Enrollment
384
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EMPIRE UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 061269001430
Empire Elementary
5201 First St, Empire, CA 95319 · (209) 521-2970 · Stanislaus County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
344 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (68).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Empire Elementary→Norman N. Glick Middle
Based on grade levels within Empire Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
25.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +16.2pp since 2014
Math
16.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.8% | 18.5% | 23.4% | 51.4% |
| Math | 4.9% | 11.7% | 26.5% | 57.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.2% | 16.6% |
| 2023-24 | 16.8% | 9.1% |
| 2022-23 | 17.9% | 9.4% |
| 2021-22 | 19.8% | 6.3% |
| 2018-19 | 28.4% | 23.9% |
| 2017-18 | 27.9% | 22.1% |
| 2016-17 | 24.5% | 23.3% |
| 2015-16 | 15.0% | 9.0% |
| 2014-15 | 9.0% | 7.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
16.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Empire Elementary
Empire Elementary's state test result (16.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empire Elementary this school | 384 | 89.6% | 16.8% |
| Snow Elementary Napa | 402 | 89.3% | 17.4% |
| Volta Elementary Los Banos | 387 | 89.4% | 31.2% |
| Mission Elementary Oceanside | 419 | 90.9% | 27.4% |
| Pacific Union Elementary Fresno | 328 | 89.9% | 37.3% |
| Orville Wright Elementary Modesto | 399 | 92.5% | 12.3% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Empire Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #4,825 of 5,151 | #94 of 100 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #4,606 of 5,172 ▲ 442 | #88 of 100 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #4,462 of 5,172 ▲ 478 | #84 of 100 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.9pp | #923 of 5,116 | #21 of 100 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #3,870 of 5,915 | #81 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #3,748 of 5,352 | #75 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.0% | #4,084 of 5,354 | #83 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.6% | #1,148 of 5,625 | #19 of 105 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.1% | #703 of 1,139 | #20 of 36 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
384
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 693
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 25.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 384 | 16 | 24.0:1 | 90% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 16 | 23.4:1 | 91% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 375 | 16.2 | 23.1:1 | 87% (325) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 15 | 25.0:1 | 82% (308) |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 14 | 25.9:1 | 94% (340) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 17 | 23.8:1 | 86% (347) |
| 2010-11 | 638 | N/A | N/A | 92% (589) |
| 2000-01 | 542 | 27 | 20.1:1 | 87% (472) |
| 1990-91 | 693 | 28 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Empire Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (362 to 384); teachers up 14% (14 to 16).
About Empire Elementary
Among the schools in Empire, California, is Empire Elementary, a small elementary school. Enrolled students number 384 students, in kindergarten through 6.
Enrollment across the 6 schools in Empire Union Elementary totals 2,794 students.
At Empire Elementary, Hispanic students make up 85% of the student body. The remaining students are 11% White and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Stanislaus County, the Hispanic share is about 50%. By the diversity index, Empire Elementary comes in at 27%.
Teachers at Empire Elementary total 16 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 24.0:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is lower than this school's figure. The school counts 344 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 90%. The gap from the 71% average for public schools in Stanislaus County is 19 points.
On BeatsExpectations, Empire Elementary is 10.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Stanislaus County show that median household income is about $81,468, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 190 public schools in Stanislaus County, with a combined enrollment of about 106,477.
Teel School in Empire is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Empire Elementary's average proficiency of 16.8% compares with 33.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Empire Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (375) and 2024-25 (384). The ratio of students to teachers went from 25.0:1 to 24.0:1 over the same years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Empire Union Elementary
- Norman N. Glick MiddleMiddle · 602 students
- Christine Sipherd ElementaryElementary · 505 students
- Capistrano ElementaryElementary · 469 students
- Bernard L. Hughes ElementaryElementary · 455 students
- Alice N. Stroud ElementaryElementary · 379 students
Other Empire Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Empire Elementary. Empire Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Empire ElementaryCarson City, NV · 445 students
- Empire Elementary SchoolFreeport, IL · 295 students
- Empire Elementary SchoolDuncan, OK · 244 students
Nearby schools
- Teel School in Empire0.1 mi · 125
- Norman N. Glick Middle0.6 mi · 602
- Alice N. Stroud Elementary1.2 mi · 379
- Peter Johansen High1.2 mi · 2,029
- Bernard L. Hughes Elementary1.7 mi · 455
- Capistrano Elementary2.3 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About Empire ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Empire Elementary?
Empire Elementary enrolls approximately 384 students in grades KG-06.
Is Empire Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Empire Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Empire Elementary have?
Empire Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.0:1.
How diverse is Empire Elementary?
Empire Elementary reports a student body of 11% White, 85% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Empire Elementary in?
Empire Elementary is part of Empire Union Elementary.
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