EMERSON EL

EMERSON EL is an elementary-level community of roomy scale in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within HOUSTON ISD, serveing 990 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 91% above the state mean of about 519.

Within HOUSTON ISD, which oversees 273 schools and 176,727 students, EMERSON EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, EMERSON EL lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%; the rest is composed of 14% Black, 13% Asian, 12% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting EMERSON EL higher than the state norm the norm. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Harris County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, EMERSON EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.4%, the actual is 35.1%, a residual of +3.7 points.

In the surrounding community, Harris County reports that median household income runs about $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which EMERSON EL is one.

SNEED EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EMERSON EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EMERSON EL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 41.7%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. EMERSON EL's enrollment has grew 3% since 2018, when it stood at 965 (now 990). Over the same period, the Asian share edged up from 4% to 13%.

Inside the community feed, the feed for EMERSON EL typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.