Ritta Elementary

Ritta Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Knoxville, Tennessee, overseen by Knox County. The school enrolls 529 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Knox County runs 93 schools in total, collectively educating 60,185 students. Ritta Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Ritta Elementary lists that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment; the rest looks like 15% Black, 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In the surrounding community, Knox County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,222 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Knox County runs 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,014 students), of which Ritta Elementary is one.

Shannondale Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 11%: 594 students in 2018 compared to 529 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 3% to 14%.

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