[1] The school, named after the book Emile, or On Education, housed grades 1-12.

[2] Emile Elementary School the building was a two-story structure on a 4-acre (1.6 ha) plot of land in an African-American area of Bastrop.

In the late 1940s a new building opened, and it received brick additions about a decade later.

[2] Due to racial integration, it closed in 1969, with students going to Bastrop High School.

[2] Notable alumni include, Louis Edwin Fry Sr..[3]