EMERSON EL

EMERSON EL operates as a mid-sized K-5 school in MIDLAND, Texas, overseen by MIDLAND ISD. Current enrollment sits at 529 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

MIDLAND ISD runs 40 schools in total, collectively educating 29,651 students. EMERSON EL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EMERSON EL records that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 37% White, 6% Black, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EMERSON EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.1%, the actual is 46.0%, a residual of -3.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Midland County shows median household earnings sit near $92,874, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Midland County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,119 students), of which EMERSON EL is one.

The closest other public school is GODDARD J H, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EMERSON EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.1%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EMERSON EL has increased 7%, going from 496 students in 2018 to 529 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 43% to 52%. Class-load math has grew: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the EMERSON EL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.