EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 700 BLACK HILLS, in ALLIANCE, Nebraska, EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary campus that caters to 237 students (grades pre-K through 2), operated by ALLIANCE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Across the 5 schools in ALLIANCE PUBLIC SCHOOLS (1,310 students total), EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 8% Native American. By comparison, Box Butte County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 65% of students at EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Box Butte County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Box Butte County) logs that median household earnings sit near $68,892, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 7 public schools in Box Butte County (combined enrollment of about 1,693 students).

Nearest neighbor: ALLIANCE EARLY CHILD ED PROG, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 268 students in 2018 compared to 237 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 59% to 51% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.