Emerson Elementary

Emerson Elementary is one of the mid-sized elementary campuss in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, operated by Minneapolis Public School District, with 491 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Minnesota's public schools average about 344 students each, so Emerson Elementary sits 43% above that benchmark.

Minneapolis Public School District runs 86 schools in total, collectively educating 29,928 students. Emerson Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Emerson Elementary shows that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 25% White, 6% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Emerson Elementary has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hennepin County (around 43%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Emerson Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.2%, the actual is 25.8%, a residual of -8.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hennepin County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,653 per year, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hennepin County's 496 public schools (combined enrollment of about 177,509 students), Emerson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Loring-Nicollet High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Emerson Elementary at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 16.6%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Emerson Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 500 students in 2018 to 491 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share grew from 13% to 25%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Emerson Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.