Lebanon Elementary

Lebanon Elementary is a compact primary school in Lebanon, Virginia, part of Russell County Public Schools. The school instructs 292 students in grades 2 through 4. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 499 students each, so Lebanon Elementary sits 41% below that benchmark.

Russell County Public Schools comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 3,583 students; Lebanon Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lebanon Elementary logs that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Russell County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lebanon Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.7%, the actual is 69.8%, a residual of +6.2 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Russell County put the typical household earns roughly $50,012 per year, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lebanon Elementary is one of 14 public schools in Russell County (combined enrollment of about 3,583 students).

Lebanon Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Lebanon Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lebanon Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 75.1%.

Lebanon Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 17%: 353 students in 2018 compared to 292 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.