Emery Unified School District is a small public school district

School district

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 in Emeryville, California

Emeryville, California

Emeryville is a small city located in Alameda County, California, in the United States. It is located in a corridor between the cities of Berkeley and Oakland, extending to the shore of San Francisco Bay. Its proximity to San Francisco, the Bay Bridge, the University of California, Berkeley, and...

. The district operates two schools, Anna Yates Elementary school with about 350 students for grades K-6 and Emery Secondary School

Emery Secondary School

Emery Secondary School is a high school in Emeryville, California, USA for 7th through 12th grades. It is part of the Emery Unified School District. The school has an enrollment of around 400 students...

 for grades 7-12 with about 420 student.Emery Unified School District and City of Emeryville are in planning stages of Emeryville Center for Community Life a new k-12 school that would replace two existing schools.

The demographic diversity of students is 70% African American

African American

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, 14% Hispanic American

Hispanic and Latino Americans

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, 11% Asian American

Asian American

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 and 5% Caucasian

White people

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 and Pacific Islanders; 80% live in poverty and 13% are English learners.