📍 1421 Spruce Place, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, 55403
Emerson Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Minneapolis, Hennepin County. The school has 502 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Minneapolis Public School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Emerson Elementary enrolls 502 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% Hispanic or Latino, 24% White and 5.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 317 | 63% |
| White | 122 | 24% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 5.6% |
| Black or African American | 21 | 4.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 12 | 2.4% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
313 of the school's 502 students (62%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 265 qualify for free lunch and 48 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. 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. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MN-50, state senate district 61.
Emerson Elementary is one of 97 schools in Minneapolis Public School District, based in MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota. The district serves 29,928 students district-wide and employs 1,902 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 502 students, Emerson Elementary is larger than the district average of about 309 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large