Wellness programming for faculty, staff, and administrators within K-12 educational institutions that promotes healthy lifestyles is scarce despite numerous benefits. These potential benefits may include reduced absenteeism and stress, improved productivity, attentiveness and health, and increased prevalence of healthful adult role models within academic institutions to help address the increase in childhood obesity over the past decades. Rural school districts in particular, are often at a loss with respect to wellness programming due to a lack of resources and health and fitness expertise. Research suggests that access to larger health promotion institutions (e.g., university-based wellness programs and academic departments, American Cancer Society, local hospitals), educational programs, and screenings, enhances the overall success and maintenance of wellness programs in school environments. This study examined the effectiveness of an ongoing school-site health promotion program for faculty, staff and administrators in a rural elementary school, implemented in partnership with faculty and graduate students at a local university. Completed pre- and post-test data were collected from 13 teachers, administrators, staff, and other personnel (age 45.62 ± 7.40 years) within the elementary school setting who voluntarily participated in the program. The 6-month intervention incorporated educational sessions addressing exercise concerns, recommendations and nutritional guidelines (e.g., brown bag lunches, monthly newsletters), exercise programming, weekly weigh-ins, and submission of biweekly physical activity reports to the on-site school nurse. Participants were encouraged to exercise independently of school nurse or researcher/investigator supervision throughout the intervention. Physiological evaluations (cardiovascular fitness, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition using skinfold measures), health behavior and goal assessments were administered pre- and post-test. Results revealed trends in overall weight loss, increases in flexibility and upper body muscular strength throughout the participant pool, as well as positive behavioral changes related to health responsibilities and nutrition, and overwhelmingly positive feedback regarding the intervention design. Participants stated that the inclusion of guest speakers, weekly weigh-ins, blood pressure monitoring, body fat and weight-loss analyses, strength, cardiorespiratory, and flexibility assessments, monthly newsletters (incorporating nutritional tips and exercise recommendations), and regular exercise goal evaluations, were especially useful, informative, and motivational. This pilot study has implications for future on-site wellness programming within rural school districts in terms of offering a viable, effective, inexpensive, enjoyable, and practical option for adult populations in this type of setting.Keyword(s): physical activity, wellness/disease prevention, worksite