Short Pump Elementary, 3425 Pump Road: pre-K to grade 5, 581 students in fall 2025, Fully Accredited, feeds Pocahontas Middle. Office: 804-360-0812.

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Short Pump Elementary School, Henrico County Public Schools, the Virginia Department of Education’s School Quality Profile and the federal NCES school directory.

Short Pump Elementary School is the neighborhood school for the old Short Pump crossroads, the Pump Road and Three Chopt Road area. It is part of Henrico County Public Schools (HCPS). The campus on Pump Road has a Richmond mailing address and sits inside the Short Pump census-designated place in Henrico County. Its students are the Stingers.

Who to call

  • Main office: 804-360-0812
  • 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
Address 3425 Pump Road, Richmond, VA 23233
Grades Pre-K to 5
Website shortpumpes.henricoschools.us
Division Henrico County Public Schools

Principal

Principal Paige Smith, according to the school’s principal’s message. She writes that she is a product of Henrico schools, has worked in HCPS for 22 years and is newly appointed at Short Pump. This year’s theme, she writes, is that every Stinger can say “We Bee-long.”

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 581 students in fall 2025, up from 545 in 2024 and 541 in 2023, in the School Quality Profile. Fall 2025 broke down as seven pre-K students, 99 in kindergarten, 93 in first grade, 78 in second, 97 in third, 101 in fourth and 106 in fifth.
  • Federal count: 541 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 16 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: 96.91, rated Distinguished, in the division summary

Standards of Learning pass rates (share of tested students who passed, grades 3 to 5):

Subject 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
English reading 86% 85% 83%
Math 87% 86% 85%
Science 83% 82% 84%

The full profile also reports attendance, 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, all of Short Pump Elementary’s zone goes on to Pocahontas Middle and then Mills E. Godwin High. Our Pump Road area guide covers the neighborhoods it serves, including Short Pump Park and the 1902 Deep Run School.

Short Pump Elementary is not among the schools in the five boundary changes the School Board approved Dec. 18, 2025, according to the HCPS redistricting page.

Calendar

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 traffic plan gives school hours as 7:50 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. Morning drop-off is supervised from 7:50 to 8:10 a.m. in the car-rider loop on Old Three Chopt Road; after 8:10 a.m., parents park and walk their children to the front door. Afternoon bus loop supervision runs from 2:30 to 2:55 p.m. and car-rider supervision from 2:30 to 3 p.m. Call the main office for your child’s exact dismissal time.

Programs and activities

The school’s site has pages for clubs and organizations, family resources, the PTA, school counseling and HCPS’s gifted programs, plus a family dashboard and an approved absence request form.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Short Pump Elementary School serve?

Pre-kindergarten through grade 5. The state counted 581 students in fall 2025.

How is Short Pump Elementary rated by the state?

It is Fully Accredited for 2025-26. On Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 96.91 and is rated Distinguished, according to the state’s School Quality Profiles.

Which middle and high school does Short Pump Elementary feed into?

Pocahontas Middle School, then Mills E. Godwin High School, according to the Henrico County Public Schools attendance zone map.