Summary:
ZIP code 89703 covers three public schools in Carson City, Nevada — two elementary schools serving PK–5 and one middle school serving grades 6–8, with no high school in the ZIP. All three belong to the Carson City district, which ranks 7th of 12 districts in the state at the 42nd percentile with 3 stars, and together they enroll 1,872 students (1,039 in elementary grades and 833 in middle grades).
Edith W. Fritsch Elementary is the academic standout of the ZIP: it posts the highest all-grade scores in math (44.8%), reading (45.2%), and science (35.4%), beating the district in all three subjects and matching or exceeding the state in math and reading. It is also the only school here with 3 stars in recent rank history and the highest percentile at 59th. Bordewich/Bray Elementary leads on attendance, with chronic absenteeism of just 14.0% — far below the district (26.3%) and state (25.5%) — and its math (37.2%) is above both, though science (19.7%) is its clear weak spot. Carson Middle School is the largest school and has a genuine science strength (32.4%, above district and state), plus 8th-grade math and reading above state averages, but overall math (29.4%) and reading (40.4%) trail the state and its chronic absenteeism of 33.2% is by far the highest in the ZIP.
Spending and class size do not line up neatly with results: Bordewich/Bray has the highest per-student spending ($16,929) and smallest classes (15.8 students per teacher), while Carson Middle has the lowest spending ($13,812) and largest classes (17.6), yet Fritsch produces the strongest outcomes in the middle of those ranges. All three schools report 100% free/reduced lunch, so that measure does not distinguish them even though their results differ sharply. Families should also note that 5th grade is a bright spot at both elementaries, while 3rd-grade reading lags the state at both.
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