Tallwood Elementary School, Virginia Beach, VA

At a glance

School district: Virginia Beach City Public Schools
Grades served: PK-5
School type: Public elementary school
Principal: Lisa A. Suter
Established: 1989
Enrollment: 601 students (2024-2025)
Student–teacher ratio: 15:1
Classroom teachers: 40.6 FTE
Accreditation: Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID: 510384002169

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2024-2025

Reading

86%

Mathematics

80%

Science

74%

History & Social Sci.

82%

Attendance

2024-2025

8.3% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Tallwood Elementary School

Tallwood Elementary School opened on September 5, 1989, as part of Virginia Beach City Public Schools. It takes its name from the historic "Tallwood" house, built in 1740 by the Nicholas family on a plantation south of Kempsville; according to school history, the property owner planted one of every tree native to Virginia on the land. Many homes of current students now stand on land that was once part of the Tallwood plantation.

The school sits at 2025 Kempsville Road in the Kempsville section of Virginia Beach and serves students in pre-kindergarten through grade 5. NCES classifies its setting as "City, Large." For 2024-2025 it enrolled 601 students with about 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and it holds Fully Accredited status from the Virginia Department of Education for 2025-2026.

Contact

Phone: (757) 648-3840
Office hours: Office hours 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (from school website; unverified on a directly fetched page)

Official school website ↗

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data - Tallwood Elementary — NCES ID, address, phone, grades PK-5, total enrollment 601, 40.6 FTE teachers, 14.8 student/teacher ratio, City-Large locale, non-charter, race/ethnicity counts, free/reduced-lunch count2024-2025 link ↗
Virginia School Quality Profiles - Tallwood Elementary — SOL pass rates (reading 86, math 80, science 74, history 82), Fully Accredited status, economically disadvantaged/EL/SWD percentages, race/ethnicity percentages, chronic absenteeism 8.3%, principal Lisa A. Suter2024-2025 (accreditation SY 2025-2026) link ↗
Tallwood Elementary School official website — Founding date Sept 5, 1989, Tallwood plantation name-origin history, phone, address2026 link ↗

Figures reflect the Enrollment/staffing NCES 2024-2025; SOL, accreditation, demographics, attendance from Virginia School Quality Profiles 2024-2025 (accreditation status SY 2025-2026) unless noted. School zoning, boundaries, and ratings change — verify with the school division before making housing decisions.

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