Tabb High

Tabb High is a 9-12 campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in Yorktown, Virginia, overseen by York County Public Schools, caters to 1,153 students in grades 9 through 12.

Within York County Public Schools, which oversees 19 schools and 13,105 students, Tabb High is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Tabb High lists that the most-represented group is White (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 13% Black, 12% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 9% Asian. By comparison, York County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Tabb High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, York County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Tabb High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 82.2%, the actual is 87.5%, a residual of +5.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for York County shows the typical household earns roughly $109,956 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across York County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,105 students), Tabb High is one campus in the mix.

Tabb Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tabb High. On composite proficiency, Tabb High comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 82.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Tabb High's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 1,136 (now 1,153). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 60% to 55%. Class-load math has rose: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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