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Lake Taylor School

1380 Kempsville Road, Norfolk, VA 23502

✓ Conditionally Accredited · 2025-2026
This year · 2025–26
1.7/10
Below state average
Last year · 2024–25
2.2/10
Below state average
▼ Down 0.5 from 2024–25
VaHome School Score

Rating: VaHome School Score, computed from Virginia Department of Education data (2025–26) — methodology on this page. Profile data: NCES & Virginia DOE. School boundaries can change — verify zoning with the district before relying on it.

Lake Taylor School phone & website

Phone
(757) 892-3230
Principal
Dr. Melanie Patterson
Address
1380 Kempsville Road, Norfolk, VA 23502
Official school website ↗

Score breakdown

Compared against all 337 Virginia public middle schools. 1–4 is below the state average, 5–6 around it, 7–10 above it.

1.4 · Test scores

SOL pass rate of 47.5% across all subjects — 4th percentile statewide.

1.6 · Academic progress

63% of students showed growth in reading and 57% in math — 6th percentile.

2.8 · Attendance

Chronic absenteeism of 17.6% — better attendance than 20% of peers statewide.

Year over year: 1.7 for 2025–26, compared with 2.2 for 2024–25 — down 0.5.

Test scores by subject

Percent of students passing Virginia SOL tests, 2025–26.

This school Virginia average
Algebra I
100%state 86%
Civics & Econ
46%state 73%
Grade 8 Science
48%state 66%
Grade 6 Mathematics
24%state 66%
Grade 7 Mathematics
42%state 60%
Grade 8 Mathematics
54%state 62%
Grade 6 English Reading
59%state 73%
Grade 7 English Reading
54%state 73%
Grade 8 English Reading
58%state 74%

Source: Virginia Department of Education, School Quality Profiles — SOL pass rates, 2025–26.

Lake Taylor School & its school zone

Lake Taylor School serves Norfolk, VA 23502 students as a public middle school in Norfolk Public Schools. Buyers searching homes for sale near Lake Taylor School are shopping this Norfolk school zone, one of the areas families compare when weighing Norfolk middle school zones. On the VaHome School Score the school earns 1.7/10 — below the state average among Virginia's 337 public middle schools, based on Virginia Department of Education data for 2025–26. That is down from 2.2 in 2024–25.

The school's overall SOL pass rate is 47.5%. On Virginia's 2025–26 growth measures, 63% of students showed growth in English reading and 57% in math. Chronic absenteeism is 17.6%, compared with the 11.9% state median for middle schools.

For house hunters comparing Norfolk school zones, the listings on this page show active REIN MLS homes near Lake Taylor School. School zoning and attendance boundaries can change between school years — always verify a specific address's assignment directly with Norfolk Public Schools before making a housing decision based on school zone.

How the VaHome School Score works

  • Test scores (50%): the school's SOL pass rate across all subjects, ranked against every Virginia public school of the same level.
  • Academic progress (30%): Virginia's growth rates — the share of students who showed year-over-year growth in English reading and in math — ranked statewide.
  • Attendance (20%): chronic absenteeism, ranked statewide (lower is better).
  • What changed for 2025–26: Virginia retired the accreditation “combined rate” we used for academic progress in 2024–25, so progress now uses the state's student growth rates. Virginia publishes no growth measure for high schools, so their 20% now goes to attendance. The year-over-year comparison at the top uses the score we published for 2024–25; part of a school's change can come from this method update.
  • The weighted statewide percentile maps to a score from 1.0 to 10.0: score = 1 + 9 × percentile. 1–4 is below the state average, 5–6 around it, 7–10 above it.
  • Every input is public data from the Virginia Department of Education, refreshed each school year. No opinions, no black box — you can check our math.

Data: Virginia Department of Education School Quality Profiles (2025–26) · NCES. VaHome is not affiliated with VDOE, NCES, or GreatSchools.

At a glance

School district
Norfolk City Public Schools
Grades served
KG-8
School type
Public
Established
1967
Enrollment
663 students (2025-2026)
Student–teacher ratio
10:1
Classroom teachers
64 FTE
Accreditation
Conditionally Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID
510267001105

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2025-2026
Reading
51%
Mathematics
45%
Science
50%
History & Social Sci.
44%

Attendance

2025-2026
Consistent attenders
82.4%

17.6% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Lake Taylor School

Lake Taylor School is a public KG-8 school in the Norfolk City Public Schools division, located at 1380 Kempsville Road in the Lake Taylor area near the eastern limits of Norfolk, Virginia. It shares its campus setting with the separately operated Lake Taylor High School (grades 9-12), which sits immediately adjacent at 1384 Kempsville Road. The two are distinct schools with separate NCES identifiers and administrations.

The school serves an enrollment of roughly 664 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Its stated mission centers on increasing student achievement through meaningful relationships, curriculum alignment, data-driven instruction, and stakeholder involvement, with a school-wide instructional focus on literacy.

Data sources

Figures reflect the 2025-2026 (Virginia DOE SOL, attendance, enrollment); 2024-2025 (NCES staffing); accreditation SY2025-2026 unless noted. School zoning, boundaries, and ratings change — verify with the school division before making housing decisions.

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