Lee-Davis opened in the midst of Massive Resistance, as the State of Virginia opposed desegregation of its public schools, despite the 1954 Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. After opening as an all-white school, Lee-Davis admitted a small number of Black students in 1963, but did not fully integrate until the 1969–1970 school year, after all legal avenues resisting full integration were exhausted.
Lee-Davis High School opened during a period when Virginia strongly opposed school desegregation, despite the landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling. Initially an all-white school, Lee-Davis gradually accepted a few Black students in 1963 before achieving full integration by the start of the 1969-1970 academic year.