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Emerson Academy

Public, Charter Grades K-8
1159th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,560 Ohio Elementary Schools
Better than 26% of Ohio elementary schools
Summary

Emerson Academy is a K–8 charter school in Dayton, Ohio, with 674 students, operating as its own district. In 2025–2026 it ranked 1,159 of 1,560 Ohio schools — the 26th percentile with 1 star — an improvement over 2024–2025's 14th percentile, but still bottom-quartile statewide. At the district level, its rank is 615 of 773, the 20th percentile, also 1 star.

Among 11 nearby schools, Emerson places third — behind Harman Elementary School (97th percentile, 5 stars) and Deca Prep (32nd percentile, 2 stars) — and above River's Edge Montessori Elementary School, Ruskin Elementary School, Cleveland Elementary School, Alliance Community Schools Inc. dba Dayton Leadership Academy, Horizon Science Academy Dayton Downtown, Dayton SMART Elementary School, Edison Elementary School, and City Day Community School. Its 674 students make it larger than most of them; only Deca Prep (950) is bigger. Math is a relative strength: 4th-grade math was 70.7% proficient, above the state's 67.3% and higher than most nearby schools except Harman. English language arts is weaker, with 3rd-grade ELA at 31.8% and 8th-grade ELA at 33.9%, both far below state averages. Chronic absenteeism fell from 54.8% in 2021–2022 to 38.2% in 2025–2026, but is still higher than at Cleveland, Ruskin, River's Edge Montessori, Deca Prep, and Harman. Per-student spending was $8,281 in 2018–2019 — closer to nearby charters than to Dayton City schools.

The clearest bright spot is the school's performance for African American students, who ranked in the 64th percentile with 3 stars in 2025–2026 — far above the school's overall 26th percentile — though the figure has varied year to year. (These subgroup ranks show how well the school serves each group compared with statewide peers.) Other subgroup results are lower: students from low-income families at the 28th percentile, male students 26th, female students 23rd, and special education students at the 7th percentile in 2024–2025. A few caveats: free/reduced-lunch data were not available for Emerson, spending figures are from 2018–2019 only, and subgroup rankings can swing from year to year.

674
Students ?
17.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$13,982
Per pupil spending ?
100%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 501 Hickory St
       Dayton, OH  45410-1232

(937) 223-2889

District: Emerson Academy

Racial breakdown:

African American:
58.6%
Two or more races:
21.4%
White:
15.4%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 21st percentile in 2016 → 26th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2016
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Ohio average (43% vs 60% meeting standards)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!Science scores 23 pts below the Ohio average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school43%
Ohio avg60%
Elementary school
1,159th of 1,560
Ohio public elementary schools ?
Bottom 26%▲ up 4 pts since 2016
From bottom 21% (2016) to bottom 26% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
743rd of 1,046
Ohio public middle schools ?
Bottom 29%▲ up 2 pts since 2016
See the entire ranking list of Ohio Middle Schools →
★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
615th of 773Emerson Academy among Ohio districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202628.01159 of 156025.7%★☆☆☆☆
202513.61345 of 155813.7%★☆☆☆☆
202422.81230 of 157722.0%★☆☆☆☆
202323.01232 of 159622.8%★☆☆☆☆
202227.31170 of 158826.3%★☆☆☆☆
202122.81195 of 161025.8%★☆☆☆☆
201923.81316 of 167621.5%★☆☆☆☆
201812.71433 of 163612.4%★☆☆☆☆
201713.81420 of 165114.0%★☆☆☆☆
201621.91322 of 167821.2%★☆☆☆☆
201528.21290 of 168423.4%★☆☆☆☆
201439.11217 of 168727.9%★☆☆☆☆
201349.51106 of 170135.0%★★☆☆☆
201238.41263 of 170926.1%★☆☆☆☆
201124.51377 of 168618.3%★☆☆☆☆
201028.51321 of 166220.5%★☆☆☆☆
200929.21284 of 161020.2%★☆☆☆☆
200834.31197 of 158224.3%★☆☆☆☆
200725.81339 of 160916.8%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202656.3228 of 63163.9%★★★☆☆
202527.9471 of 61523.4%★☆☆☆☆
202443.1305 of 60349.4%★★☆☆☆
202343.9311 of 61049.0%★★☆☆☆
202253.4230 of 60161.7%★★★☆☆
202150.7196 of 53363.2%★★★☆☆
201950.9283 of 60553.2%★★★☆☆
201832.6428 of 59828.4%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202237.7491 of 82440.4%★★☆☆☆
202116.6716 of 7656.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201924.5777 of 95618.7%★☆☆☆☆
201844.2542 of 102146.9%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202624.01121 of 145222.8%★☆☆☆☆
20259.91311 of 14529.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.21214 of 146617.2%★☆☆☆☆
202319.01187 of 148320.0%★☆☆☆☆
202222.81158 of 148822.2%★☆☆☆☆
202119.61122 of 146723.5%★☆☆☆☆
201920.81222 of 150218.6%★☆☆☆☆
201812.51341 of 151811.7%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202634.41050 of 146728.4%★☆☆☆☆
202515.71274 of 147313.5%★☆☆☆☆
202428.41121 of 148424.5%★☆☆☆☆
202330.11068 of 144726.2%★☆☆☆☆
202237.1949 of 141933.1%★★☆☆☆
202129.5983 of 140430.0%★★☆☆☆
201933.21085 of 146525.9%★☆☆☆☆
201817.81282 of 146512.5%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202629.11090 of 146725.7%★☆☆☆☆
202515.01247 of 146614.9%★☆☆☆☆
202425.21141 of 148523.2%★☆☆☆☆
202321.91172 of 149821.8%★☆☆☆☆
202224.91133 of 151825.4%★☆☆☆☆
202115.41194 of 149920.3%★☆☆☆☆
201922.41246 of 153518.8%★☆☆☆☆
201810.81384 of 15369.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202631.4161 of 22026.8%★☆☆☆☆
202510.8205 of 2186.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202422.6160 of 20220.8%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202517.0865 of 9357.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202430.6629 of 90030.1%★★☆☆☆
202323.6710 of 85617.1%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202515.71052 of 117510.5%★☆☆☆☆
202417.11058 of 119011.1%★☆☆☆☆
202317.41067 of 121512.2%★☆☆☆☆
202215.61111 of 124210.5%★☆☆☆☆
20218.91137 of 12499.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20199.31197 of 12715.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20183.41284 of 13091.9%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202631.4743 of 104629.0%★☆☆☆☆
202517.8827 of 103620.2%★☆☆☆☆
202425.9751 of 104628.2%★☆☆☆☆
202336.3689 of 104834.3%★★☆☆☆
202242.5625 of 101738.5%★★☆☆☆
202127.1732 of 103729.4%★☆☆☆☆
201923.5791 of 105024.7%★☆☆☆☆
201812.3866 of 101014.3%★☆☆☆☆
201721.8786 of 103824.3%★☆☆☆☆
201626.7771 of 105026.6%★☆☆☆☆
201527.3774 of 103525.2%★☆☆☆☆
201443.9701 of 100830.5%★★☆☆☆
201361.0542 of 100145.9%★★☆☆☆
201240.2719 of 98927.3%★☆☆☆☆
201143.4669 of 92527.7%★☆☆☆☆
201032.7702 of 89521.6%★☆☆☆☆
200933.6663 of 85822.7%★☆☆☆☆
200830.7664 of 83520.5%★☆☆☆☆
200726.6681 of 83718.6%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202657.4168 of 45563.1%★★★☆☆
202540.5232 of 44247.5%★★☆☆☆
202445.5189 of 42955.9%★★★☆☆
202364.5111 of 43674.5%★★★★☆
202269.588 of 41378.7%★★★★☆
202155.1129 of 38566.5%★★★☆☆
201942.2226 of 40544.2%★★☆☆☆
201825.0303 of 38421.1%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202224.1471 of 56516.6%★☆☆☆☆
202119.1547 of 5765.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201968.9109 of 65883.4%★★★★☆
201850.5270 of 64358.0%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202626.9719 of 94724.1%★☆☆☆☆
202514.0793 of 93815.5%★☆☆☆☆
202418.8742 of 94221.2%★☆☆☆☆
202329.6679 of 94328.0%★☆☆☆☆
202238.0612 of 92533.8%★★☆☆☆
202126.9658 of 91027.7%★☆☆☆☆
201925.5705 of 91723.1%★☆☆☆☆
201812.9773 of 89713.8%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202637.1678 of 99631.9%★★☆☆☆
202518.9798 of 98318.8%★☆☆☆☆
202430.6695 of 98929.7%★☆☆☆☆
202346.2543 of 97444.3%★★☆☆☆
202256.0404 of 94757.3%★★★☆☆
202134.3621 of 92332.7%★★☆☆☆
201931.4700 of 94525.9%★☆☆☆☆
201815.3804 of 92413.0%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202632.1674 of 95529.4%★☆☆☆☆
202517.0779 of 95418.3%★☆☆☆☆
202425.3708 of 95826.1%★☆☆☆☆
202334.9650 of 96332.5%★★☆☆☆
202237.3616 of 94634.9%★★☆☆☆
202116.2731 of 92420.9%★☆☆☆☆
201916.0782 of 93316.2%★☆☆☆☆
20187.9846 of 9167.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202637.2327 of 57943.5%★★☆☆☆
202528.8426 of 57225.5%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202625.8639 of 79019.1%★☆☆☆☆
20257.2730 of 7776.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.3678 of 79514.7%★☆☆☆☆
202327.0640 of 80520.5%★☆☆☆☆
202240.1522 of 80935.5%★★☆☆☆
202114.0695 of 78111.0%★☆☆☆☆
201917.1695 of 79612.7%★☆☆☆☆
201810.1723 of 7817.4%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
African American (2026)64th percentile+38 vs school
Disabled (2022)40th percentile+14 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)28th percentile+3 vs school
Multi-racial (2026)27th percentile~ school
Male (2026)26th percentile~ school
Female (2026)23rd percentile-3 vs school
White (2025)10th percentile-3 vs school
Special Education (2025)7th percentile-6 vs school
Middle school
African American (2026)63rd percentile+34 vs school
Special Education (2026)44th percentile+15 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)32nd percentile+3 vs school
Male (2026)29th percentile~ school
Female (2026)24th percentile-5 vs school
White (2026)19th percentile-10 vs school
Disabled (2022)17th percentile-22 vs school
By subject vs Ohio (2025-2026) ?
Mathematics47%-11 vs state
English Language Arts40%-22 vs state
Science39%-23 vs state

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Emerson Academy ranks 1159th of 1560 Ohio elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students at Emerson Academy are 59% African American, 21% Two or more races, 15% White, 5% Hispanic.

In the 2024-25 school year, 674 students attended Emerson Academy.

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