Yowell Elementary

Set in Culpeper, Virginia, Yowell Elementary is a reasonably sized K-5 school, overseen by Culpeper County Public Schools. It teaches 687 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 38% above the state mean of about 499.

Yowell Elementary is one of 11 schools operated by Culpeper County Public Schools, a district that serves 8,381 students overall.

On demographics, Yowell Elementary records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 33% White, 14% Black, 10% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Yowell Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Yowell Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.7%, the actual is 62.5%, a residual of -8.2 points.

Around the school, Culpeper County reports that the typical household earns roughly $100,049 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Yowell Elementary is one of 11 public schools in Culpeper County (combined enrollment of about 8,381 students).

Nearest neighbor: Floyd T. Binns Middle, around 1.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Yowell Elementary comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 67.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 676 students in 2018 compared to 687 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 55% to 33%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.