EMERSON ALTERNATIVE ED. (ES)

EMERSON ALTERNATIVE ED. (ES) is a primary school of one-room-style scale in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, overseen by OKLAHOMA CITY, serveing 44 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 88% smaller than the typical public school in Oklahoma, which averages around 366 students.

OKLAHOMA CITY comprises 58 schools with combined enrollment of 32,864 students; EMERSON ALTERNATIVE ED. (ES) is among them.

In terms of who attends, EMERSON ALTERNATIVE ED. (ES) shows that the largest single group is White at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 20% multiracial, 16% Black, 5% Native American. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.6:1 average. Around 75% 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 Oklahoma County's rate of about 67%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Oklahoma County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,679 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Oklahoma County runs 225 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students), of which EMERSON ALTERNATIVE ED. (ES) is one.

EMERSON ALTERNATIVE ED. (HS) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EMERSON ALTERNATIVE ED. (ES) has ticked down 58%, going from 105 students in 2018 to 44 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 50% to 36% over that span.

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