Lake Taylor School, Norfolk, VA

At a glance

School district: Norfolk City Public Schools
Grades served: KG-8
School type: Public
Principal: Dr. Melanie Patterson
Established: 1967
Enrollment: 664 students (2024-2025)
Student–teacher ratio: 10:1
Classroom teachers: 64 FTE
Accreditation: Conditionally Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID: 510267001105

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2024-2025

Reading

55%

Mathematics

44%

Science

39%

History & Social Sci.

49%

Attendance

2024-2025

Consistent attenders

81%

19% 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.

Contact

Phone: (757) 892-3230

Official school website ↗

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data - Lake Taylor (public school detail) — NCES ID 510267001105, address, KG-8 grades, enrollment 664, 64.0 FTE teachers, 10.38 student/teacher ratio, City-Midsize locale2024-2025 link ↗
Virginia School Quality Profiles - Lake Taylor — Conditional accreditation (SY2025-2026), SOL pass rates, demographics, chronic absenteeism, enrollment2024-2025 link ↗
Lake Taylor School official website (Norfolk City Public Schools) — School name, KG-8 grades, principal Dr. Melanie Patterson, phone (757) 892-3230, address, mission statement2026 link ↗
NCES Common Core of Data - Lake Taylor High (for disambiguation) — Confirmed adjacent Lake Taylor High is a separate NCES entity 510267001104, grades 9-12, 1384 Kempsville Rd2023-2024 link ↗
Wikipedia - Lake Taylor High School (pertains to the adjacent HIGH school, not this KG-8 school) — History/mascot/colors/athletics/alumni for the separate high school; used only to confirm they do NOT apply to the KG-8 school2026 link ↗

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