Matthew Fontaine Maury High

Set in Norfolk, Virginia, Matthew Fontaine Maury High is a moderately sized four-year high school, one of the schools within Norfolk City Public Schools. It works with 1,713 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Virginia's public schools average about 1,213 students each, so Matthew Fontaine Maury High sits 41% above that benchmark.

Matthew Fontaine Maury High is one of 44 schools operated by Norfolk City Public Schools, a district that teaches 26,807 students overall.

On demographics, Matthew Fontaine Maury High shows that 54% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 27% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Norfolk city as a whole is about 40% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Matthew Fontaine Maury High has 108 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Matthew Fontaine Maury High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.9%; this one delivers 66.1%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Norfolk city shows median household earnings sit near $66,109, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Matthew Fontaine Maury High is one of 54 public schools in Norfolk city (combined enrollment of about 26,807 students).

Ghent K-8 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Matthew Fontaine Maury High comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 55.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Matthew Fontaine Maury High has changed only slightly, going from 1,673 students in 2018 to 1,713 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 34% to 27%. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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