📍 701 Yowell Drive, Culpeper, Culpeper County, 22701
Yowell Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Culpeper, Culpeper County. The school has 666 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Culpeper County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. 58% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Yowell Elementary enrolls 666 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 40 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% White, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 15% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 271 | 41% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 221 | 33% |
| Black or African American | 97 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 63 | 9.5% |
| Asian | 10 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
319 of the school's 666 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 286 qualify for free lunch and 33 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Yowell Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VA-70, state senate district 17, state house district 30.
Yowell Elementary is one of 11 schools in Culpeper County Public Schools, based in Culpeper, Virginia. The district serves 8,381 students district-wide and employs 561 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 666 students, Yowell Elementary is close to the district average of about 762 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant