EMERSON ES

EMERSON ES is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in Duncan, Oklahoma, run under DUNCAN, with 336 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Within DUNCAN, which oversees 8 schools and 3,278 students, EMERSON ES is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, EMERSON ES logs that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 20% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 4% Native American, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. The state averages around 15.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 78% of students at EMERSON ES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Stephens County's rate of about 60%.

After controlling for student poverty, EMERSON ES ranks in the top 10% of Oklahoma public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 29.0%; EMERSON ES posts 42.0%, +13.0 points above that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Stephens County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,620 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Stephens County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,186 students), of which EMERSON ES is one.

The closest other public school is DUNCAN HS, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EMERSON ES ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 34.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 20%: 422 students in 2018 compared to 336 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 60% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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