Emerson Elementary School

As a cozy elementary campus in Emerson, Georgia, Emerson Elementary School caters to 385 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Bartow County. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 36% below typical.

Bartow County runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 14,019 students. Emerson Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Emerson Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Emerson Elementary School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Emerson Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Bartow County's rate of about 62%.

With demographic context factored in, Emerson Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.1%, the actual is 33.6%, a residual of -3.5 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Bartow County put the typical household earns roughly $82,243 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Bartow County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,705 students), Emerson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Red Top Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Emerson Elementary School comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 8%: 417 students in 2018 compared to 385 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 64% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.