EMERSON ELEMENTARY

EMERSON ELEMENTARY operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, overseen by ALBUQUERQUE. Current enrollment sits at 334 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within ALBUQUERQUE, which oversees 171 schools and 74,041 students, EMERSON ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EMERSON ELEMENTARY logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 77%. Other groups include 7% Native American, 6% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 49% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, EMERSON ELEMENTARY has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Bernalillo County's rate of about 90%.

With demographic context factored in, EMERSON ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.8%, the actual is 24.4%, a residual of -9.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Bernalillo County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,473, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bernalillo County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), of which EMERSON ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is VAN BUREN MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, EMERSON ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 17.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. EMERSON ELEMENTARY's enrollment has decreased 37% since 2018, when it stood at 526 (now 334). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 71% to 77%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.