Emerson Jr Sr High

Emerson Jr Sr High operates as a tight-knit four-year high school in Emerson, New Jersey, one of the schools within Emerson Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 440 students spanning grades 7 through 12. That puts it 53% leaner than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 929 students.

Emerson Public School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,054 students. Emerson Jr Sr High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Emerson Jr Sr High lists that 62% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 23% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school lists 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.3:1. The state averages around 12.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 14% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bergen County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Emerson Jr Sr High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.3%; this one delivers 47.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bergen County put median household income runs about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Emerson Jr Sr High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Patrick M Villano School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Emerson Jr Sr High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Emerson Jr Sr High ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 62.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 500 students in 2018 compared to 440 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 79% to 62%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.