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Empire Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
346th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 376 Nevada Elementary Schools
Better than 8% of Nevada elementary schools
Summary

Empire Elementary is a PK–5 school at 1260 Monte Rosa Dr. in Carson City, Nevada, serving 445 students in the Carson City School District, where 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch and per-student spending is $16,504.

In 2025–2026, Empire ranked 346th of 376 Nevada schools — the 8th percentile, with a 0-star rating. That is the lowest rank of all seven Carson City elementaries, and Empire is the only one of the group with 0 stars. Proficiency trails both the district and the state in every subject tested: 20.2% in math, 29.2% in reading, and 12.9% in science (roughly half the district's 25.0% science rate). By comparison, Edith W. Fritsch Elementary posts 44.8% math and Al Seeliger Elementary posts 43.8% math, while Pinon Hills Elementary School in Douglas County ranks in the 89th percentile. Looking back over ten years, Empire has never ranked above the 38th percentile, and this is the first year it has fallen into the bottom decile.

Chronic absenteeism is 25.9% — about average for the district and state, but the highest of any Carson City elementary peer, which ranged from 11.6% to 19.0%. Empire reached 17.2% in 2023–2024 and has since drifted back up. Despite spending more per student than Fritsch ($14,354) or Al Seeliger ($13,650), Empire's results are lower, suggesting money alone is not the limiting factor. The most recent subgroup data, from 2017–2018, showed English learners ranked in the bottom 6% statewide.

445
Students ?
16.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$16,504
Per pupil spending ?
100%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1260 Monte Rosa Dr.
       Carson City, NV  89701

(775) 283-1100

District: Carson City


Students who attend Empire Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Eagle Valley Middle School
High:    Carson High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
76.0%
White:
20.4%
Two or more races:
2.7%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 35th percentile in 2016 → 8th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Nevada average (23% vs 39% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 27 percentile points since 2016
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school23%
District avg33%
Nevada avg39%
346th of 376
Nevada public elementary schools ?
Bottom 8%▼ down 27 pts since 2016
From bottom 35% (2016) to bottom 8% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
7th of 7Elementary Schools in the Carson City
7th of 12Carson City among Nevada districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNevada percentileRating
202612.5346 of 3768.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202518.5308 of 37918.7%★☆☆☆☆
202418.4309 of 37718.0%★☆☆☆☆
202322.0290 of 38424.5%★☆☆☆☆
202230.8235 of 38038.2%★★☆☆☆
202124.1237 of 32426.9%★☆☆☆☆
201927.6291 of 38825.0%★☆☆☆☆
201823.0276 of 34119.1%★☆☆☆☆
201720.9282 of 35119.7%★☆☆☆☆
201631.5226 of 34734.9%★★☆☆☆
201427.0258 of 33222.3%★☆☆☆☆
201325.2259 of 33021.5%★☆☆☆☆
201253.2141 of 32857.0%★★★☆☆
201153.9134 of 31857.9%★★★☆☆
201019.0242 of 30019.3%★☆☆☆☆
200931.9197 of 29232.5%★★☆☆☆
200830.7191 of 29435.0%★★☆☆☆
200615.1206 of 24616.3%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNevada percentileRating
201820.8201 of 2135.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNevada percentileRating
201829.0238 of 33027.9%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNevada percentileRating
201824.5260 of 30815.6%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNevada percentileRating
201832.1240 of 32125.2%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNevada percentileRating
201820.4282 of 33215.1%★☆☆☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNevada percentileRating
201840.34 of 633.3%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNevada percentileRating
201838.2159 of 24735.6%★★☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
White (2018)36th percentile+17 vs school
Native American (2018)33rd percentile+14 vs school
Female (2018)28th percentile+9 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2018)25th percentile+6 vs school
Hispanic (2018)16th percentile-3 vs school
Male (2018)15th percentile-4 vs school
English Language Learner (2018)6th percentile-13 vs school
By subject vs Nevada (2025-2026) ?
Reading29%-16 vs state
Mathematics20%-16 vs state
Science13%-13 vs state

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Empire Elementary ranks in the bottom 8.0% of Nevada elementary schools.

Students who attend Empire Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Eagle Valley Middle School
High : Carson High School

Students at Empire Elementary are 76% Hispanic, 20% White, 3% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 445 students attended Empire Elementary.

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2022–23 through 2023–24 school spending dataSep 14, 2026
2024–25 through 2025–26 attendance data & graduation ratesSep 14, 2026
2025–26 ACT, EOC Science Exam & SBAC scoresSep 14, 2026
2024–25 ACT, EOC Science Exam & SBAC scoresOct 1, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Nevada Department of Education.

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