Enrollment
226
Elementary
DISTRICT 244 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EMERSON TAYLOR BRADLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050006800291
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
508 WEST MAIN, EMERSON, AR 71740 · (870) 626-3306 · Columbia County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL226 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
116 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 35% larger than its 6th grade class (26).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
65.9%
AR avg 34.9% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
70.6%
AR avg 38.9% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.9% | 70.6% |
| 2023-24 | 61.6% | 62.6% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 41% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Arkansas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (63.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 226 | 51.3% | 63.6% |
| WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 293 | 49.1% | 53.8% |
| HARDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REDFIELD | 224 | 55.4% | 43.1% |
| LEVERETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 238 | 55.9% | 45.8% |
| ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELKINS | 283 | 49.8% | 58.8% |
| PULASKI HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 266 | 48.1% | 43.0% |
Matched among Arkansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #16 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #16 of 465 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #10 of 465 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 226 | #464 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #66 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #183 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.3% | #413 of 513 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
226
+60 (+36%) vs 2020
+47% since 2010-11, when it was 154
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 12.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 226 | 16.3 | 13.9:1 | 51% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 190 | 15 | 12.7:1 | 45% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 159 | 13.8 | 11.5:1 | 49% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 166 | 13 | 12.8:1 | 54% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 166 | 15.9 | 10.4:1 | 28% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 181 | 16 | 11.3:1 | 59% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 154 | 14 | 11.0:1 | 53% (82) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located in EMERSON, Arkansas, EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school. The school enrolls 226 students, from kindergarten through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Arkansas) has about 418 students.
Besides EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, EMERSON TAYLOR BRADLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 other schools. The district enrolls 1,280 students.
White students account for 64% of enrollment at EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other groups include 19% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, about 61% of residents are White. By the diversity index, EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 55%.
The school has about 13.9 students per teacher and 16.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 51%. On average, public schools in Columbia County report 82%.
Measured against Arkansas public elementary schools, EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Arkansas, EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 63.6% compared with a predicted 40.8%.
Within Columbia County, median household income is about $55,334, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Columbia County number 9 and enroll about 3,472.
Nearby, EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within ten miles number 2. EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 1st of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Remote. That means it sits in rural territory far from an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 226, 36% above the 166 of 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.8:1 to 13.9:1.
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Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,349
Census ACS
Median income
$55,334
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
3,472 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EMERSON TAYLOR BRADLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 341 students
- TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 264 students
- BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 166 students
- BRADLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 147 students
- EMERSON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 136 students
Other Emerson Elementary schools
35 other US public schools in 18 states are named Emerson Elementary. EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 33rd largest of the 36.
- Emerson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 990 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 717 students
- Emerson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 669 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolEverett, WA · 662 students
- Emerson ElementaryCompton, CA · 544 students
Nearby schools
- EMERSON HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 136
- WALKER PRE-K CENTER8.9 mi · 119
- Haynesville Jr./Sr. High School10.3 mi · 246
- Haynesville Elementary School10.7 mi · 304
- North Webster Lower Elementary School11.9 mi · 118
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12.1 mi · 527
Frequently asked questions
About EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 226 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.9:1 (16 FTE teachers).
How diverse is EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 64% White, 11% Hispanic, 19% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by EMERSON TAYLOR BRADLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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