Jarvisburg Elementary

Jarvisburg Elementary operates as a modestly sized primary school in Jarvisburg, North Carolina, run under Currituck County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 218 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Jarvisburg Elementary sits 53% smaller than that benchmark.

Currituck County Schools comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 4,601 students; Jarvisburg Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jarvisburg Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Currituck County (around 36%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jarvisburg Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.4%; this one delivers 69.5%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Currituck County put median household income runs about $93,511, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Jarvisburg Elementary is one of 12 public schools in Currituck County (combined enrollment of about 4,651 students).

Nearest neighbor: W T Griggs Elementary, around 5.8 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Jarvisburg Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.5%.

Jarvisburg Elementary operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 13%: 252 students in 2018 compared to 218 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 77% to 63%.

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