Central Emerson Elementary

Located at 1103 Pine Street, in Snohomish, Washington, Central Emerson Elementary is a medium-sized elementary campus that serves 477 students (grades K through 6), part of Snohomish School District. That puts it 26% above the typical public school in Washington, which averages around 380 students.

Snohomish School District runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 9,732 students. Central Emerson Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Central Emerson Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment; the rest looks like 26% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Snohomish County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Central Emerson Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.4%, the actual is 42.1%, a residual of -5.3 points.

In the area at large, census data for Snohomish County shows the typical household earns roughly $111,246 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Snohomish County's 227 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,688 students), Central Emerson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

AIM High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Central Emerson Elementary. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Central Emerson Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 51%: 316 students in 2018 compared to 477 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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