EMERSON ES

EMERSON ES is an elementary school of reasonably sized scale in Tulsa, Oklahoma, part of TULSA, enrolling 376 students in grades pre-K through 5.

TULSA comprises 69 schools with combined enrollment of 33,617 students; EMERSON ES is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EMERSON ES logs that 50% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 20% White, 16% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 4% Native American. By comparison, Tulsa County as a whole is about 10% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, EMERSON ES lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.6:1, putting EMERSON ES higher than the state norm the norm. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Tulsa County (around 62%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Zooming out to the county, Tulsa County reports that median household earnings sit near $69,009, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tulsa County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,616 students), of which EMERSON ES is one.

PROJECT ACCEPT TRAICE ES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 61%: 233 students in 2018 compared to 376 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 63% to 50% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.