Enrollment
289
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000412
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
8001 SW 36TH ST, MIAMI, FL 33155 · (305) 264-5757 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL289 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
136 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 50% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 70% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
65.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
73.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.8% | 73.6% |
| 2023-24 | 60.4% | 66.8% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 SCHOOL
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 289 | 47.1% | 64.3% |
| VILLAGE GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 264 | 49.6% | 66.0% |
| SOMERSET PALMS ACADEMY MIAMI | 324 | 49.7% | 74.8% |
| BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 340 | 44.4% | 64.3% |
| TROPICAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 367 | 45.0% | 64.5% |
| FLAGAMI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 381 | 48.3% | 62.3% |
Matched among Florida 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 Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #669 of 2,136 | #100 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #502 of 2,149 ▲ 162 | #87 of 279 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #592 of 2,149 ▲ 105 | #94 of 279 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 289 | #2,003 of 2,267 | #245 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #775 of 2,077 | #78 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.6% | #2,020 of 2,108 | #185 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.1% | #1,386 of 2,188 | #194 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #439 of 1,374 | #91 of 185 |
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
289
-25 (-8%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 560
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 289 | 19 | 15.2:1 | 47% (136) |
| 2023-24 | 283 | 19 | 14.9:1 | 50% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 19 | 15.8:1 | 58% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 314 | 24 | 13.1:1 | 81% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 26 | 14.1:1 | 86% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | 26 | 13.8:1 | 89% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 403 | 30 | 13.4:1 | 75% (302) |
| 2000-01 | 588 | 31 | 19.0:1 | 55% (323) |
| 1990-91 | 560 | 30 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Federal records list EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as an elementary school in MIAMI, Florida. The school's 289 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students each.
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in a 527-school district, MIAMI-DADE, which enrolls 335,685 students.
Federal enrollment data show EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 94% Hispanic. It is also 4% White. Miami-Dade County's residents are about 69% Hispanic, 25 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is an 11% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 15.2:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 47%. For comparison, public schools in Miami-Dade County average 48%.
allk12 grades EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a B+. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 57.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 64.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Miami-Dade County, the median household income is $71,753, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. In all, Miami-Dade County has 561 public schools and roughly 335,817 students.
The next-closest public school is BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is ahead of the 56.8% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 9.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over 4 years, EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment declined 8%, to 289. The number of students per teacher rose from 13.1 to 15.2 over 4 years.
The EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Miami-Dade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,738,356
Census ACS
Median income
$71,753
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
561
335,817 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 SCHOOL is the 24th 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
- BANYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 340
- WEST MIAMI MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 599
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGH1.3 mi · 2,599
- EVERGLADES K-8 CENTER1.4 mi · 912
- CORAL TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 462
- ROCKWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 370
Frequently asked questions
About EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 289 students in grades PK-05.
Is EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 4% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.