EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in MIAMI, Florida, EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a tight-knit elementary-level community, overseen by MIAMI-DADE. It caters to 289 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 52% leaner than typical.

EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that caters to 335,685 students overall.

On demographics, EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 4% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

In terms of school funding signals, EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 47% of students at EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.6%; this one delivers 64.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Miami-Dade County indicate median household income runs about $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Miami-Dade County runs 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), of which EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 56.8%.

EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 21%: 367 students in 2018 compared to 289 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.