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Which teacher or staff member at LAKE TAYLOR HIGH deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
1,107
High
DISTRICT 1,458 · STATE 1,213
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORFOLK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510267001104
Lake Taylor High
1384 Kempsville Rd, Norfolk, VA 23502 · (757) 892-3200 · Norfolk city
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,107 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Virginia public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Virginia public high schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
1,030 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 399 | 36% |
| Grade 10 | 346 | 31% |
| Grade 11 | 206 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 156 | 14% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
75.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +5.0pp since 2022
Math
73.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +5.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 5 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 62.0% |
| 2022-23 | 70.0% | 68.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Lake Taylor High
Lake Taylor High's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Taylor High this school | 1,107 | 93.0% | 59.5% |
| George Washington High Danville | 1,248 | 93.8% | 53.4% |
| Heritage High Newport News | 1,106 | 95.0% | 54.9% |
| Phoebus High Hampton | 1,391 | 93.7% | 79.0% |
| Booker T Washington High Norfolk | 904 | 92.7% | 58.8% |
| Hampton High Hampton | 1,301 | 92.2% | 78.6% |
Matched among Virginia high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Lake Taylor High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #286 of 311 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #241 of 316 ▲ 55 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #277 of 316 ▲ 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,107 | #167 of 325 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #191 of 309 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #179 of 309 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.0% | #68 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #79 of 178 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,107
+32 (+3%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 1,417
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 11.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,107 | 75 | 14.8:1 | 93% (1,030) |
| 2023-24 | 1,137 | 72 | 15.8:1 | 93% (1,054) |
| 2022-23 | 1,030 | 65 | 15.8:1 | 92% (951) |
| 2020-21 | 1,075 | 91 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,237 | 109.4 | 11.3:1 | 60% (738) |
| 2015-16 | 1,332 | 82 | 16.2:1 | 56% (743) |
| 2010-11 | 1,378 | 74 | 18.6:1 | 61% (836) |
| 2000-01 | 1,561 | 124 | 12.6:1 | 42% (650) |
| 1990-91 | 1,417 | 110 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Taylor High.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,237 to 1,107); teachers down 31% (109.4 to 75).
About Lake Taylor High
Lake Taylor High is a public mid-sized high school in Norfolk, Virginia. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,107 students.
The district, Norfolk City Public Schools, has 26,807 students enrolled across 44 schools.
Black students are 66% of those enrolled at Lake Taylor High. The rest of enrollment is 16% Hispanic, 10% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the Black share of Norfolk city's population at about 40%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 52, compared with 70 nationally.
Lake Taylor High has 75 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Virginia is 13.9:1. At Lake Taylor High, 93% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Lake Taylor High earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 12% of Virginia public high schools.
A school with Lake Taylor High's lunch-eligibility share in Virginia is predicted to score 62.8%. Lake Taylor High scores 59.5%, 3.3 points below that line.
The county, Norfolk city, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $66,109, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county's public schools total 54, with about 26,807 students.
Lake Taylor High is about 0.2 miles from Lake Taylor, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Lake Taylor High is ahead of the 52.8% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 7.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school grew from 1,075 students in 2020-21 to 1,107 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.8:1) than in 2020-21 (11.8:1).
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Norfolk city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
233,596
Census ACS
Median income
$66,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
26,807 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Norfolk City Public Schools
- Granby HighHigh · 1,980 students
- Matthew Fontaine Maury HighHigh · 1,713 students
- Norview HighHigh · 1,585 students
- Norview MiddleMiddle · 1,196 students
- Blair MiddleMiddle · 1,141 students
- Booker T Washington HighHigh · 904 students
Other schools in Norfolk
- Granby HighHigh · 1,980 students
- Matthew Fontaine Maury HighHigh · 1,713 students
- Norview HighHigh · 1,585 students
- Norview MiddleMiddle · 1,196 students
- Blair MiddleMiddle · 1,141 students
- Booker T Washington HighHigh · 904 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Taylor0.2 mi · 664
- Easton Preschool at Fairlawn0.9 mi · 123
- Williams Elementary1.9 mi · 443
- Bayside Elementary2.0 mi · 546
- Bayside Middle2.1 mi · 628
- Newtown Elementary2.2 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Taylor HighWhat is the total enrollment at Lake Taylor High?
Lake Taylor High enrolls approximately 1,107 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Lake Taylor High serve?
Lake Taylor High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lake Taylor High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lake Taylor High is approximately 14.8:1 (75 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lake Taylor High?
Student demographics at Lake Taylor High are roughly 10% White, 16% Hispanic, 66% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Lake Taylor High?
Lake Taylor High is overseen by Norfolk City Public Schools in Norfolk city.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.