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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Emerson Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
669
Elementary
DISTRICT 671 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE UNIFIED·NCES 063315005136
Emerson Elementary
4660 Ottawa Ave., Riverside, CA 92507 · (951) 788-7462 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL669 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
564 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 127 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (127) is 61% larger than its 6th grade class (79).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 62% · 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
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
33.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.1pp since 2014
Math
23.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.4% | 21.7% | 25.3% | 41.7% |
| Math | 5.3% | 17.7% | 28.3% | 48.8% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.1% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.6% | 21.7% |
| 2022-23 | 29.6% | 22.5% |
| 2021-22 | 31.1% | 19.6% |
| 2018-19 | 40.7% | 31.8% |
| 2017-18 | 38.8% | 26.9% |
| 2016-17 | 39.5% | 29.7% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 27.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 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
Emerson Elementary's state test result (27.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson Elementary this school | 669 | 84.3% | 27.8% |
| Baldy View Elementary Upland | 624 | 83.7% | 38.6% |
| Palms Elementary Perris | 671 | 84.2% | 20.9% |
| Sugar Hill Elementary Moreno Valley | 629 | 82.4% | 34.3% |
| Grand Terrace Elementary Grand Terrace | 654 | 79.8% | 24.5% |
| Franklin Elementary Redlands | 624 | 84.0% | 30.6% |
Matched among California 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #3,775 of 5,151 | #191 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #3,992 of 5,172 ▼ 6 | #199 of 283 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #3,659 of 5,172 ▼ 49 | #189 of 283 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.6pp | #2,444 of 5,116 | #153 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 669 | #906 of 5,915 | #126 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #2,975 of 5,352 | #117 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.1% | #3,427 of 5,354 | #157 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.3% | #1,729 of 5,625 | #131 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #2,097 of 3,837 | #105 of 207 |
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
669
+25 (+4%) vs 2020
+54% since 1990-91, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 669 | 29.1 | 23.0:1 | 84% (564) |
| 2023-24 | 665 | 30.1 | 22.1:1 | 53% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 636 | 28.1 | 22.6:1 | 82% (522) |
| 2020-21 | 644 | 31 | 20.8:1 | 78% (501) |
| 2017-18 | 782 | 32.2 | 24.3:1 | 81% (637) |
| 2015-16 | 792 | 32 | 24.8:1 | 80% (634) |
| 2010-11 | 711 | N/A | N/A | 69% (489) |
| 2000-01 | 544 | 25 | 21.8:1 | 47% (255) |
| 1990-91 | 435 | 19 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emerson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (782 to 669); teachers down 10% (32.2 to 29.1).
About Emerson Elementary
Emerson Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in California, located in Riverside. It enrolled 669 students in kindergarten through 6 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 44% higher than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Riverside Unified has 38,002 students spread across 48 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Emerson Elementary is 76% Hispanic. It is also 11% Black, 6% White, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Riverside County is roughly 51% Hispanic. Emerson Elementary has a diversity index of 40%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.0:1 at Emerson Elementary, with 29.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in California average about 22.3:1, a similar figure. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 84% of enrollment. It compares with 74% for public schools in Riverside County.
Emerson Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 27.8%, compared with a predicted 30.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Riverside County, median household income is about $93,074, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Emerson Elementary is among the 543 public schools in Riverside County.
The nearest other public school, Abraham Lincoln Continuation, is about 0.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Emerson Elementary is 4th of 5 nearby schools with test data.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The student count in 2024-25 was 669, 4% above the 644 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher rose from 20.8 to 23.0 over 4 years.
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Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
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Other Emerson Elementary schools
35 other US public schools in 18 states are named Emerson Elementary. Emerson Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 36.
- Emerson ElementaryCompton, CA · 544 students
- Emerson ElementaryOakland, CA · 354 students
- Emerson ElementaryBerkeley, CA · 283 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 990 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 717 students
Nearby schools
- Abraham Lincoln Continuation0.9 mi · 148
- Longfellow Elementary1.0 mi · 701
- Alcott Elementary1.0 mi · 603
- John W. North High1.2 mi · 2,011
- Polytechnic High1.4 mi · 2,484
- Riverside Virtual1.4 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About Emerson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Emerson Elementary?
Emerson Elementary enrolls approximately 669 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Emerson Elementary serve?
Emerson Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Emerson Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Emerson Elementary is approximately 23.0:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Emerson Elementary?
Student demographics at Emerson Elementary are roughly 6% White, 76% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Emerson Elementary public or private?
Emerson Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Riverside Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.