Summary:
ZIP code 24576, located in the Naruna area of Virginia, is served by exactly one school: William Campbell High. Though labeled a high school, it serves grades 6 through 12, functioning as a combined middle and high school with an enrollment of 384 students. The school is part of Campbell County Public Schools, a district ranked 58th out of 131 Virginia districts, while the school's own state ranking places it in the 29th percentile of Virginia high schools.
The school serves a high-poverty population — 73.7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch — yet maintains a very favorable student-to-teacher ratio of 8.7:1 and spends $11,228 per student. Its graduation rate of 88.2% trails the district rate of 94.9% and the state rate of 92.3%, but its dropout rate of just 1.4% is far below the state average of 5.0%. Chronic absenteeism is 10.1%, slightly above the district's 9.0% but well below the state's 14.8%, suggesting that students remain engaged despite economic challenges.
Academically, the school shows a clear divide between middle school and high school performance. Middle schoolers excel in several areas: 8th-grade Algebra I proficiency is a perfect 100%, 7th-grade math (76.27%) and reading (83.05%) exceed state averages, and 6th-grade reading (78.18%) is also above par. Ninth-grade Biology reached 100% proficiency in 2025–2026. However, upper-level courses struggle: 9th-grade Algebra I proficiency is just 64.86%, Geometry dropped sharply from 95% to 70.59%, and 8th-grade Civics proficiency sits at only 51.92%, while 8th-grade math (41.67%) also trails the state. Despite these challenges, the school's state ranking has improved steadily over three years, rising from the 11th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 29th percentile in 2025–2026 — a promising sign of gradual progress.
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