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What's one thing LAKE TAYLOR gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
664
Elementary
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 499
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORFOLK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510267001105
Lake Taylor
1380 Kempsville Rd, Norfolk, VA 23502 · (757) 892-3230 · Norfolk city
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL664 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Virginia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
656 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 74 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 86 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 7% smaller than its 8th grade class (86).
Student demographics
60%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
55.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +0.0pp since 2022
Math
44.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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
Lake Taylor's state test result (48.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Taylor this school | 664 | 98.8% | 48.1% |
| Cradock Elementary Portsmouth | 616 | 100.0% | 36.8% |
| Katherine Johnson Elementary Newport News | 553 | 98.6% | 53.3% |
| Coleman Place Elementary Norfolk | 551 | 99.6% | 40.9% |
| Westside Elementary Roanoke | 624 | 98.9% | 42.0% |
| Patrick Copeland Elementary Hopewell | 579 | 100.0% | 45.9% |
Matched among Virginia elementary 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Norfolk city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #1,003 of 1,101 | #20 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,068 of 1,111 ▲ 4 | #25 of 29 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #942 of 1,111 ▼ 41 | #21 of 29 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 664 | #244 of 1,176 | #3 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #37 of 1,105 | #1 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.0% | #564 of 1,106 | #18 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #195 of 1,157 | #29 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.0% | #155 of 324 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
664
+136 (+26%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 866
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 664 | 64 | 10.4:1 | 99% (656) |
| 2023-24 | 681 | 60 | 11.3:1 | 98% (669) |
| 2022-23 | 626 | 52 | 12.0:1 | 96% (598) |
| 2020-21 | 528 | 50 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 51.7 | 11.9:1 | 89% (547) |
| 2015-16 | 856 | 72 | 11.9:1 | 91% (777) |
| 2010-11 | 878 | 52 | 16.9:1 | 80% (704) |
| 2000-01 | 711 | 64 | 11.1:1 | 59% (418) |
| 1990-91 | 866 | 56 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Taylor.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (615 to 664); teachers up 24% (51.7 to 64).
About Lake Taylor
Lake Taylor is an elementary school with a street address in Norfolk, Virginia. It enrolled 664 students in kindergarten through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 33% higher than the average for elementary schools in Virginia, which is about 499.
Norfolk City Public Schools includes 44 schools. Together they enroll 26,807 students.
At Lake Taylor, Black students make up 59% of the student body. The remaining shares are 14% Hispanic, 13% White, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Norfolk city as a whole is about 40% Black, so the school's share is higher. Lake Taylor's diversity index is 60%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 10.4:1 comes from the school's 64 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Virginia. The lunch program counts 99% of students at Lake Taylor as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Norfolk city average 98%.
Measured against Virginia public elementary schools, Lake Taylor receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Lake Taylor's lunch-eligibility share in Virginia is predicted to score 61.2%. Lake Taylor scores 48.1%, 13.1 points below that line.
Among Norfolk city residents, the median household income is $66,109, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Besides Lake Taylor, Norfolk city has 53 other public schools.
Lake Taylor High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Lake Taylor holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Lake Taylor at 6th of 8.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment has grown by 136 students since 2020-21, to 664.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Lake Taylor. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Lake Taylor HighHigh · 1,107 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
- Lake Taylor HighHigh · 1,107 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Taylor High0.2 mi · 1,107
- Easton Preschool at Fairlawn0.9 mi · 123
- Sherwood Forest Elementary2.1 mi · 406
- Williams Elementary2.1 mi · 443
- Bayside Elementary2.2 mi · 546
- Coleman Place Elementary2.2 mi · 551
Frequently asked questions
About Lake TaylorHow many students attend Lake Taylor?
Lake Taylor enrolls approximately 664 students in grades KG-08.
Is Lake Taylor an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lake Taylor is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Lake Taylor?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Lake Taylor.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lake Taylor?
At Lake Taylor, the student body is approximately 13% White, 14% Hispanic, 59% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Lake Taylor?
Lake Taylor 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.