Emerson Middle School

Emerson Middle School is a large middle school in Niles, Illinois, part of Park Ridge CCSD 64. The school works with 890 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 93% bigger than the state mean of about 462.

Within Park Ridge CCSD 64, which oversees 8 schools and 4,654 students, Emerson Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Emerson Middle School shows that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 9% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Emerson Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Jefferson School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Emerson Middle School's enrollment has edged up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 851 (now 890).

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.