The top reported proficiency rate is 43% in English language arts. The lowest is 11% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Bordewich/bray Elementary
Bordewich/Bray Elementary sits on South Thompson Street in Carson City, Nevada's state capital, serving children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade as part of the Carson City School District. It is a regular public school, neither a charter nor a magnet, drawing from a community where government work, healthcare, retail, and tourism anchor the local economy. The city itself sits in Eagle Valley on the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada, a short drive south of Reno and a short drive east of Lake Tahoe, with a historic downtown core clustered around the State Capitol and a largely car-dependent layout spreading outward from there.
The school's enrollment is mid-sized for an elementary campus, and its student body reflects the broader Carson City community. White and Hispanic students together make up the large majority of enrollment, with the two groups at nearly equal shares. Smaller populations of American Indian or Alaska Native students and students of two or more races round out the demographics. Just over half of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school in a moderate range for economic need. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not available in the sources we reviewed, so those populations could not be characterized here.
On state assessments, Bordewich/Bray's results tell a mixed picture. In English language arts, proficiency sits below the halfway mark but within a moderate range, suggesting a solid portion of students are meeting grade-level expectations in reading and writing. Math proficiency is lower, with somewhat more than a third of tested students reaching proficiency. Science results are a clear soft spot, with only a small fraction of tested students demonstrating proficiency. Participation rates are strong across all three subjects. Average scale scores were not reported, and no multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say from these sources whether performance is rising or falling over time. A parent weighing this school may want to look into the science results further with the administration, as well as ask about supports in mathematics, where the school's results trail its reading performance.
The housing market around Bordewich/Bray is relatively expensive. Home values in the school's zip code run well above both the Nevada state benchmark and the national benchmark, and the price-to-income ratio sits high, meaning a family buying a home here would need a larger share of income devoted to a mortgage than in most of the country. Rent data was not available for this area, so a full picture of rental affordability could not be assembled. For families already settled in Carson City or those drawn by state employment, the cost of housing is a real factor but sits alongside the benefits of living in a capital city with access to outdoor recreation, civic institutions, and a compact, walkable downtown district near the Capitol.
Carson City has grown steadily over the past two decades, with residential development concentrated in the northern and western parts of town, while a downtown master plan preserves the historic core by limiting building heights near the Capitol. The school district distributes its campuses across the city rather than clustering them downtown, and Bordewich/Bray is one of several elementary options serving local families.
Information on specific academic programs, course offerings, staffing ratios, discipline data, and attendance patterns was not available in the provided sources, so those dimensions could not be assessed here. The district brief noted little in the way of recent referenda, curriculum overhauls, or tax shifts, so no major district-level changes were identified to flag. What the available evidence does show is an elementary school serving an economically and demographically mixed population in a capital city, with literacy results that outpace its math and science performance and a community where housing costs run above state and national norms.
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