Rustburg High

Rustburg High operates as a low-enrollment senior high in Rustburg, Virginia, run under Campbell County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 836 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 1,213 students each, so Rustburg High sits 31% below that benchmark.

Campbell County Public Schools runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 7,777 students. Rustburg High is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Rustburg High reports that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 12% Black, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Rustburg High logs 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Rustburg High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.3%, the actual is 81.4%, a residual of +13.1 points.

Around the school, census data for Campbell County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,165 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Campbell County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,777 students), of which Rustburg High is one.

Rustburg Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rustburg High ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 70.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rustburg High has shrank 3%, going from 865 students in 2018 to 836 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 81% to 76%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.