EMERSON ALTERNATIVE ED. (HS)

EMERSON ALTERNATIVE ED. (HS) is one of the mid-tier 9-12 campuss in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, one of the schools within OKLAHOMA CITY, with 530 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Within OKLAHOMA CITY, which oversees 58 schools and 32,864 students, EMERSON ALTERNATIVE ED. (HS) is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, EMERSON ALTERNATIVE ED. (HS) records that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 28% Black, 13% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Native American. By comparison, Oklahoma County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, EMERSON ALTERNATIVE ED. (HS) reports 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.4:1, putting EMERSON ALTERNATIVE ED. (HS) tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 91% of students at EMERSON ALTERNATIVE ED. (HS) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Oklahoma County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Oklahoma County put median household earnings sit near $66,679, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. EMERSON ALTERNATIVE ED. (HS) is one of 225 public schools in Oklahoma County (combined enrollment of about 161,569 students).

EMERSON ALTERNATIVE ED. (MS) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EMERSON ALTERNATIVE ED. (HS).

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EMERSON ALTERNATIVE ED. (HS) has fell 34%, going from 805 students in 2018 to 530 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 18% to 13% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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