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Enrollment
1,496
Middle
DISTRICT 1,192 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510084000053
Bailey Bridge Middle
12501 Bailey Bridge Rd, Midlothian, VA 23112 · (804) 739-6200 · Chesterfield County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,496 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
103 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
506 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 528 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 472 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 496 | 33% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
75.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
73.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +2.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 2 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 72.0% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 71.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
70.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.9%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 79% typical for Virginia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Virginia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bailey Bridge Middle
Bailey Bridge Middle's state test result (70.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Bridge Middle this school | 1,496 | 33.8% | 70.5% |
| Hugo A. Owens Middle Chesapeake | 1,286 | 25.2% | 79.5% |
| Swift Creek Middle Midlothian | 1,180 | 28.3% | 82.3% |
| King George Middle King George | 1,097 | 33.1% | 70.9% |
| J.E.J. Moore Middle Disputanta | 1,387 | 39.6% | 69.4% |
| Tabb Middle Yorktown | 968 | 27.8% | 90.6% |
Matched among Virginia middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bailey Bridge Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Chesterfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #166 of 337 | #6 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #134 of 342 ▲ 9 | #5 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #146 of 342 ▲ 34 | #5 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,496 | #5 of 343 | #2 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #241 of 327 | #5 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #125 of 333 | #5 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.8% | #270 of 340 | #8 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.8% | #84 of 99 | #6 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,496
-32 (-2%) vs 2020
-2% since 2000-01, when it was 1,528
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,496 | 103 | 14.5:1 | 34% (506) |
| 2023-24 | 1,442 | 102 | 14.1:1 | 33% (476) |
| 2022-23 | 1,459 | 100.3 | 14.6:1 | 33% (483) |
| 2020-21 | 1,528 | 102 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,455 | 90.5 | 16.1:1 | 26% (376) |
| 2015-16 | 1,369 | 89 | 15.4:1 | 22% (301) |
| 2010-11 | 1,426 | 69 | 20.7:1 | 20% (286) |
| 2000-01 | 1,528 | 101 | 15.1:1 | 11% (170) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bailey Bridge Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (1,455 to 1,496); teachers up 14% (90.5 to 103).
About Bailey Bridge Middle
Bailey Bridge Middle, a high-enrollment middle-grades school, is located in Midlothian, Virginia. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,496 students. That is 99% larger than the average of about 750 students for middle schools in Virginia.
Bailey Bridge Middle sits within Chesterfield County Public Schools, which has 65 schools and 64,194 students.
The largest group at Bailey Bridge Middle is White students, at 53%. Other groups make up 21% Black, 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.5:1. The school has 103 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.1:1 average for middle schools in Virginia is 1.4 students per teacher. In all, 34% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 20 points below the 54% average for public schools in Chesterfield County.
Bailey Bridge Middle's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (70.5%) and its predicted rate (78.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Virginia schools.
Census data for Chesterfield County show median household income comes to about $101,931, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 44%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 76 public schools in the county, enrolling about 64,194, Bailey Bridge Middle among them.
Bailey Bridge Middle is about 0.3 miles from Manchester High, its nearest public school. Bailey Bridge Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Bailey Bridge Middle's average proficiency of 70.5% compares with 74.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Bailey Bridge Middle falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 1,528 in 2020-21 and 1,496 in 2024-25.
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Chesterfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
377,869
Census ACS
Median income
$101,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
64,194 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chesterfield County Public Schools
- Thomas Dale HighHigh · 2,582 students
- Cosby HighHigh · 2,507 students
- Manchester HighHigh · 2,236 students
- Lloyd C. Bird HighHigh · 2,131 students
- Midlothian HighHigh · 2,048 students
- Meadowbrook HighHigh · 1,953 students
Other schools in Midlothian
- Cosby HighHigh · 2,507 students
- Manchester HighHigh · 2,236 students
- Midlothian HighHigh · 2,048 students
- James River HighHigh · 1,842 students
- Clover Hill HighHigh · 1,742 students
- Tomahawk Creek MiddleMiddle · 1,650 students
Nearby schools
- Manchester High0.3 mi · 2,236
- Thelma Crenshaw Elementary0.7 mi · 708
- Alberta Smith Elementary1.6 mi · 671
- Spring Run Elementary2.6 mi · 848
- Swift Creek Middle2.7 mi · 1,180
- Clover Hill High3.0 mi · 1,742
Frequently asked questions
About Bailey Bridge MiddleHow many students attend Bailey Bridge Middle?
Bailey Bridge Middle enrolls approximately 1,496 students in grades 06-08.
Is Bailey Bridge Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bailey Bridge Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Bailey Bridge Middle?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Bailey Bridge Middle.
How diverse is Bailey Bridge Middle?
Bailey Bridge Middle reports a student body of 53% White, 15% Hispanic, 21% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Bailey Bridge Middle?
Bailey Bridge Middle is overseen by Chesterfield County Public Schools in Chesterfield County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.