Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BARTOW COUNTY·NCES 130033000179
Emerson Elementary School
220 Old Alabama Rd SE, Emerson, GA 30137 · (770) 606-5848 · Bartow County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
300 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 74%
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 | 28 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 71% · 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
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
37.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +9.0pp since 2021
Math
36.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.3% | 36.7% |
| 2023-24 | 37.5% | 32.6% |
| 2022-23 | 33.9% | 29.8% |
| 2021-22 | 28.3% | 27.7% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. 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
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Georgia 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 Georgia'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 (33.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson Elementary School this school | 385 | 77.9% | 33.6% |
| Maysville Elementary School Maysville | 468 | 78.4% | 41.0% |
| Alto Park Elementary School Rome | 429 | 83.9% | 39.7% |
| Commerce Elementary School Commerce | 308 | 79.9% | 56.2% |
| Commerce Primary Commerce | 456 | 84.6% | N/A |
| Kingston Elementary School Kingston | 473 | 72.9% | 30.1% |
Matched among Georgia 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 Georgia | In Bartow County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #708 of 1,208 | #13 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #692 of 1,215 ▲ 85 | #13 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #527 of 1,215 ▲ 55 | #7 of 14 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #178 of 1,183 | #4 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #1,121 of 1,324 | #14 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #85 of 1,301 | #1 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #728 of 1,301 | #9 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.9% | #750 of 1,312 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #611 of 854 | #4 of 7 |
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
385
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 894
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 385 | 36 | 10.7:1 | 78% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 34.5 | 11.7:1 | 79% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 386 | 32.5 | 11.9:1 | 67% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 34 | 11.2:1 | 66% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 417 | 35.3 | 11.8:1 | 73% (305) |
| 2015-16 | 417 | 35 | 11.9:1 | 74% (309) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 30 | 13.2:1 | 74% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 526 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 55% (290) |
| 1990-91 | 894 | 49 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emerson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (417 to 385); teachers up 2% (35.3 to 36).
About Emerson Elementary School
The public elementary school Emerson Elementary School is located in Emerson, Georgia. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 385 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average enrollment is about 605.
Bartow County oversees Emerson Elementary School and 18 other schools, with 14,019 students in total.
The share of White students at Emerson Elementary School is 64%, a majority. After that, the student body is 25% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. Census figures show Bartow County is about 76% White. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at Emerson Elementary School are from different groups.
Staffing at Emerson Elementary School comes to 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.7:1. Elementary schools in Georgia have an average ratio of 13.3:1. On the income side, 78% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Bartow County averages 62%, lower than here.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 37.1%.
In the surrounding county, Bartow County, median household income comes to about $82,243, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 23 public schools and about 18,705 students.
Emerson Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Red Top Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Emerson Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Emerson Elementary School is behind the 43.2% nearby average, ranking 8th of 9.
Federal data place Emerson Elementary School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 381 to 385.
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Bartow County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,113
Census ACS
Median income
$82,243
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
18,705 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bartow County
- Cass High SchoolHigh · 1,570 students
- Woodland High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Adairsville High SchoolHigh · 1,206 students
- Cass Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Adairsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 868 students
- Adairsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 862 students
Other Emerson Elementary schools
35 other US public schools in 18 states are named Emerson Elementary. Emerson Elementary School is the 14th 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
- Red Top Middle School0.2 mi · 569
- Cartersville Primary School3.4 mi · 1,507
- Cartersville Elementary School3.5 mi · 629
- Cartersville Middle School3.5 mi · 1,081
- Cartersville High School3.7 mi · 1,469
- Woodland High School4.1 mi · 1,456
Frequently asked questions
About Emerson Elementary SchoolHow large is Emerson Elementary School?
Emerson Elementary School enrolls approximately 385 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Emerson Elementary School serve?
Emerson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Emerson Elementary School have?
Emerson Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Emerson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Emerson Elementary School are roughly 64% White, 25% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Emerson Elementary School public or private?
Emerson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bartow County.
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