Edith W. Fritsch Elementary

Set in Carson City, Nevada, Edith W. Fritsch Elementary is a mid-tier primary school, operated by Carson City. It teaches 500 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 10 schools in Carson City (5,072 students total), Edith W. Fritsch Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Edith W. Fritsch Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 34% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Carson City as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Carson City's rate of about 80%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Edith W. Fritsch Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.5%, the actual is 40.0%, a residual of +7.5 points.

In the area at large, census data for Carson City shows median household income runs about $72,355, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Carson City runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,072 students), of which Edith W. Fritsch Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Carson Middle School, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Edith W. Fritsch Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.2%.

Edith W. Fritsch Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Edith W. Fritsch Elementary has contracted 4%, going from 519 students in 2018 to 500 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 64% to 54% over that span.

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