Waits River Valley Union School

Set in East Corinth, Vermont, Waits River Valley Union School is a mid-tier elementary-level community, one of the schools within Waits River Union High District #36. It serves 265 students across grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Vermont's public schools average about 213 students each, so Waits River Valley Union School sits 24% above that benchmark.

Waits River Valley Union School is a school of Waits River Union High District #36, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Waits River Valley Union School lists that nearly all students (95%) are White; the rest breaks down as 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.5:1 average. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Orange County (around 56%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household earnings sit near $82,232, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Waits River Valley Union School is one of 21 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 3,532 students).

Nearest neighbor: Orange Center School, around 8.5 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Waits River Valley Union School has rose 6%, going from 251 students in 2018 to 265 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 99% to 95% over that span.

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