Enrollment
286
Elementary
DISTRICT 238 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 310534000161
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2410 20TH ST, COLUMBUS, NE 68602 · (402) 563-7030 · Platte County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Nebraska public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Nebraska public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
180 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 37%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 61 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (47).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within COLUMBUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.9%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
61.4%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
Source: NSCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.3%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nebraska's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 286 | 62.9% | 55.3% |
| CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COLUMBUS | 353 | 62.0% | 49.4% |
| NORTH PARK ELEMENTARY COLUMBUS | 304 | 58.9% | 48.4% |
| CRETE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CRETE | 438 | 66.0% | N/A |
| WEST PARK ELEMENTARY COLUMBUS | 215 | 58.6% | 52.8% |
| WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAKEFIELD | 341 | 55.1% | 58.1% |
Matched among Nebraska elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nebraska | In Platte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #268 of 311 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #250 of 398 | #3 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #348 of 438 | #6 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #267 of 587 | #5 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #373 of 379 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.7% | #159 of 379 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.9% | #32 of 359 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.6% | #63 of 135 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
286
-12 (-4%) vs 2020
+66% since 1990-91, when it was 172
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 19.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 286 | 14.5 | 19.7:1 | 63% (180) |
| 2023-24 | 275 | 13 | 21.1:1 | 59% (161) |
| 2022-23 | 281 | 14.5 | 19.4:1 | 52% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 15 | 19.9:1 | 41% (121) |
| 2017-18 | 261 | 14.6 | 17.9:1 | 62% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 334 | 16 | 20.9:1 | 51% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 279 | 19 | 14.7:1 | 66% (183) |
| 2000-01 | 237 | 14 | 16.9:1 | 41% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 172 | 10 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (261 to 286); teachers down 1% (14.6 to 14.5).
About EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in COLUMBUS, Nebraska. The school runs pre-K through 4 and enrolls 286 students.
COLUMBUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which runs EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, has 9 schools and 4,171 students.
The largest group at EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 60%. Other groups include 38% White. By comparison, Platte County residents are about 24% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 50%.
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 19.7:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Nebraska is 21.0:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 63% at EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. That rate is above the 50% average among public schools in Platte County.
Among Nebraska public elementary schools, EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 38%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 55.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 54.3%.
In Platte County, the median household earns about $71,552 a year, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Platte County, 19 public schools serve about 5,530 students.
The closest school to EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is KRAMER EDUCATION CENTER, located about 0.3 miles away. EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 55.3% against a local average of 47.9%.
NCES describes the area around EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment decreased 4% over 4 years, reaching 286 in 2024-25.
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Platte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,716
Census ACS
Median income
$71,552
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
5,530 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COLUMBUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- COLUMBUS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,337 students
- COLUMBUS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,166 students
- CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 353 students
- LOST CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHElementary · 318 students
- NORTH PARK ELEMENTARYElementary · 304 students
- WEST PARK ELEMENTARYElementary · 215 students
Other schools in COLUMBUS
- COLUMBUS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,337 students
- COLUMBUS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,166 students
- SHELL CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 373 students
- CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 353 students
- LAKEVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 344 students
- LOST CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHElementary · 318 students
Other Emerson Elementary schools
35 other US public schools in 18 states are named Emerson Elementary. EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 25th largest of the 36.
- EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLALLIANCE, NE · 237 students
- EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLKEARNEY, NE · 235 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 990 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 717 students
- Emerson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 669 students
Nearby schools
- KRAMER EDUCATION CENTER0.3 mi · 170
- COLUMBUS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,166
- PATHWAYS BEYOND/EARLY STEPS TO SUCCESS BUILDING0.4 mi · 22
- NORTH PARK ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 304
- WEST PARK ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 215
- LOST CREEK ELEMENTARY SCH1.3 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 286 students in grades PK-04.
Is EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.7:1.
How diverse is EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 38% White, 60% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by COLUMBUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Platte County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.