📍 2705 Ave e, Kearney, Buffalo County, 68847
Emerson Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kearney, Buffalo County. The school has 241 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Meredith Johnson. It is part of the Kearney Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 16.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Emerson Elementary School enrolls 241 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 16.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% White, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 3.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 159 | 66% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 62 | 26% |
| Black or African American | 9 | 3.7% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 3.7% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
157 of the school's 241 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 133 qualify for free lunch and 24 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 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 NE-30, state senate district 37.
Emerson Elementary School is one of 15 schools in KEARNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, based in KEARNEY, Nebraska. The district serves 6,066 students district-wide and employs 380 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 241 students, Emerson Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 404 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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