Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Charles G. Emery Elementary, Buena Park, CA

CEP schoolCharles G. Emery Elementary is a public elementary school in Buena Park, part of Buena Park Elementary School District. It enrolled 646 students in 2024-25, with 26.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 646
Teachers (FTE): 24.0
Students per teacher: 26.9
Grades: K to 5

This school's ratio is 3.6 higher than the district figure of 23.3. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school26.9

District23.3

California21.9

United States15.3

School details

Address: 8600 Somerset St., Buena Park, CA 90621
Phone: (714)521-5134
District: Buena Park Elementary School District
County: Orange County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 060636000555

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 284
Reduced-price lunch: 73
Free or reduced-price lunch: 35755.3% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 201Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Buena Park Elementary School District

James A. Whitaker Elementary 559 students
Carl E. Gilbert Elementary 490 students
Mabel L. Pendleton Elementary 365 students
Arthur F. Corey Elementary 341 students

Elementary schools elsewhere in Buena Park

Buena Terra Elementary Centralia Elementary School District
Glen H. Dysinger Sr. Elementary Centralia Elementary School District
San Marino Elementary Centralia Elementary School District
Holder Elementary Savanna Elementary School District
Raymond Temple Elementary Centralia Elementary School District

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.