Murdock Elementary School

655 French Street

School District

Willows Unified
Grade

K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:20
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on May 09, 2023

Murdock Elemantary is a terrible school. Staff is much more concerned about behavior. I have had several children at murdock over the years, and they only harrased me about my wiggly child, but never once told me that my other child was struggling in almost every subject. They were letting my daughter fail because she sat quietly in class. My wiggly child had near perfect grades but the school insisted on continuing to harass him. This school is a terrible school. most people take there children to out of town to other schools just to avoid Murdock
Submitted by other on October 16, 2016

Great location with good mix of students. Great teachers. Perfect small town school for children to develop their interactive skills. Buildings are in slight disrepair, but a new facilities are expected by 2019.
Submitted by parent on April 23, 2011

a over crowded school. I sent 4 of my children to Elk Creek to get them out of Willows School District. All schools in Willows including Murdock have bully problems. There are some good Teachers Mrs Disbrow was one but she is gone now. The School gives you lip service but does not serve all children.
Submitted by parent on March 23, 2010

As a father who has dealt with the principal and some staff, it has been my experience that they place more importance on making excuses for not doing their jobs than on doing the job in the first palce, especially in regard to keeping parents informed of situations arizing on campus that directly affect our children, such as bullying matters. They do a half baked attempt to tell the kids to 'get along and play nice' and do very little to discipline bullies or remove them from class to ensure that the victims of bullying can feel safe attending class. there is a tendancy on the part of staff to address matters to the children directly without consulting or informing the parent, which I am strongly against. A large number of students in the area have switched to home schooling for this reason as I have been lead to understand matters.