Objective: To understand the rural elder’s health status and stratification, and to provide suggestions for further improvement of health policy and aging service policy in the country. Methods: Based on the data of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2011, we performed the descriptive analysis by the SPSS and Chi-squared test, and analyzed the rural elder’s health status and stratification. Results: Above 30% respondents chose “bad or worse” in the self-assessment of health. 89.6% of the respondents were able to take care of themselves, and 78% of the respondents were able to carry out social activities independently. Conclusion: The rural elder’s total health status is not well. The health stratification is very obvious and keep pace with the result of social stratification. The social policy of the elder should be integrated with the policy of health and aging service.