Bruton High School, Yorktown, VA

At a glance

School district: York County School Division (York County Public Schools)
Grades served: 9-12
School type: Public, regular school
Principal: Vadella Ellis-Pope
Established: 1976
Mascot & colors: Panthers · Green, Gold
Enrollment: 723 students (2024-2025)
Student–teacher ratio: 13:1
Classroom teachers: 57.51 FTE
Accreditation: Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID: 510415001812

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2024-2025

Reading

97%

Mathematics

80%

Science

82%

History & Social Sci.

70%

95%

On-time graduation (2024-2025)

Dropout rate

59%

Earned an Advanced Diploma

College & career readiness

2024-2025

50.48%

Students in AP courses

10.93%

Dual-enrollment (college credit)

326

Career & technical credentials earned

326 CTE credentials earned total; 190 students earned one or more. AP: 365 of 725 students enrolled in at least one AP course; dual enrollment: 79 of 725 students.

Attendance

2024-2025

18% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Bruton High School

Bruton High School is a public secondary school in the York County School Division, opened in 1976 at 185 East Rochambeau Drive. It serves students in grades 9-12 and houses the York County School of the Arts, the county's fine-arts magnet program.

The school sits in Lightfoot, an unincorporated community north of Williamsburg in York County, Virginia, within a locale that NCES classifies as rural fringe. Its athletic teams, the Panthers, compete in the Virginia High School League's Bay Rivers District.

Notable alumni

Zena Cardman· NASA astronaut (selected 2017)Lorenzo Taliaferro· NFL running back (Baltimore Ravens)Bryan Randall· College football quarterback (Virginia Tech)Elizabeth Winder· AuthorPaul Winfree· Economist; former White House Domestic Policy Council official and Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board chair

Contact

Phone: (757) 220-4050

Official school website ↗

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data — Bruton High (510415001812) — NCES ID, address, phone, grades, total and by-grade enrollment, FTE teachers, student/teacher ratio, locale, school type2024-2025 link ↗
Virginia School Quality Profiles — Bruton High — Accreditation (SY 2025-2026), SOL pass rates, graduation/dropout/advanced-diploma rates, chronic absenteeism, AP/dual enrollment, CTE credentials, demographics, principal2024-2025 (accreditation 2025-2026) link ↗
Bruton High School official website — Website URL, phone, principal confirmation, York County School of the Arts magnet2026 link ↗
Wikipedia — Bruton High School — Founding year (1976), mascot, colors, athletic district, recent state championships, notable alumni, location/neighborhood2026 link ↗

Figures reflect the Enrollment/staffing/locale from NCES CCD 2024-2025; SOL, demographics, graduation, attendance, and college/career readiness from Virginia School Quality Profiles 2024-2025; accreditation designation for SY 2025-2026. unless noted. School zoning, boundaries, and ratings change — verify with the school division before making housing decisions.

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