Enrollment
317
Elementary
DISTRICT 228 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA CROSSE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550753000855
Emerson Elementary
2101 Campbell Rd, La Crosse, WI 54601 · (608) 789-7990 · La Crosse County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL317 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
85 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 28 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
54.6%
WI avg 53.1% . -10.1pp since 2023
Math
48.2%
WI avg 54.8% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 55 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 Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.6% | 48.2% |
| 2023-24 | 64.7% | 55.2% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. 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
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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 →
Schools most like Emerson Elementary
Emerson Elementary's state test result (58.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson Elementary this school | 317 | 26.8% | 58.7% |
| Cottage Grove Elementary Cottage Grove | 307 | 22.8% | N/A |
| Bannach Elementary Stevens Point | 368 | 29.1% | 70.5% |
| Deerfield Elementary Oak Creek | 368 | 25.8% | 67.4% |
| Eagle Point Elementary DeForest | 389 | 24.9% | 62.5% |
| Marathon Elementary Marathon | 323 | 27.2% | 63.2% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Emerson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In La Crosse County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #435 of 982 | #12 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #625 of 992 ▼ 89 | #14 of 20 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #451 of 992 ▼ 190 | #9 of 20 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 317 | #563 of 1,157 | #11 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #339 of 901 | #12 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.0% | #461 of 901 | #10 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.8% | #782 of 1,064 | #14 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #435 of 664 | #13 of 16 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
317
+11 (+4%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 415
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 10.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 317 | 25.4 | 12.5:1 | 27% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 323 | 23.7 | 13.7:1 | 33% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 26.5 | 11.7:1 | 31% (97) |
| 2020-21 | 306 | 29 | 10.6:1 | 33% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 354 | 26.4 | 13.4:1 | 35% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 385 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 41% (159) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | 26 | 13.7:1 | 39% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 247 | 17 | 14.5:1 | 35% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 415 | 28 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emerson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (354 to 317); teachers down 4% (26.4 to 25.4).
About Emerson Elementary
Emerson Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Wisconsin, located in La Crosse. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 317 students enrolled.
La Crosse School District enrolls 5,717 students in 19 schools, including Emerson Elementary.
At Emerson Elementary, 78% of students are White. After that, the student body is 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 3% Black. Census figures show La Crosse County is about 88% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 38%.
There are 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Emerson Elementary, giving a ratio of 12.5:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1, 2.2 more students per teacher than here. A total of 85 students, or 27%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Emerson Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 40% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Emerson Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 58.7%; the prediction is 61.2%.
American Community Survey estimates for La Crosse County show that the median household earns about $73,013 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. La Crosse County has 38 public schools with about 14,903 students, including Emerson Elementary.
La Crosse Offsite Preschool sits about 0.9 miles from Emerson Elementary. Emerson Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 51.7% proficiency; Emerson Elementary posts 58.7%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Emerson Elementary had a net gain of 11 students, or 4%. The school's ratio increased from 10.6:1 to 12.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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La Crosse County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
120,488
Census ACS
Median income
$73,013
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
14,903 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in La Crosse School District
- Central HighHigh · 969 students
- Logan HighHigh · 729 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 631 students
- Logan MiddleMiddle · 424 students
- Southern Bluffs ElementaryElementary · 333 students
- Spence ElementaryElementary · 329 students
Other schools in La Crosse
- Central HighHigh · 969 students
- Logan HighHigh · 729 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 631 students
- Logan MiddleMiddle · 424 students
- Southern Bluffs ElementaryElementary · 333 students
- Spence ElementaryElementary · 329 students
Other Emerson Elementary schools
35 other US public schools in 18 states are named Emerson Elementary. Emerson Elementary is the 22nd largest of the 36.
- Emerson ElementaryMadison, WI · 297 students
- Emerson ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 187 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 990 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 717 students
- Emerson ElementaryRiverside, CA · 669 students
Nearby schools
- La Crosse Offsite Preschool0.9 mi · 104
- Coulee Region Virtual Academy1.3 mi · 102
- La Crosse Polytechnic School1.3 mi · 86
- Longfellow Middle1.4 mi · 631
- School of Technology and Arts I1.6 mi · 104
- Hamilton Elementary School1.6 mi · 151
Frequently asked questions
About Emerson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Emerson Elementary?
Emerson Elementary enrolls approximately 317 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Emerson Elementary serve?
Emerson Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Emerson Elementary have?
Emerson Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Emerson Elementary?
Student demographics at Emerson Elementary are roughly 78% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Emerson Elementary in?
Emerson Elementary is part of La Crosse School District.
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