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What advice would you give to incoming students at Ithica Elementary?
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Enrollment
809
Elementary
DISTRICT 659 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLL COUNTY·NCES 130084003302
Ithica Elementary
75 Whitworth Rd, Villa Rica, GA 30180 · (678) 840-5101 · Carroll County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL809 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
315 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 74%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 112 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 124 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 143 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 15% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 71% · 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
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
44.7%
GA avg 40.1% . -12.9pp since 2021
Math
54.2%
GA avg 44.6% . -11.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 13 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.7% | 54.2% |
| 2023-24 | 49.1% | 61.4% |
| 2022-23 | 48.4% | 61.6% |
| 2021-22 | 57.6% | 65.8% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. 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
53.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Georgia 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 Georgia'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 →
Where Ithica Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Carroll County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #285 of 1,208 | #4 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #335 of 1,215 | #5 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #357 of 1,215 | #4 of 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.2pp | #9 of 1,183 | #1 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 809 | #219 of 1,324 | #4 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,198 of 1,301 | #10 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #155 of 1,301 | #3 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.9% | #1,130 of 1,312 | #13 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.5% | #185 of 386 | #7 of 10 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
809
+93 (+13%) vs 2020
+29% since 2010-11, when it was 628
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 809 | 51.5 | 15.7:1 | 39% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 781 | 54 | 14.5:1 | 65% (509) |
| 2022-23 | 778 | 51.3 | 15.2:1 | 49% (380) |
| 2020-21 | 716 | 44 | 16.3:1 | 50% (360) |
| 2017-18 | 732 | 44.8 | 16.3:1 | 51% (372) |
| 2015-16 | 724 | 41 | 17.7:1 | 56% (402) |
| 2010-11 | 628 | 39 | 16.1:1 | 56% (350) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ithica Elementary.
About Ithica Elementary
Families in Villa Rica, Georgia, are served by Ithica Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school has 809 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Georgia enroll about 605 students on average.
Ithica Elementary is one of the 24 schools that make up Carroll County (16,400 students in total).
The student body at Ithica Elementary has no majority group. White students lead at 44%. The next largest groups are 30% Black, 15% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. The school's White share is 25 points below the 68% share among Carroll County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
Ithica Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1, with 51.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 39% at Ithica Elementary. On average, public schools in Carroll County report 48%.
Compared with Georgia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Ithica Elementary's results are 3.8 points below predicted: 53.4% against 57.2%.
The county, Carroll County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $73,714 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting Ithica Elementary, Carroll County has 28 public schools.
Bay Springs Middle School is about 1.0 miles from Ithica Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 5 other public schools. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Ithica Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Ithica Elementary is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment rose by 13% across 4 years, from 716 in 2020-21 to 809 in 2024-25.
People who know Ithica Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
124,569
Census ACS
Median income
$73,714
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
22,250 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carroll County
- Villa Rica High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,338 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,009 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 991 students
- Temple High SchoolHigh · 868 students
- Bowdon Elementary SchoolElementary · 781 students
Other schools in Villa Rica
- Villa Rica High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- Bay Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 723 students
- Glanton-Hindsman ElementaryElementary · 691 students
- Mirror Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Villa Rica Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- New Georgia Elementary SchoolElementary · 336 students
Nearby schools
- Bay Springs Middle School1.0 mi · 723
- Sand Hill Elementary School3.1 mi · 733
- Villa Rica High School3.4 mi · 1,681
- Glanton-Hindsman Elementary3.8 mi · 691
- Villa Rica Elementary School4.0 mi · 513
- Mirror Lake Elementary School5.4 mi · 554
Frequently asked questions
About Ithica ElementaryHow many students attend Ithica Elementary?
Ithica Elementary enrolls approximately 809 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ithica Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ithica Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ithica Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ithica Elementary is approximately 15.7:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ithica Elementary?
At Ithica Elementary, the student body is approximately 44% White, 15% Hispanic, 30% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Ithica Elementary in?
Ithica Elementary is part of Carroll County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.