NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools GA

Best-Resourced Schools in Villa Rica, GA

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7 public K-12 schools in Villa Rica from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
5,307
Students
35.7/100
Avg Resource Index
15.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Villa Rica has more public-school enrollment than 58% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Villa Rica's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Villa Rica's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 22-point gap between New Georgia Elementary School and Villa Rica High School shows the range hidden by Villa Rica's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 42%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
28th percentile
Teacher staffing
46th percentile

Villa Rica High School accounts for 31.7% of all Villa Rica public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Villa Rica-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Villa Rica school enrollment varies 5.0× across entities

Villa Rica school enrollment ranges from 336 students (lowest) to 1,681 students (highest), a spread of 1,345 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Villa Rica student-teacher ratio is 15.7:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Villa Rica is typically wider than the Villa Rica-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. New Georgia Elementary School 46
2. Mirror Lake Elementary School 43
3. Ithica Elementary 39
4. Bay Springs Middle School 37
5. Villa Rica Elementary School 31
6. Glanton-Hindsman Elementary 30
7. Villa Rica High School 24

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Villa Rica

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Ithica Elementary 68.9/100
  2. 2 Villa Rica Elementary School 66.4/100
  3. 3 Villa Rica High School 66.3/100
  4. 4 Glanton-Hindsman Elementary 65.1/100
  5. 5 Bay Springs Middle School 64.9/100

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Which Villa Rica school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

New Georgia Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Villa Rica schools in this federal-data comparison at 46/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Villa Rica, GA? ▼

Villa Rica has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,307 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.7:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.