Enrollment
279
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARSON CITY·NCES 320039000569
Carson Montessori
2263 Mouton Dr., Carson City, NV 89706 · (775) 887-9500 · Carson City
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL279 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of Nevada public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Nevada public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
61 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 85%
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 | 55 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 150% larger than its 6th grade class (22).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 70% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Carson City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
50.3%
NV avg 45.8% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
32.3%
NV avg 35.6% . +7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.3% | 32.3% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 24.8% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. 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
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Nevada 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 Nevada'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 Carson Montessori
Carson Montessori's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Montessori this school | 279 | 21.9% | 36.3% |
| Pinon Hills Elementary School Minden | 256 | 20.3% | 59.6% |
| Roy Gomm Elementary RENO | 407 | 15.7% | 55.7% |
| Minden Elementary School Minden | 371 | 32.1% | 37.0% |
| Honors Academy of Literature Reno | 208 | 17.8% | 34.6% |
| Elko Institute for Academic Achievement Elko | 398 | 28.6% | 56.6% |
Matched among Nevada 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 Carson Montessori ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada | In Carson City |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #154 of 367 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #225 of 388 ▲ 46 | #5 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #143 of 390 ▲ 4 | #1 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 279 | #359 of 442 | #7 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #307 of 379 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #270 of 381 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.9% | #362 of 386 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #301 of 304 | #7 of 7 |
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
279
-8 (-3%) vs 2020
+47% since 2010-11, when it was 190
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 279 | 14.3 | 19.6:1 | 22% (61) |
| 2023-24 | 297 | 15 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 292 | 17 | 17.2:1 | 16% (46) |
| 2020-21 | 287 | 19 | 15.1:1 | 18% (51) |
| 2017-18 | 284 | 15.1 | 18.9:1 | 17% (49) |
| 2015-16 | 271 | N/A | N/A | 27% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 190 | 7 | 27.1:1 | 10% (19) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carson Montessori.
About Carson Montessori
Carson Montessori is a low-enrollment elementary school found in Carson City, Nevada. Classes run from kindergarten through 6, and the school has 279 students. The average for elementary schools in Nevada is about 480 students, so this school is 42% smaller than average.
Carson City counts 5,072 students in its 10 schools, and Carson Montessori is one of them.
At Carson Montessori, White students make up 65% of the student body. After that, the student body is 22% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, Carson City is about 68% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 52% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Carson Montessori is 14.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 19.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. About 22% of students, or 61, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Carson City report 80%.
allk12 grades Carson Montessori a C+. The grade compares the school only with Nevada public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Carson Montessori's average proficiency rate on state tests of 36.3% is 13.8 points below the 50.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Carson City has about 58,384 residents, and the median household income is $72,355, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 13 public schools in Carson City, enrolling about 5,072 students in all.
Nearby, Mark Twain Elementary is about 1.8 miles away. Within five miles of Carson Montessori, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 30.8%; Carson Montessori's is 36.3%, ranking 2nd of 8.
NCES assigns Carson Montessori the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. Carson Montessori holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Over 4 years, Carson Montessori's enrollment declined 3%, to 279. By 2024-25, the school had 19.6 students per teacher, compared with 15.1 in 2020-21.
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Carson City at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
58,384
Census ACS
Median income
$72,355
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
5,072 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carson City
- Eagle Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 854 students
- Carson Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
- Fremont ElementaryElementary · 553 students
- Bordewich/Bray ElementaryElementary · 539 students
- Al Seeliger ElementaryElementary · 527 students
- Edith W. Fritsch ElementaryElementary · 500 students
Other schools in Carson City
- Eagle Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 854 students
- Carson Middle SchoolMiddle · 833 students
- Fremont ElementaryElementary · 553 students
- Bordewich/Bray ElementaryElementary · 539 students
- Al Seeliger ElementaryElementary · 527 students
- Edith W. Fritsch ElementaryElementary · 500 students
Nearby schools
- Mark Twain Elementary1.8 mi · 497
- Empire Elementary2.5 mi · 445
- Edith W. Fritsch Elementary2.5 mi · 500
- Bordewich/Bray Elementary3.3 mi · 539
- Carson Middle School3.3 mi · 833
- Early Childhood Center3.4 mi · 45
Frequently asked questions
About Carson MontessoriHow many students attend Carson Montessori?
Carson Montessori enrolls approximately 279 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Carson Montessori serve?
Carson Montessori serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carson Montessori?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carson Montessori is approximately 19.6:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carson Montessori?
At Carson Montessori, the student body is approximately 65% White, 22% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Carson Montessori?
Carson Montessori is overseen by Carson City in Carson City.
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