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Emerson Elementary

Oakland Unified Oakland Alameda County 94609
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
540 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
332 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
21:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
77%
Teachers
16 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 17.2%
White 24.1%
Asian 3.0%
Black 38.3%
Other 17.5%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Emerson Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard24.0%
Met Standard18.3%
Below Standard57.7%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "42% proficient" for Emerson Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

24.0% of students exceeded standard while 18.3% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 3.0 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 9.8 points above the Oakland Unified district average of 14.2%. The 24 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 34.2% exceeded — 10.2 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 25.6 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 32.3%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
24.0%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
42.3%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-25.6pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
32.3%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.6%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
540
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 48 45.8% 25.0% 8.3% 20.8% 70.8%
4th 45 13.3% 8.9% 24.4% 53.3% 22.2%
5th 41 17.1% 34.1% 17.1% 31.7% 51.2%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 48 41.7% 20.8% 18.8% 18.8% 62.5%
4th 46 10.9% 4.3% 32.6% 52.2% 15.2%
5th 42 14.3% 16.7% 28.6% 40.5% 30.9%