Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 73533 are three Empire Elementary (pre-K–5), Empire Middle (grades 6–8) and Empire High (grades 9–12), enrolling 506 students altogether. The clearest area-wide concern is that results in the three shared subjects weakened relative to state benchmarks: the equal-weight average across the nine school-subject results fell from 34% in 2024–2025 to 26% in 2025–2026, shifting from 7 points above the state benchmarks to 1 point below.
Empire Middle stands out in ELA and science, with 2025–2026 results of 32% and 29%; it was 6 points above the state in ELA, though 1 point below in science. Empire Elementary leads in math at 37%, 12 points above the state, while Empire High has the lowest math result at 12%, 13 points below the state. Elementary also has the lowest ELA result, 25%, just 1 point below the state; High’s ELA is 30%, 4 points above. In science, Elementary and High tie at 21%, each 9 points below the state. High’s 42% in U.S. History is 1 point above the state, but it is the only school with a reported result in that subject.
Results fell in each shared subject on average: ELA by 8 points, math by 3 and science by 14. Science varied sharply by school: Elementary declined 35 points and Middle 23, while High improved 15 points, from 6% to 21%. SchoolDigger’s statewide rank-history percentiles also shifted: Elementary went from the 85th to the 56th percentile, Middle from the 76th to the 65th, while High rose from the 32nd to the 54th. For context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 42% at Elementary, 62% at Middle and 40% at High; student-teacher ratios were 16.3, 15.0 and 20.7, respectively. These schoolwide results cover different grade spans, so they are not same-grade comparisons.
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