Lake Taylor High

Lake Taylor High is a medium-sized four-year high school in Norfolk, Virginia, one of the schools within Norfolk City Public Schools. The school educates 1,107 students in grades 9 through 12.

Norfolk City Public Schools runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 26,807 students. Lake Taylor High is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Lake Taylor High shows that 66% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 10% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Norfolk city as a whole is about 40% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lake Taylor High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.8%; this one delivers 59.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Norfolk city put the typical household earns roughly $66,109 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Lake Taylor High is one of 54 public schools in Norfolk city (combined enrollment of about 26,807 students).

Lake Taylor is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lake Taylor High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lake Taylor High at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 52.8%.

Lake Taylor High operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lake Taylor High has edged down 11%, going from 1,237 students in 2018 to 1,107 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 16% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Lake Taylor High typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.