Tallwood Elementary

Tallwood Elementary is one of the mid-sized primary schools in Virginia Beach, Virginia, overseen by Virginia Beach City Public Schools, with 601 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 20% above the state mean of about 499.

Virginia Beach City Public Schools comprises 82 schools with combined enrollment of 64,731 students; Tallwood Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Tallwood Elementary shows that the most-represented group is White (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 26% Black, 16% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 9% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 61% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Tallwood Elementary records 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. Roughly 44% of students at Tallwood Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Tallwood Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 76.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 80.5%.

In the broader community, census data for Virginia Beach city shows median household income runs about $92,968, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Tallwood Elementary is one of 89 public schools in Virginia Beach city (combined enrollment of about 64,731 students).

Centerville Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tallwood Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tallwood Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 75.6%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 599 students in 2018 compared to 601 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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