Yellow Branch Elementary

Yellow Branch Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary campuss in Rustburg, Virginia, operated by Campbell County Public Schools, with 584 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 13 schools in Campbell County Public Schools (7,777 students total), Yellow Branch Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Yellow Branch Elementary lists that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 17% Black, 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Yellow Branch Elementary lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Yellow Branch Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.6%, the actual is 74.5%, a residual of +7.9 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Campbell County shows median household income runs about $66,165, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Campbell County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,777 students), Yellow Branch Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Rustburg Elementary, roughly 4.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Yellow Branch Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 76.8%.

Yellow Branch Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 570 students in 2018 compared to 584 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 66% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.