The top reported proficiency rate is 38% in Math. The lowest is 5% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Fremont Elementary
Fremont Elementarysits on Firebox Road in Carson City, Nevada's state capital, serving students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as part of the Carson City School District. It is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and it draws from a community where state government, healthcare, retail, and tourism anchor the local economy. The school's enrollment is moderate for an elementary serving its grade band, with roughly even cohorts across kindergarten through fifth grade and a smaller pre-kindergarten group.
The student body reflects Carson City's bilingual, working community. A slight majority of students identify as Hispanic, with white students forming the next largest group and small numbers of American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, Black, and multiracial students rounding out the population. Just over half of Fremont's students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which gives a sense of the economic mix the school serves. Data on English learners and special education populations was not available, so those shares cannot be characterized here. A parent wanting to understand how the school supports multilingual learners or students with disabilities would need to ask the school directly.
On state assessments, Fremont's results tell a mixed story. In math, roughly two-fifths of tested students reached proficiency on the SBAC, and in English language arts the share was just below that. Both sit below what most parents would hope to see, though they are not unusual for a school with this demographic and economic profile. Participation was strong across both subjects. Science tells a harder story: only a tiny fraction of fifth graders reached proficiency on the state science assessment. This is a soft spot worth naming plainly, and a parent may want to look into how science instruction is structured and supported at the school before drawing conclusions.
No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say whether these results are improving, holding steady, or declining. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report, which is expected for an elementary school.
Carson City itself shapes the experience of attending Fremont in ways worth understanding. The city is a mid-sized capital sitting in Eagle Valley on the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada, a short drive south of Reno and a similar distance east of Lake Tahoe. The downtown core is historic and low-rise, anchored by the State Capitol, with cultural institutions like the Nevada State Museum and the Nevada State Railroad Museum nearby. A master plan limits building heights near the Capitol, which keeps the center grounded in its historic character. Outside that core, the city is largely suburban and car-dependent, with most errands requiring a vehicle. Residential growth has been concentrated in the northern and western parts of the city, and the school district's campuses are distributed across that footprint rather than clustered downtown.
Housing in the school's zip code runs above both the state and national benchmarks for typical home values, and rents have been rising modestly. The estimated monthly mortgage on a typical home here is substantially higher than typical rent, which means families weighing buying versus renting face a real gap. The price-to-income ratio is elevated, pointing to a market that may stretch some household budgets. This context matters for families considering a move into the Fremont attendance zone.
The district brief turned up little of lasting parent-relevant change. No recent referenda, curriculum overhauls, or tax shifts surfaced, so there is nothing concrete to report on that front. We looked and found little, so we left it out rather than guess.
Fremont Elementary fits a family looking for a conventional public elementary experience in a capital city with outdoor recreation close at hand and a community that blends government-town stability with a growing residential base. The academic results are below state goals in all three tested subjects, with science a particular concern. Families considering this school would do well to ask about how the staff approaches literacy and math growth, what science instruction looks like in the upper elementary grades, and what supports exist for the roughly half of students who come from lower-income households.
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