Tarrallton Elementary

Tarrallton Elementary, a cozy elementary-level community in Norfolk, Virginia, overseen by Norfolk City Public Schools, teaches 286 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 43% below the state mean of about 499.

Within Norfolk City Public Schools, which oversees 44 schools and 26,807 students, Tarrallton Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Tarrallton Elementary lists that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 18% Black, 14% multiracial, 13% Hispanic. By comparison, Norfolk city as a whole is about 43% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Tarrallton Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.0%, the actual is 74.0%, a residual of +13.0 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Norfolk city indicate median household income runs about $66,109, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tarrallton Elementary is one of 54 public schools in Norfolk city (combined enrollment of about 26,807 students).

Little Creek 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 Tarrallton Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tarrallton Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 54.1%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Tarrallton Elementary's enrollment has fell 22% since 2018, when it stood at 368 (now 286). Class-load math has fell: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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