Water's Edge Village School

Water's Edge Village School is one of the tiny elementary campuss in Corolla, North Carolina, overseen by Water's Edge Village School, with 50 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Water's Edge Village School sits 89% below that benchmark.

Operationally, Water's Edge Village School answers to Water's Edge Village School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Water's Edge Village School logs that White students make up the majority at 76%; the rest comes out to 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Currituck County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Water's Edge Village School logs 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Currituck County) reports that median household earnings sit near $93,511, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Water's Edge Village School is one of 12 public schools in Currituck County (combined enrollment of about 4,651 students).

Currituck County Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.6 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies a town-based site. Water's Edge Village School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Water's Edge Village School's enrollment has increased 47% since 2018, when it stood at 34 (now 50). Class-load math has rose: from 8.5:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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