CaliforniaSchoolsEmerson Elementary

Emerson Elementary

PublicRegularGrades 05
Berkeley, California · Berkeley Unified
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students283
Student:Teacher21.8:1
Free/Reduced Lunch30%
Title INo

Around this school

US Census ACS 2022 five-year estimates for ZIP 94705 — the area around Emerson Elementary.

Median home value
$1.7M
Owner-occupied (ACS B25077)
Median rent
$2k
Gross rent (ACS B25064)
Median household income
$157k
ACS B19013
Poverty rate
9.0%
ACS B17001

Walk, bike, transit

Scores 0–100 based on nearby amenity density and commute mode share. "Walker's Paradise" tier.

Walk score
100
Walker's paradise
Bike score
94
Transit score
46

Air quality

From the nearest EPA AQS monitor (4.6 km away).

Air Quality Index
52
Moderate
PM2.5
9.8 µg/m³
Ozone
29.7 ppb
90-day 95th pct
79
AQI on worst days
Bad days (90d)
3
days above 100 AQI

How the area gets around

Commute time + mode share for residents of ZIP 94705 (ACS S0801).

Mean commute
32 min
Drive alone
35%
Public transit
13%
Walk
7.8%
Bike
6.1%
Work from home
34%

What's nearby

Closest libraries, parks, hospitals, grocery stores, and police stations within 10 km (OpenStreetMap).

Libraries
  • Claremont Branch Berkeley Public Library0.6 km
  • Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Library0.9 km
  • Berkeley Law Library1.0 km
Parks
  • Monkey Island Park0.3 km
  • Ashby Place Park0.4 km
  • Willard Park0.5 km
Hospitals
  • Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Campus0.9 km
  • Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Herrick Campus1.7 km
  • Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland3.1 km
Grocery stores
  • Star Grocery0.7 km
  • Whole Foods Market1.1 km
  • Safeway1.2 km
Police stations
  • University of California Police Department1.2 km
  • Berkeley Police Department2.2 km
  • California Highway Patrol4.3 km

Coming soon

Additional context being ingested.

Pending update
Home value trends (Zillow)
12-month and 5-year price-change from Zillow ZHVI — we have the current value from ACS, trends are the next step — expected this week.
Pending update
Property taxes
Effective rate + median annual tax from county assessor data — expected this week.
Pending update
Adjacent ZIP school comparison
Test-score deltas across neighbouring ZIPs — expected this week.