Emerson Academy

Emerson Academy is an expansive elementary campus in Dayton, Ohio, overseen by Emerson Academy. The school caters to 674 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 67% above the state mean of about 404.

Emerson Academy sits inside Emerson Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Emerson Academy reports that the largest single group is Black, at 59% of enrollment; the rest consists of 21% multiracial, 15% White, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 20% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Across the wider county, census data for Montgomery County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,139 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Emerson Academy is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 74,487 students).

The closest other public school is Dayton SMART Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Emerson Academy operates from a metropolitan location. Emerson Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 8%: 625 students in 2018 compared to 674 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 45% to 15% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Emerson Academy community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.