Deep Run High School, Short Pump: zone, report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Deep Run High School, Henrico County Public Schools, the Virginia Department of Education’s School Quality Profile, the federal NCES school directory and the VHSL alignment.

Deep Run High School is the public high school for most of Short Pump north of West Broad Street. It is part of Henrico County Public Schools (HCPS), the county-run school division. The mailing address says Glen Allen, but the campus on Twin Hickory Road sits inside the Short Pump census-designated place in Henrico County. Its teams are the Wildcats.

Who to call

• Main office: 804-364-8000
• Attendance: 804-364-8010; counseling: 804-364-8020; student activities: 804-364-8030, per the school’s phone list
• School assignments and boundaries (HCPS): 804-652-3745
• HCPS main number: 804-652-3600
• Buses: HCPS Pupil Transportation lists the zone office for each school

Principal

Principal Brian Fellows, according to the school’s administrative team page, which says he became principal in 2019. He is a 1994 graduate of Mills E. Godwin High School.

Enrollment and teachers

• State count: 2,011 students in fall 2025, up from 1,992 in 2024 and down from 2,039 in 2023, in the School Quality Profile. Fall 2025 broke down as 481 ninth graders, 510 in 10th grade, 520 in 11th and 500 in 12th.
• Federal count: 2,039 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 105 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 19 students per teacher.

State report card

Virginia rates each school two ways on its School Quality Profile. Accreditation shows whether the school submitted, and the state approved, all the evidence the Standards of Accreditation require. The School Performance and Support Framework gives each school a score and one of four performance levels: Distinguished, Meets Expectations, Approaching Expectations or Needs Intensive Support.

• Accreditation, 2025-26: Fully Accredited
• Framework score: 104.13, rated Distinguished, in the division summary
• On-time graduation: 98%. Of 498 students in the 2025-26 cohort, 490 graduated on time: 422 with an advanced studies diploma, 67 with a standard diploma and one with another diploma. Six students (1%) dropped out.

Standards of Learning pass rates (share of tested students who passed):

The full profile also reports attendance, college and career data, spending and teacher data.

Attendance zone

Zones follow streets, not ZIP codes. Check an address in the HCPS school locator; the official answer comes from the HCPS boundaries office at 804-652-3745.

On the HCPS zone map, Deep Run’s zone takes in Short Pump Middle and part of Holman Middle. Short Pump Middle in turn draws from Colonial Trail, David A. Kaechele, Nuckols Farm, Shady Grove and Twin Hickory elementaries. In Short Pump that covers the Town Center area, GreenGate, Twin Hickory, the Pouncey Tract Road corridor and most of West Broad Village; our neighborhoods guide has the area by area list.

On Dec. 18, 2025, the School Board approved five boundary changes elsewhere in Henrico, according to the HCPS redistricting page. Deep Run’s zone was not one of them.

Calendar and bell times

From the HCPS 2026-27 school calendar:

• Wednesday, Oct. 28: end of quarter; half day for students
• Monday, Nov. 2: schools and offices closed
• Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day; student holiday
• Monday, Nov. 9: student and teacher holiday, Diwali
• Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving break
• Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; school reopens Monday, Jan. 4
• Friday, June 4, 2027: last day of school

The school’s 2026-27 bell schedule runs classes from 9 a.m. to 3:55 p.m., with student arrival from 8:30 to 8:55 a.m. On Wednesdays a 25-minute Wildcat Connection period runs before lunch. Half days end at 12:55 p.m.

Sports and activities

Deep Run plays in Class 5, Region C, Colonial District, according to the VHSL alignment. The district’s other schools are Douglas S. Freeman, Glen Allen, Hermitage, J.R. Tucker and Mills E. Godwin in Henrico, John Marshall and Thomas Jefferson in Richmond, and Maggie Walker Governor’s School.

The school’s head coaches list covers baseball, boys and girls basketball, competition and sideline cheer, cross country, dance, field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, indoor track, boys and girls lacrosse, boys and girls soccer, softball, swimming, boys and girls tennis, boys and girls track, boys and girls volleyball and wrestling. Michael Kidd is director of student activities, according to the athletics page, and the boosters are the Wildcat Club.

Programs the school names on its academics page include the Center for Information Technology, one of HCPS’s specialty centers, and Air Force JROTC. The principal’s message says the school was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education in 2018.

Follow the Wildcats on our Friday night football page and the high school scoreboard.

More on Short Pump schools

• The school’s own site: deeprun.henricoschools.us
• Every public school in Short Pump, with zones and state ratings
• Our Short Pump schools guide for registration and the School Board

Frequently asked questions

What grades does Deep Run High School serve?

Grades 9 through 12. The state counted 2,011 students in fall 2025.

How is Deep Run High School rated by the state?

It is Fully Accredited for 2025-26. On Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 104.13 and is rated Distinguished, according to the state’s School Quality Profiles.

What is Deep Run High School’s graduation rate?

98%. Of 498 students in the 2025-26 cohort, 490 graduated on time, according to the state’s School Quality Profile.

What time does Deep Run High School start?

Classes run from 9 a.m. to 3:55 p.m., with student arrival from 8:30 a.m., according to the school’s 2026-27 bell schedule.

Which middle schools feed into Deep Run High School?

Short Pump Middle and part of Holman Middle, according to the Henrico County Public Schools attendance zone map.