Enrollment
235
Elementary
DISTRICT 292 · STATE 272
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317239001103
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2705 AVE E, KEARNEY, NE 68847 · (308) 698-8270 · Buffalo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL235 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 21.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
128 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 19 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
55.0%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
60.0%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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
59.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 (59.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 235 | 54.5% | 59.7% |
| BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KEARNEY | 248 | 58.1% | 63.6% |
| GRANDVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALLIANCE | 283 | 54.4% | 53.1% |
| DEER POINTE ELEMENTARY FREMONT | 290 | 50.7% | 52.6% |
| CHASE COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IMPERIAL | 221 | 46.6% | 65.4% |
| HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HASTINGS | 343 | 54.5% | 58.0% |
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 Buffalo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #221 of 311 | #13 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #263 of 398 | #15 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #282 of 438 | #14 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 235 | #348 of 587 | #12 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #114 of 379 | #4 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #163 of 379 | #5 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.5% | #67 of 359 | #2 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #167 of 220 | #4 of 7 |
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
235
+29 (+14%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 329
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 235 | 18 | 13.1:1 | 54% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 211 | 16 | 13.2:1 | 71% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 241 | 17 | 14.2:1 | 65% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 206 | 17 | 12.1:1 | 74% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 248 | 18 | 13.8:1 | 68% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 249 | 17 | 14.7:1 | 66% (164) |
| 2010-11 | 267 | 18 | 14.8:1 | 59% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 231 | 14 | 16.5:1 | 64% (148) |
| 1990-91 | 329 | 16 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (248 to 235); teachers unchanged (18 to 18).
About EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in KEARNEY, Nebraska. The student body numbers 235 students, from pre-K through 5.
KEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS is the district for EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It has 15 schools and 6,066 students.
A majority of students at EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 65%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 30% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 87%. By the diversity index, EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 49%.
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Nebraska is 21.0:1, higher than at this school. EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 54%. That is 21 points above the 33% average for public schools in Buffalo County.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 59.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 57.3%.
Federal survey data for Buffalo County show that median household income is about $75,911, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. A total of 28 public schools operate in Buffalo County, serving about 8,449 students.
Of nearby public schools, NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 63.4%, higher than EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 59.7%.
NCES describes the area around EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The number of students grew from 206 to 235 over 4 years.
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Buffalo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
50,579
Census ACS
Median income
$75,911
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
8,449 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,663 students
- HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 648 students
- SUNRISE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 536 students
- MEADOWLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 417 students
- KENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 398 students
- NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 397 students
Other schools in KEARNEY
- KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,663 students
- HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 648 students
- SUNRISE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 536 students
- MEADOWLARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 417 students
- KENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 398 students
- NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 397 students
Other Emerson Elementary schools
35 other US public schools in 18 states are named Emerson Elementary. EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 32nd largest of the 36.
- EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCOLUMBUS, NE · 286 students
- EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLALLIANCE, NE · 237 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 990 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 717 students
- Emerson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 669 students
Nearby schools
- NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 397
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 284
- BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 248
- PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 257
- HANNY ARRAM CENTER1.1 mi · 2
- KEARNEY EDUCATION CENTER1.2 mi · 332
Frequently asked questions
About EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 235 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 65% White, 30% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by KEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Buffalo County.
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