EMERSON H S

EMERSON H S operates as an expansive high school in MCKINNEY, Texas, part of FRISCO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 1,844 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 132% above the state mean of about 796.

FRISCO ISD comprises 76 schools with combined enrollment of 65,289 students; EMERSON H S is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EMERSON H S shows that the largest single group is Asian at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 29% White, 16% Black, 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Collin County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 124 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Collin County (around 30%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, EMERSON H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.4%; this one delivers 70.8%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Collin County shows median household income runs about $121,600, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Collin County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), of which EMERSON H S is one.

The closest other public school is LOIS LINDSEY EL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EMERSON H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EMERSON H S at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 63.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

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