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Enrollment
591
Middle
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 767
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS·NCES 320009000119
Carson Valley Middle School
1477 Hwy 395, Gardnerville, NV 89410 · (775) 782-2265 · Douglas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL591 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
173 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 85%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 193 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 205 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 193 | 33% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
52.3%
NV avg 45.8% . +13.8pp since 2023
Math
36.6%
NV avg 35.6% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.3% | 36.6% |
| 2023-24 | 38.5% | 32.9% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Nevada schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nevada's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Carson Valley Middle School
Carson Valley Middle School's state test result (36.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Valley Middle School this school | 591 | 29.3% | 36.9% |
| Yvonne Shaw Middle School SPARKS | 785 | 26.2% | 43.4% |
| Darrel Swope Middle School RENO | 1,027 | 27.9% | 52.6% |
| Billinghurst Middle School RENO | 993 | 25.9% | 48.4% |
| Pau Wa Lu Middle School Gardnerville | 460 | 41.1% | 28.8% |
| Spring Creek Middle School Spring Creek | 708 | 23.2% | 27.2% |
Matched among Nevada middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Carson Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #31 of 94 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #23 of 98 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #22 of 98 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 591 | #76 of 113 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #44 of 94 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.8% | #63 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.3% | #85 of 95 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #33 of 68 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
591
+32 (+6%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 911
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 14.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 591 | 27.8 | 21.3:1 | 29% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 603 | 26 | 23.2:1 | 29% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 593 | 27 | 22.0:1 | 24% (144) |
| 2020-21 | 559 | 40 | 14.0:1 | 25% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 706 | 36 | 19.6:1 | 27% (192) |
| 2015-16 | 732 | 35 | 20.9:1 | 29% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 761 | 41 | 18.6:1 | 29% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 777 | 40 | 19.4:1 | 19% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 911 | 47 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carson Valley Middle School.
About Carson Valley Middle School
Carson Valley Middle School is a public middle school in Gardnerville, Nevada. It teaches 591 students in grades 6 through 8. That is 23% below the average of about 767 students for middle schools in Nevada.
Carson Valley Middle School is a school in Douglas. The district has 15 schools and 4,927 students.
More than half of the students at Carson Valley Middle School are White (64%). Other reported shares: 25% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 80% White among all Douglas County residents. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at Carson Valley Middle School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 21.3 students per teacher. Compared with the 22.4:1 average for middle schools in Nevada, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 29% of students at Carson Valley Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Carson Valley Middle School scores 36.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 48.4%.
In Douglas County, home to about 49,623 people, the median household earns about $90,754 a year, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Douglas County number 16, with about 4,927 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Gardnerville Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, Carson Valley Middle School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Carson Valley Middle School is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.
Enrollment increased by 6% across 4 years, from 559 in 2020-21 to 591 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.0:1 in 2020-21, and 21.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
49,623
Census ACS
Median income
$90,754
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
4,927 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Douglas
- Douglas High SchoolHigh · 1,510 students
- Pau Wa Lu Middle SchoolMiddle · 460 students
- Minden Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Jacks Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- C. C. Meneley Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
- G. L. Scarselli Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
Other schools in Gardnerville
- Pau Wa Lu Middle SchoolMiddle · 460 students
- C. C. Meneley Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
- G. L. Scarselli Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- Gardnerville Elementary SchoolElementary · 300 students
- Jacobsen High SchoolHigh · 24 students
Nearby schools
- Gardnerville Elementary School0.5 mi · 300
- Minden Elementary School1.3 mi · 371
- ASPIRE Academy High School1.5 mi · 82
- ALT School1.5 mi · 4
- Douglas Nevada Online1.5 mi · 5
- Douglas High School1.9 mi · 1,510
Frequently asked questions
About Carson Valley Middle SchoolHow many students attend Carson Valley Middle School?
Carson Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 591 students in grades 06-08.
Is Carson Valley Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carson Valley Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carson Valley Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carson Valley Middle School is approximately 21.3:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carson Valley Middle School?
At Carson Valley Middle School, the student body is approximately 64% White, 25% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Carson Valley Middle School in?
Carson Valley Middle School is part of Douglas.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.