Enrollment
334
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000051
EMERSON ELEMENTARY
620 GEORGIA ST SE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87108 · (505) 255-9091 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL334 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
329 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
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 | 16 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 55% · 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
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
23.8%
NM avg 44.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The New Mexico average is about 44 of 100.
Source: NM-MSSA + NM-ASR. 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
24.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for New Mexico 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 New Mexico'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
EMERSON ELEMENTARY's state test result (24.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMERSON ELEMENTARY this school | 334 | 98.5% | 24.4% |
| MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 336 | 100.0% | 28.8% |
| VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 343 | 99.7% | 25.7% |
| APACHE ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 341 | 98.8% | 19.9% |
| CHELWOOD ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 309 | 99.4% | 21.1% |
| UNIVERSITY HILLS ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 363 | 100.0% | 36.0% |
Matched among New Mexico 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #271 of 329 | #69 of 91 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #332 of 366 | #85 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 334 | #193 of 490 | #49 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #76 of 318 | #35 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.0% | #172 of 334 | #61 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #290 of 393 | #91 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.5% | #57 of 287 | #34 of 88 |
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
334
-66 (-16%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 687
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 334 | 29.4 | 11.4:1 | 99% (329) |
| 2023-24 | 284 | 34.2 | 8.3:1 | 100% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 35 | 10.2:1 | 100% (358) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 31 | 12.9:1 | 100% (400) |
| 2017-18 | 526 | 37.4 | 14.1:1 | 99% (523) |
| 2015-16 | 512 | 36 | 14.2:1 | 100% (512) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 29 | 16.0:1 | 99% (462) |
| 2000-01 | 645 | 44 | 14.7:1 | 95% (611) |
| 1990-91 | 687 | 42 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EMERSON ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (526 to 334); teachers down 21% (37.4 to 29.4).
About EMERSON ELEMENTARY
EMERSON ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. The school's 334 students are in pre-K through 5.
ALBUQUERQUE has a total of 172 schools and 74,800 students, EMERSON ELEMENTARY among them.
At 77%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at EMERSON ELEMENTARY combined. Other students are 7% Native American, 6% White, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Bernalillo County residents are about 49% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at EMERSON ELEMENTARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 40%.
Dividing enrollment by its 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 11.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Mexico is 12.9:1, higher than at this school. EMERSON ELEMENTARY reports 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Bernalillo County average 90%.
On BeatsExpectations, EMERSON ELEMENTARY is 9.4 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Mexico schools.
Census estimates describe Bernalillo County this way: median household income is about $69,473, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 211 public schools in Bernalillo County, with a combined enrollment of about 85,724.
The closest public school to EMERSON ELEMENTARY is VAN BUREN MIDDLE, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 17.8%, lower than EMERSON ELEMENTARY's 24.4%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The number of students declined from 400 to 334 over 4 years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 11.4:1, from 12.9:1.
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Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other Emerson Elementary schools
35 other US public schools in 18 states are named Emerson Elementary. EMERSON ELEMENTARY is the 20th largest of the 36.
- Emerson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 990 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 717 students
- Emerson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 669 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolEverett, WA · 662 students
- Emerson ElementaryCompton, CA · 544 students
Nearby schools
- VAN BUREN MIDDLE0.2 mi · 344
- VOZ COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 134
- WILSON MIDDLE0.6 mi · 359
- WHERRY ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 240
- CESAR CHAVEZ COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 181
- LA MESA ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About EMERSON ELEMENTARYHow many students attend EMERSON ELEMENTARY?
EMERSON ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 334 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does EMERSON ELEMENTARY serve?
EMERSON ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at EMERSON ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at EMERSON ELEMENTARY is approximately 11.4:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at EMERSON ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at EMERSON ELEMENTARY are roughly 6% White, 77% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is EMERSON ELEMENTARY in?
EMERSON ELEMENTARY is part of ALBUQUERQUE.
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