Short Pump Middle, 4701 Pouncey Tract Road: grades 6-8, 1,075 students in fall 2025, Fully Accredited, feeds Deep Run High. Office: 804-360-0800.

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

Short Pump Middle School is the zoned middle school for most of Short Pump north of West Broad Street, and its students go on to Deep Run High. It is part of Henrico County Public Schools (HCPS). The mailing address says Glen Allen, but the campus on Pouncey Tract Road sits inside the Short Pump census-designated place in Henrico County.

Who to call

  • Main office: 804-360-0800
  • 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 4701 Pouncey Tract Road, Glen Allen, VA 23060
Grades 6 to 8
Website shortpumpms.henricoschools.us
Division Henrico County Public Schools

Principal

Principal Jessica Seal, according to the school’s principal’s message, in which she says 2026-27 is her fifth year leading the school. She is a graduate of Henrico schools.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 1,075 students in fall 2025, up from 1,056 in 2024 and down from 1,082 in 2023, in the School Quality Profile. Fall 2025 broke down as 362 sixth graders, 365 in seventh grade and 348 in eighth.
  • Federal count: 1,082 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 17 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: 93.93, rated Distinguished, in the division summary

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

Subject 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
English reading 89% 85% 84%
Math 88% 82% 85%
Science 92% 88% 87%

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. The school’s own site links the locator too.

On the HCPS zone map, Short Pump Middle draws from five elementary zones, all or in part: Colonial Trail, David A. Kaechele, Nuckols Farm, Shady Grove and Twin Hickory. Every part of its zone goes on to Deep Run High. In Short Pump that covers the Town Center area, GreenGate, Twin Hickory, the Pouncey Tract Road corridor and most of West Broad Village.

None of the five boundary changes the School Board approved Dec. 18, 2025, involves Short Pump Middle, 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 academics page lists a 2026-27 bell schedule and a two-hour delay schedule, but the links did not open a public document when we checked; call the main office for start and end times.

Activities

The school’s site has pages for athletics and clubs and organizations, and links HCPS’s gifted programs. Its vision statement is “We connect. We learn. We grow.”

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Short Pump Middle School serve?

Grades 6 through 8. The state counted 1,075 students in fall 2025.

How is Short Pump Middle School rated by the state?

It is Fully Accredited for 2025-26. On Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 93.93 and is rated Distinguished, according to the state’s School Quality Profiles.

Which high school does Short Pump Middle School feed into?

Deep Run High School, according to the Henrico County Public Schools attendance zone map.

Which elementary schools feed Short Pump Middle School?

Colonial Trail, David A. Kaechele, Nuckols Farm, Shady Grove and Twin Hickory, all or in part, according to the HCPS zone map.