Summary:
Zip code 23513 is home to one high school, Norview High in Norfolk, Virginia, a large public school serving 1,585 students in grades 9 through 12 as part of Norfolk City Public Schools. The school has a student-teacher ratio of 13.2 and per-pupil spending of $8,374, and it serves a student body that is nearly universally economically disadvantaged based on its free/reduced lunch rate.
Norview High holds a 0-star state accountability rating for 2025–2026, with its state ranking declining sharply from the 17th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 5th percentile in 2025–2026. The graduation rate is 80.9%, well below the state average of 92.3%, while the dropout rate of 13.5% is more than two and a half times the statewide rate of 5.0%. Chronic absenteeism affects 21.5% of students, compared to 14.8% statewide. Overall SOL proficiency averaged about 58.2% across 22 subject and grade-level tests in 2025–2026, a decline from roughly 62.0% the previous year.
Despite these challenges, Norview High has notable pockets of excellence. Ninth graders posted a 95.38% proficiency rate in Algebra II, above the state average, and 80.77% in Earth Science. Eleventh and twelfth graders also exceed state averages in Algebra I, Biology, and Geography. However, social studies proficiency is critically low, with just 3.64% of 10th graders proficient in VA & US History. There is also a striking pattern where 11th graders vastly outperform 10th graders in the same subjects, suggesting that students who persist improve with remediation. For parents, Norview High offers competitive instruction in advanced math and upper-grade science, but faces serious challenges in social studies, student retention, and chronic absenteeism.
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