📍 645 Hackett St, Ionia, Ionia County, 48846
Emerson School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ionia, Ionia County. The school has 172 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Ionia Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 15% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Emerson School enrolls 172 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 14 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% White, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 2.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 132 | 77% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 33 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 2.3% |
| Black or African American | 3 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
124 of the school's 172 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 112 qualify for free lunch and 12 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Emerson School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MI-20, state senate district 19, state house district 86.
Emerson School is one of 8 schools in Ionia Public Schools, based in IONIA, Michigan. The district serves 2,675 students district-wide and employs 153 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 172 students, Emerson School is smaller than the district average of about 334 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant