Ithica Elementary

Located at 75 Whitworth Rd, in Villa Rica, Georgia, Ithica Elementary is a mid-sized K-5 school that instructs 809 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Carroll County. That puts it 34% above the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Carroll County runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 16,400 students. Ithica Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Ithica Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 30% Black, 15% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Ithica Elementary has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Carroll County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Ithica Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.2%; this one delivers 53.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Carroll County indicate median household earnings sit near $73,714, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Carroll County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,250 students), of which Ithica Elementary is one.

Bay Springs Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Ithica Elementary. On composite proficiency, Ithica Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.1%.

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

Five-year trend. Ithica Elementary's enrollment has ticked up 11% since 2018, when it stood at 732 (now 809). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 60% to 44% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Ithica Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.