Currituck County Schools
{{Short description|School district in North Carolina, USA}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox school district
| name = Currituck County Schools
| logo =
| motto =
| type = Public
| grades = PK–12
| established =
| region =
| country = United States
| location = {{nowrap|Currituck County, North Carolina}}
| coordinates =
| superintendent = Dr. Matt Lutz
| asst_superintendent = Renee Dowdy
| accreditation =
| schools = 10
| budget = $ 41,060,000
| us_nces_district_id = {{NCES District ID|3701080|district_name=Currituck County Schools|access_date=January 9, 2013}}
| students = 3,979
| teachers = 249.93 (on FTE basis)
| staff = 336.66 (on FTE basis)
| ratio = 15.92:1
| website = {{URL|http://www.currituck.k12.nc.us}}
}}
Currituck County Schools is a PK–12 graded school district serving Currituck County, North Carolina. Its ten schools serve 3,979 students as of the 2010–11 school year.
Student demographics
For the 2010–11 school year, Currituck County Schools had a total population of 3,979 students and 249.93 teachers on a (FTE) basis. This produced a student-teacher ratio of 1592:1. That same year, out of the student total, the gender ratio was 51% male to 49% female. The demographic group makeup was: White, 78%; Black, 5%; Hispanic, 4%; American Indian, 0%; and Asian/Pacific Islander, 0% (two or more races: 13%).{{cite web|title=Percentage of Students in Each Demographic Group|url=http://www.ncreportcards.org/src/distDetails.jsp?Page=13&pLEACode=270&pYear=2010-2011&pDataType=1|work=North Carolina’s School Report Cards|publisher=NC Department of Public Instruction|accessdate=January 9, 2013}} For the same school year, 35.06% of the students received free and reduced-cost lunches.{{cite web|title=2010–2011|url=http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/fbs/resources/data/|work=Free & Reduced Meals Application Data|publisher=NC Department of Public Instruction|format=XLS|accessdate=January 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423061836/http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/fbs/resources/data/|archive-date=April 23, 2012|url-status=dead}}
Governance
The primary governing body of Currituck County Schools follows a council–manager government format with a five-member Board of Education appointing a Superintendent to run the day-to-day operations of the system. The school system resides in the North Carolina State Board of Education's First District.{{cite web|title=Education Districts|url=http://stateboard.ncpublicschools.gov/about-sbe/education-districts|publisher=NC State Board of Education|accessdate=January 9, 2013}}
=Board of Education=
The five members of the Board of Education generally meet on the third Thursday of each month. {{As of|2025|January}}, the members of the board are Dana Parker (Chairman), Jason Banks (Vice Chairman), Sandi Ayres, Emily Crodick, and Melissa Harrison. {{cite web|title=Board of Education Members|url=http://www.currituck.k12.nc.us/domain/9|publisher=Currituck County Schools|accessdate=December 4, 2024}}
=Superintendent=
The superintendent of the system is Dr. Matt Lutz. He began in August 2020, replacing the former superintendent Mark Stefanik who resigned to take a position with Tipp County Schools in Ohio.
Member schools
Currituck County Schools has ten schools ranging from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade. Those ten schools are separated into one early college, one high school, two middle schools, six elementary schools.{{cite web|title=Currituck County Schools|url=http://www.ncreportcards.org/src/search.jsp?pYear=2010-2011&pList=1&pListVal=270%3ACurrituck+County+Schools&GO2=GO|work=NC School Report Cards|publisher=North Carolina Department of Public Instruction|accessdate=January 9, 2013}}
=High schools=
=Middle schools=
- Currituck County Middle School (Barco)
- Moyock Middle School (Moyock)
=Elementary schools=
- Central Elementary School (Barco)
- Jarvisburg Elementary School (Jarvisburg)
- Knotts Island Elementary School (Knotts Island)
- Moyock Elementary School (Moyock)
- Shawboro Elementary School (Shawboro)
- W. T. Griggs Elementary (Poplar Branch)
Athletics
According to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, for the 2012–2013 school year:{{cite web|title=NCHSAA CONFERENCES 2012–13 |url=https://www.nchsaa.org/intranet/downloadManagerControl.php?mode=getFile&elementID=9862&type=5&atomID=12263 |work=NCHSAA website |publisher=NCHSAA |accessdate=January 9, 2013 |format=PDF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016171724/https://www.nchsaa.org/intranet/downloadManagerControl.php?mode=getFile&elementID=9862&type=5&atomID=12263 |archivedate=October 16, 2012 }}
- Currituck County High is a 2A school in the Northeastern Coastal Conference.
- J. P. Knapp Early College does not have athletic teams.
See also
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.currituck.k12.nc.us}}
{{Currituck County, North Carolina}}