Demographics
Emery Secondary School (ESS) is a 9 th -12 th grade school serving 223 students in the 1.2 square mile city of Emeryville, California 65.9% of the school districts students are considered socioeconomically disadvantaged, 17% are English Language Learners, and 8.5% have disabilities. 2 Recently ceased state redevelopment funding over the past decade brought several tech companies, big box stores, and luxury lofts to our area and replaced the abandoned industrial warehouses of Emeryville's past. The new commerce and housing have greatly improved serious economic and safety issues that plagued Emeryville for decades. However, the new development in the city greatly contrasts with the experiences of my students and their families, many of whom have lived in Emeryville and neighboring West Oakland for several generations. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the average household size in Emeryville is 1.72 persons. 3 The shift in new luxury housing geared toward adults without children has forced many of our families to seek housing on the eastern, and older edge of the city or in neighboring Oakland and Berkeley.
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