Golden Empire Elementary School prides itself on its academic merits and teaching methods like the Open Court Language Arts and Saxon Mathematics programs. The school has been recognized as a U.S. Blue Ribbon School, California Distinguished School and California Title I School.
It features tutoring and intervention programs, as well as an "Eagles' Nest" after-school literacy program for first- though third-grade students. The school also features a computer lab with 35 computers, as well as a school garden.