 2. My child was physi

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Posted by a parent on 5/28/2025

Every since the restructuring during the 2013-2014 school year, the opportunities for students and their achievement have soared! Students went from 2 specials to 6 (PE, Art, Music, Computers, Library, and RW Lab), have new curriculum for reading and math, and have an intervention and enrichment blo

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Posted by a community member on 1/13/2017

This school rewards your children for telling on one another.This only leads to children telling the teacher for every mistake a child makes.For example my son got a "red" for the day for sitting in his chair backwards,while the girl who told on him got moved up a color to "green" for telling on him

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Posted by a parent on 1/22/2016

W J Murphy Elementary School is a new school for change the entrance foyer to the new downstairs office..

Posted by a parent on 8/28/2013

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Posted by a parent on 4/29/2009

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Round Lake Park schools - W J Murphy Elementary School is located at 220 Greenwood Drive, Round Lake Park IL 60073. W J Murphy Elementary School is in the Round Lake Community Unit School District 116. W J Murphy Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels 1-5.