Schools in Fish Springs · Douglas County School District
Fish Springs’s public schools beat 84% of Nevada districts
The public schools Fish Springs’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 84% of Nevada’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
71%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
51%
▲ 9 pts vs NV 42%
2020–21
Math proficiency
36%
▲ 11 pts vs NV 26%
2020–21
Graduate on time
89%
▲ 6 pts vs NV 83%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$15.7K
▲ 6% vs NV $14.9K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade
How Fish Springs compares
A− Test scoresA− Graduation
Nevada school districts we grade (19)Better than 84%
Lower resultsHigher results
Nevada towns with similar household incomes (42)Better than 71%
High confidence. Built on 2,697 tested students and a graduating class of 469; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Nevada’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Nevada only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Fish Springs.
7 schools teach Pre-K in Fish Springs’s district. Which one depends on your address: Minden Elementary School, Jacks Valley Elementary School, C. C. Meneley Elementary School and G. L. Scarselli Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach K in Fish Springs’s district. Which one depends on your address: Minden Elementary School, Jacks Valley Elementary School, C. C. Meneley Elementary School and G. L. Scarselli Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 1st grade in Fish Springs’s district. Which one depends on your address: Minden Elementary School, Jacks Valley Elementary School, C. C. Meneley Elementary School and G. L. Scarselli Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 2nd grade in Fish Springs’s district. Which one depends on your address: Minden Elementary School, Jacks Valley Elementary School, C. C. Meneley Elementary School and G. L. Scarselli Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 3rd grade in Fish Springs’s district. Which one depends on your address: Minden Elementary School, Jacks Valley Elementary School, C. C. Meneley Elementary School and G. L. Scarselli Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 4th grade in Fish Springs’s district. Which one depends on your address: Minden Elementary School, Jacks Valley Elementary School, C. C. Meneley Elementary School and G. L. Scarselli Elementary School and more.
7 schools teach 5th grade in Fish Springs’s district. Which one depends on your address: Minden Elementary School, Jacks Valley Elementary School, C. C. Meneley Elementary School and G. L. Scarselli Elementary School and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–57 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading51%
State average 42.2%
Math36%
State average 25.5%
Every school in Fish Springs
0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Also serving Fish Springs · in other towns
Minden Elementary School
A371 students20:1Rate it →
Jacks Valley Elementary School
A−364 students16:1Rate it →
C. C. Meneley Elementary School
B363 students16:1Rate it →
G. L. Scarselli Elementary School
A−305 students16:1Rate it →
Gardnerville Elementary School
A−300 students17:1Rate it →
Pinon Hills Elementary School
A+256 students16:1Rate it →
Zephyr Cove Elementary School
A153 studentsRate it →
Carson Valley Middle School
A−591 students21:1Rate it →
Pau Wa Lu Middle School
B460 students19:1Rate it →
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Fish Springs
There’s no college in Fish Springs, but 2 are within 30 miles. The closest is Lake Tahoe Community College in South Lake Tahoe, 17.4 miles away.
Lake Tahoe Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · South Lake Tahoe
17.4 mi1,994 students
Western Nevada CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Carson
17.7 mi3,160 students
Straight-line distance from the center of Fish Springs. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Nevada. Stars are from neighbors.