Carson Montessori

Carson Montessori operates as a tight-knit K-5 school in Carson City, Nevada, operated by Carson City. Current enrollment sits at 279 students spanning grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 42% below typical.

Carson City runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,072 students. Carson Montessori is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Carson Montessori reports that White students make up the majority at 65%. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. Compared to Carson City overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Carson City's rate of about 80%.

With demographic context factored in, Carson Montessori performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.0%, the actual is 36.3%, a residual of -13.8 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Carson City) shows that the typical household earns roughly $72,355 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Carson City runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,072 students), of which Carson Montessori is one.

The closest other public school is Mark Twain Elementary, roughly 1.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Carson Montessori comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.8%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. Carson Montessori is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carson Montessori has stayed largely flat, going from 284 students in 2018 to 279 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 74% to 65% over that span.

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