Ivy Elementary

Ivy Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Charlottesville, Virginia, part of Albemarle County Public Schools. The school educates 358 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 28% leaner than the state mean of about 499.

Within Albemarle County Public Schools, which oversees 24 schools and 14,149 students, Ivy Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Ivy Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Ivy Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 8% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Albemarle County (around 37%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ivy Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 85.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 89.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Albemarle County indicate median household earnings sit near $104,392, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Albemarle County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,438 students), of which Ivy Elementary is one.

Virginia L. Murray Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Ivy Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 72.7%.

Ivy Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ivy Elementary's enrollment has decreased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 432 (now 358). The White share of enrollment declined from 90% to 85% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.