Ellijay Elementary School

Ellijay Elementary School is a K-5 school of mid-tier scale in Ellijay, Georgia, operated by Gilmer County, instructing 761 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 26% above the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Gilmer County runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 4,124 students. Ellijay Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Ellijay Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 44% Hispanic. By comparison, Gilmer County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Ellijay Elementary School has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Ellijay Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 46.5%; actual is 32.3%, a gap of -14.2 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Gilmer County put median household income runs about $74,499, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Gilmer County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,124 students), of which Ellijay Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Gilmer High School, roughly 1.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Ellijay Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Ellijay Elementary School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 44.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ellijay Elementary School's enrollment has rose 21% since 2018, when it stood at 631 (now 761). The White share of enrollment declined from 65% to 53% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Ellijay Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.