Enrollment
254
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERVILLE CITY·NCES 390450401952
Emerson Elementary School
44 N Vine St, Westerville, OH 43081 · (614) 797-7080 · Franklin County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL254 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
62 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 43%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 52 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 20% |
This year's 1st grade class (52) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54% · 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
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
85.9%
OH avg 59.8% . -8.5pp since 2021
Math
83.0%
OH avg 56.1% . -10.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.9% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 86.7% | 85.8% |
| 2022-23 | 86.4% | 89.0% |
| 2021-22 | 94.5% | 94.0% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
85.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 (85.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson Elementary School this school | 254 | 24.4% | 85.7% |
| Fort Island Primary Elementary School Fairlawn | 358 | 28.2% | 81.0% |
| Hanby Building Elementary School Westerville | 363 | 20.7% | 73.4% |
| Westview Elementary School Avon Lake | 277 | 26.0% | 79.1% |
| Northfield Elementary School Northfield | 348 | 18.4% | 87.4% |
| Stingley Elementary School Centerville | 280 | 26.1% | 78.1% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.7% | #121 of 673 | #11 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #285 of 1,569 ▼ 111 | #16 of 199 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.9% | #118 of 1,569 ▲ 30 | #12 of 199 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.7pp | #39 of 1,514 | #6 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 254 | #1,438 of 1,808 | #180 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #1,486 of 1,582 | #178 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #435 of 1,590 | #108 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.4% | #591 of 767 | #63 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #230 of 992 | #44 of 135 |
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
254
-22 (-8%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 188
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 254 | 11.4 | 22.4:1 | 24% (62) |
| 2023-24 | 223 | 10.4 | 21.6:1 | 25% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 208 | 9.4 | 22.3:1 | 19% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 17 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 322 | 17.7 | 18.2:1 | 12% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 340 | 19 | 17.9:1 | 12% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 255 | 11 | 23.2:1 | 13% (33) |
| 2000-01 | 243 | 11 | 22.1:1 | 2% (5) |
| 1990-91 | 188 | 10 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emerson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (322 to 254); teachers down 36% (17.7 to 11.4).
About Emerson Elementary School
At 44 N Vine St in Westerville, Ohio, Emerson Elementary School operates as a small elementary school. Enrollment is 254 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 1 through 5. Against the 404-student average for elementary schools in Ohio, enrollment here is 37% lower.
Emerson Elementary School is one school in a 24-school district, Westerville City, which enrolls 14,589 students.
Emerson Elementary School is 62% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 17% multiracial, 10% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 59% White, within a few points of the school. Emerson Elementary School's diversity index is 57%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 11.4 full-time positions, a ratio of 22.4:1. On average, elementary schools in Ohio have 17.9:1, compared with 22.4:1 here. Around 24% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 41% average among public schools in Franklin County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Emerson Elementary School is 6.1 points above its prediction. Actual: 85.7%. Predicted: 79.6%.
Among Franklin County residents, the median household income is $75,176, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides Emerson Elementary School, Franklin County has 401 other public schools.
Hanby Building Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Emerson Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Emerson Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show an 8% enrollment decrease, from 276 in 2020-21 to 254 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.2:1 to 22.4:1.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,333,048
Census ACS
Median income
$75,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
402
195,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Westerville City
- Westerville-North High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Westerville-South High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Westerville Central High SchoolHigh · 1,485 students
- Minerva Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
- Genoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Walnut Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
Other schools in Westerville
- Westerville-North High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Westerville-South High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Westerville Central High SchoolHigh · 1,485 students
- Cornerstone Academy Community SchoolCombined · 1,192 students
- Genoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Walnut Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
Other Emerson Elementary schools
35 other US public schools in 18 states are named Emerson Elementary. Emerson Elementary School is the 30th largest of the 36.
- Emerson Elementary SchoolLakewood, OH · 323 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 990 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 717 students
- Emerson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 669 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolEverett, WA · 662 students
Nearby schools
- Hanby Building Elementary School0.2 mi · 363
- Whittier Elementary School0.3 mi · 367
- Blendon Middle School0.6 mi · 609
- Westerville-South High School0.7 mi · 1,509
- Cherrington Elementary School1.4 mi · 338
- Mark Twain Elementary School1.4 mi · 398
Frequently asked questions
About Emerson Elementary SchoolHow large is Emerson Elementary School?
Emerson Elementary School enrolls approximately 254 students in grades 01-05.
Is Emerson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Emerson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Emerson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Emerson Elementary School is approximately 22.4:1 (11 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Emerson Elementary School?
Emerson Elementary School reports a student body of 62% White, 7% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 17% Two or more.
What district is Emerson Elementary School in?
Emerson Elementary School is part of Westerville City.
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