📍 4803 Lawton Ave., Oakland, Alameda County, 94609
Emerson Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Oakland, Alameda County. The school has 334 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Iris Castillo. It is part of the Oakland Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.7:1.
Emerson Elementary enrolls 334 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 39% Black or African American, 20% White and 20% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 130 | 39% |
| White | 65 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 65 | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 54 | 16% |
| Asian | 17 | 5.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
238 of the school's 334 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Emerson Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Emerson Elementary is one of 82 schools in Oakland Unified, based in Oakland, California. The district serves 33,838 students district-wide and employs 1,808 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 334 students, Emerson Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 413 students per school.