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Emerson Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1421 Spruce Place
Minneapolis, MN 55403
Phone
(612) 668-3610
District
MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
HENNEPIN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
Yes
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
505
Classroom Teachers
32

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Minnesota

2

(10 is best)

Better than 19.9% of all MN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Emerson Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 4

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
27%
51%
36%
45%
18%
56%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
14
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 3 0.6%
Kindergarten 88 17.4%
Grade 1 102 20.2%
Grade 2 77 15.2%
Grade 3 83 16.4%
Grade 4 70 13.9%
Grade 5 82 16.2%
Total 505 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 24.7% 41.2% 66.9%
Black 4.8% 32.8% 12.5%
Hispanic 69.2% 18.5% 11.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 4.0% 7.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 3.5% 2.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 55.2% 46.7% 31.4%
Free lunch eligible 44.4% 41.9% 25.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 10.9% 4.8% 5.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 425,091 5,717,184
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 7,286.8 71
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.0% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.2% 19.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 46.0% 32.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 20.5% 25.1%
65 OR OLDER 10.2% 16.5%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 182,419 2,256,126
Single Parent Households With Children 7.3% 7.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.7% 93.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 52.6% 38.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 18.5% 22.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.9% 19.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.6% 13.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.1% 16.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.7% 13.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.9% 8.8%
$15,000 or less 11.3% 6.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,219 $388,312,028 51.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $857 $29,662,484 3.9%
Staff $1,085 $37,554,020 5.0%
General Administration $593 $20,524,916 2.7%
School Administration $513 $17,755,956 2.4%
Operation $834 $28,866,408 3.8%
Transportation $1,150 $39,803,800 5.3%
Other $127 $4,395,724 0.6%
Total Support $5,160 $178,597,920 23.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,412 $187,320,144 24.8%
Total Expenditures $21,791 $754,230,092 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,905 $7,755,960,452 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $418 $363,966,570 2.3%
Staff $651 $567,318,922 3.6%
General Administration $433 $377,476,006 2.4%
School Administration $553 $482,069,568 3.1%
Operation $895 $779,165,160 5.0%
Transportation $802 $698,249,966 4.5%
Other $317 $276,455,586 1.8%
Total Support $4,070 $3,544,679,184 22.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,020 $4,372,647,761 27.9%
Total Expenditures $17,995 $15,673,352,758 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%