Emerson Elem

Emerson Elem operates as a tight-knit elementary school in Kansas City, Kansas, one of the schools within Kansas City. Current enrollment sits at 171 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 45% below the state mean of about 313.

Within Kansas City, which oversees 43 schools and 21,538 students, Emerson Elem is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Emerson Elem reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 23% Black, 6% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Wyandotte County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Wyandotte County's rate of about 75%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Emerson Elem ranks in the top 10% of Kansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 17.9%; Emerson Elem posts 37.6%, +19.6 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Wyandotte County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $63,631 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Wyandotte County runs 62 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,713 students), of which Emerson Elem is one.

New Stanley Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Emerson Elem ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 15.0%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Emerson Elem has declined 11%, going from 193 students in 2018 to 171 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 67% to 63% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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