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What's the biggest difference between Emerson School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
395
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALT LAKE DISTRICT·NCES 490087000488
Emerson School
1017 E 1370 S, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84105 · (801) 481-4819 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL395 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
99 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
51.5%
UT avg 41.4% . -14.4pp since 2023
Math
47.9%
UT avg 41.8% . -17.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 18 points.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Utah's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
395
-188 (-32%) vs 2017
% White
73%
was 69%
% Hispanic
16%
was 20%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Emerson School
Emerson School operates as a tight-knit elementary school in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, overseen by Salt Lake District. Current enrollment sits at 395 students spanning grades K through 6.
Within Salt Lake District, which oversees 39 schools and 20,086 students, Emerson School is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Emerson School lists that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Emerson School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Salt Lake County (around 34%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Emerson School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.5%; this one delivers 59.4%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Salt Lake County put median household income runs about $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Salt Lake County's 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), Emerson School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Hawthorne School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Emerson School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Emerson School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 45.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 32%: 583 students in 2018 compared to 395 in 2025.
On allk12, members of the Emerson School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salt Lake District
- West HighHigh · 2,503 students
- Highland HighHigh · 1,973 students
- East HighHigh · 1,764 students
- Glendale MiddleMiddle · 678 students
- Mountain View SchoolElementary · 629 students
- Clayton MiddleMiddle · 567 students
Other schools in SALT LAKE CITY
- West HighHigh · 2,503 students
- Brighton HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
- Olympus HighHigh · 2,151 students
- Highland HighHigh · 1,973 students
- East HighHigh · 1,764 students
Nearby schools
- Hawthorne School0.8 mi · 318
- East High0.8 mi · 1,764
- Uintah School0.8 mi · 464
- Utah Connections Academy1.2 mi · 1,052
- Liberty School1.2 mi · 473
- Whittier School1.2 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About Emerson SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Emerson School?
Emerson School enrolls approximately 395 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Emerson School serve?
Emerson School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Emerson School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Emerson School is approximately 13.6:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Emerson School?
Emerson School reports a student body of 73% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Emerson School public or private?
Emerson School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Salt Lake District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.