Tallwood High, 1668 Kempsville Road: grades 9 to 12, 1,859 students in fall 2025, fully accredited, framework score 98.33. Office: 757-648-5700.
Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Tallwood High, Virginia Beach City Public Schools, the Virginia Department of Education’s School Quality Profile, the federal NCES school directory and the VHSL alignment.
Tallwood High School serves ninth through 12th grade at 1668 Kempsville Road for Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS). It had 1,859 students in fall 2025, the state’s count shows.
Who to call
- Front office: 757-648-5700
- Registering a new student: the school office handles registration; families can also start online
- Which school is my address zoned for? the School Locator, or the division’s Demographics and Planning Division at 757-263-1055
- Buses: transportation dispatch 757-263-1545; after hours 757-263-2949
- Division main line: 757-263-1000
| Address | 1668 Kempsville Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23464 |
| Phone | 757-648-5700 |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Student hours | 7:20 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
| Office hours | 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
| Website | tallwoodhs.vbschools.com |
| Division | Virginia Beach City Public Schools |
Principal
Principal Ryan O’Meara, according to the school’s website. The administration page also lists Michael Nelson, Jessica Pagán, Kimberly Nurse and Bridgette Berthold as assistant principals.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 1,859 students in fall 2025, down from 1,899 in fall 2024 and 1,882 in fall 2023, according to the School Quality Profile. Fall 2025 broke down as 484 in ninth grade, 466 in 10th grade, 461 in 11th grade and 448 in 12th grade.
- Federal count: 1,875 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 116 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 16 students per teacher.
State report card
Virginia rates schools two ways. Accreditation checks that a school meets the state’s Standards of Accreditation. The School Performance and Support Framework “considers multiple measures of student success, including academic achievement, growth, readiness, and graduation,” the division’s accreditation and performance page says, and gives each school a score and a performance level.
- Accreditation: Fully Accredited. All 81 VBCPS schools earned full accreditation for 2026-27, based on 2025-26 data, the division announced Oct. 7.
- Framework score: 98.33, performance level Distinguished, in the state’s division summary.
- On-time graduation: 97%. Of 501 students in the 2025-26 cohort, 486 graduated on time; 284 earned an advanced diploma and 195 a standard diploma, and 13 dropped out.
Standards of Learning pass rates (share of tested students who passed):
| Subject | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| English reading | 89% | 89% | 92% |
| Writing | 85% | 82% | 81% |
| Math | 93% | 92% | 91% |
| Science | 72% | 78% | 81% |
In 2025-26, 543 students took an Advanced Placement test, 546 took dual enrollment classes and 16 attended a Governor’s School, the profile shows.
The full profile also reports attendance, student groups, teacher data and spending.
Attendance zone and feeder schools
Look up any address in the division’s School Locator; the school’s own 2026-27 zone map (PDF) shows its boundary. Zones do not follow neighborhood or ZIP code lines, so check the address, not the area.
Feeder schools: on the division’s 2026-27 zone maps, the Tallwood High zone overlaps all or part of the zones of Brandon Middle and Kempsville Middle. Middle school and high school zones do not match exactly, so classmates from one middle school can split between high schools.
Families who want a different school can file an out-of-zone request.
Calendar and bell times
From the division’s 2026-27 calendar (PDF):
- Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 2-3: no school for students (staff days; Nov. 3 is Election Day)
- Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, schools closed
- Wednesday to Friday, Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving break
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break
- March 29 to April 2, 2027: spring break
- Friday, June 11, 2027: last day for students
Students attend from 7:20 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the office is open 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., according to the division’s school hours page, which sets the same hours for all high schools.
Closings and delays are posted on the division’s weather page.
Sports and activities
Tallwood High plays in Class 5, Region A, Beach District, according to the VHSL alignment, which lists it as Tallwood. The Beach District’s other schools are Bayside, First Colonial, Kellam, Cox, Green Run, Kempsville, Landstown, Ocean Lakes, Princess Anne and Salem.
The school’s athletics and activities page names Wendy Baylor as student activities coordinator and covers physicals and eligibility; it does not post a team list.
The division’s academies page lists the Global Studies and World Languages Academy at Tallwood (coordinator Jessica Windish, 757-648-5700). Students from across the city apply through the division’s academy application process.
Follow the season on our Friday night football page and the high school scoreboard.
More on Virginia Beach schools
- The school’s website and its state School Quality Profile
- Every public school in Virginia Beach
- Our Virginia Beach schools guide for registration documents and School Board meetings
- Our neighborhoods guide
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Tallwood High serve?
Ninth through 12th grade. It is part of Virginia Beach City Public Schools.
How is Tallwood High rated by the state?
It is fully accredited for 2026-27. On Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 98.33 and is rated Distinguished, according to the state’s School Quality Profiles.
What time does Tallwood High start?
Students attend from 7:20 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to the division’s school hours page.
What is Tallwood High’s graduation rate?
97%. Of 501 students in the 2025-26 cohort, 486 graduated on time, according to the state’s School Quality Profile.
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