Tallwood Elementary School, Virginia Beach, VA

Tallwood Elementary School phone & website

Phone: (757) 648-3840
Hours: Office hours 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (from school website; unverified on a directly fetched page)
Principal: Lisa A. Suter
Address: 2025 Kempsville Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23464

Score breakdown

Compared against all 1,074 Virginia public elementary schools. 1–4 is below the state average, 5–6 around it, 7–10 above it.

7.1 · Test scores

SOL pass rate of 79.5% across all subjects — 67th percentile statewide.

6.3 · Academic progress

84% of students showed growth in reading and 85% in math — 59th percentile.

6.5 · Attendance

Chronic absenteeism of 7.7% — better attendance than 62% of peers statewide.

Year over year: 6.7 for 2025–26, compared with 7.3 for 2024–25 — down 0.6.

Test scores by subject

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

This school Virginia average

Grade 5 Science

74%state 69%

Virginia Studies

85%state 71%

Grade 3 Mathematics

77%state 74%

Grade 4 Mathematics

79%state 73%

Grade 5 Mathematics

78%state 72%

Grade 3 English Reading

81%state 68%

Grade 4 English Reading

81%state 74%

Grade 5 English Reading

80%state 73%

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

Tallwood Elementary School & its school zone

Tallwood Elementary School serves Virginia Beach, VA 23464 students as a public elementary school in Virginia Beach Public Schools. Buyers searching homes for sale near Tallwood Elementary School are shopping this Virginia Beach school zone, one of the areas families compare when weighing Virginia Beach elementary school zones. On the VaHome School Score the school earns 6.7/10 — above the state average among Virginia's 1,074 public elementary schools, based on Virginia Department of Education data for 2025–26. That is down from 7.3 in 2024–25.

The school's overall SOL pass rate is 79.5%, with standout results in Virginia Studies (85% vs a 71% state average) and Grade 3 English Reading (81% vs a 68% state average). On Virginia's 2025–26 growth measures, 84% of students showed growth in English reading and 85% in math. Chronic absenteeism is 7.7%, better than the 9.0% state median for elementary schools.

For house hunters comparing Virginia Beach school zones, the listings on this page show active REIN MLS homes near Tallwood Elementary School. School zoning and attendance boundaries can change between school years — always verify a specific address's assignment directly with Virginia Beach 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: Virginia Beach City Public Schools
Grades served: PK-5
School type: Public elementary school
Established: 1989
Enrollment: 617 students (2025-2026)
Student–teacher ratio: 15:1
Classroom teachers: 40.6 FTE
Accreditation: Fully Accredited (2025-2026)
NCES school ID: 510384002169

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2025-2026

Reading

81%

Mathematics

78%

Science

74%

History & Social Sci.

85%

Attendance

2025-2026

7.7% 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.

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
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. Suter, fall membership (enrollment)SOL, attendance & enrollment 2025-2026; accreditation SY2025-2026
Tallwood Elementary School official website ↗ — Founding date Sept 5, 1989, Tallwood plantation name-origin history, phone, address2026

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.

Tallwood Elementary School