Carter's Grove · Photo: Melissa Wilkins from USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Yorktown’s public schools
York County Public Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Yorktown. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2021, when 92% of students in Virginia’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Yorktown’s schools, in brief
School by school
18 of Yorktown’s 18 district schools with test results score above the middle of Virginia’s 1,758 public schools. Mount Vernon Elementary places highest (better than 99%); Yorktown Elementary lowest (64%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Ten elementary schools serve Yorktown, graded from B to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then four middle schools and four high schools: Grafton High, Tabb High, York High and Bruton High. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Yorktown, with each school’s own grade.
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the York County Public Schools.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
How students score
Yorktown vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Virginia towns that share Yorktown’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Yorktown | — | York County |
Every school in Yorktown
19 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Virginia’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Yorktown’s schools
Are Yorktown’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Yorktown. York County Public Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Yorktown. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 18 of its 18 district schools with test results score above the middle of Virginia’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Yorktown in?
York County Public Schools.
Where do Yorktown kids go to high school?
One of four high schools, depending on your address: Grafton High, Tabb High, York High and Bruton High.
Are there private schools in Yorktown?
Yes: Grace Episcopal Day School (grades PK–K, 40 students).
Parents talk
What Yorktown families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Yorktown → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.