📍 600 N Cleveland, Amarillo, Potter County, 79107
Emerson el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Amarillo, Potter County. The school has 484 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Amanda Bales. It is part of the Amarillo Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 67% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Emerson el enrolls 484 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% Hispanic or Latino, 5.8% White and 3.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 431 | 89% |
| White | 28 | 5.8% |
| Black or African American | 15 | 3.1% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 1.4% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
458 of the school's 484 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 443 qualify for free lunch and 15 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 el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 31, state house district 87.
Emerson el is one of 55 schools in AMARILLO ISD, based in AMARILLO, Texas. The district serves 29,321 students district-wide and employs 2,091 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 484 students, Emerson el is close to the district average of about 533 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize