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What's the most underrated thing about SHORT PUMP MIDDLE that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,056
Middle
DISTRICT 935 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRICO COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510189000123
Short Pump Middle
4701 Pouncey Tract Rd, Glen Allen, VA 23060 · (804) 360-0800 · Henrico County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,056 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
173 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 362 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 322 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 372 | 35% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
85.0%
VA avg 74.2% . -2.0pp since 2022
Math
82.0%
VA avg 72.7% . -3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 89.0% | 88.0% |
| 2022-23 | 87.0% | 85.0% |
% 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
89.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
83.6%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 84% 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 Short Pump Middle
Short Pump Middle's state test result (89.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Pump Middle this school | 1,056 | 16.4% | 89.0% |
| Longfellow Middle Falls Church | 1,226 | 10.6% | 90.8% |
| Franklin Middle Chantilly | 798 | 21.2% | 82.7% |
| J. Michael Lunsford Middle Chantilly | 1,182 | 18.4% | 86.8% |
| Frost Middle Fairfax | 1,272 | 15.9% | 87.7% |
| Belmont Ridge Middle Leesburg | 1,071 | 21.6% | 84.1% |
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 Short Pump Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Henrico County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #13 of 337 | #1 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #62 of 342 ▼ 43 | #1 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #50 of 342 ▼ 37 | #2 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,056 | #65 of 343 | #3 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #315 of 327 | #10 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #73 of 333 | #6 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.4% | #321 of 340 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.4% | #15 of 99 | N/A |
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
1,056
-74 (-7%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 1,240
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 1,056 | 60.9 | 17.3:1 | 16% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 1,082 | 62 | 17.4:1 | 16% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 1,112 | 62.3 | 17.9:1 | 15% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 1,130 | 56 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 863 | 46.5 | 18.6:1 | 6% (54) |
| 2015-16 | 788 | 45 | 17.5:1 | 4% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 778 | 39 | 19.9:1 | 4% (30) |
| 2000-01 | 1,240 | 75 | 16.5:1 | 10% (124) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Short Pump Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (863 to 1,056); teachers up 31% (46.5 to 60.9).
About Short Pump Middle
Glen Allen, Virginia, is home to Short Pump Middle, a medium-sized middle-grades school. The latest federal count shows 1,056 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 750-student average for middle schools in Virginia, enrollment here is 41% higher.
District-wide, Henrico County Public Schools has 69 schools and 51,044 students.
White students form the largest group at Short Pump Middle, 44% of enrollment. Other groups make up 31% Asian, 11% Black, 7% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. By the diversity index, Short Pump Middle comes in at 69%.
Short Pump Middle employs 60.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.3:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Virginia is 13.1:1, lower than at this school. Short Pump Middle's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 16%. The rate at public schools in Henrico County averages 67%, higher than here.
The model predicts 83.6% for a school in Virginia with Short Pump Middle's free or reduced-price lunch share. Short Pump Middle posts 89.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Henrico County show that median household income is about $88,783, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Short Pump Middle is one of 84 public schools in Henrico County, which together enroll about 51,753 students.
The closest other public school is Colonial Trail Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Short Pump Middle at 2nd of 9.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 1,056, 7% below the 1,130 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 17.3 students per teacher, compared with 20.2 in 2020-21.
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Henrico County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
335,744
Census ACS
Median income
$88,783
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
84
51,753 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Henrico County Public Schools
- John Randolph Tucker HighHigh · 2,132 students
- Deep Run HighHigh · 1,992 students
- Glen Allen HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Highland Springs HighHigh · 1,928 students
- Douglas S. Freeman HighHigh · 1,881 students
- Hermitage HighHigh · 1,719 students
Other schools in Glen Allen
- Deep Run HighHigh · 1,992 students
- Glen Allen HighHigh · 1,939 students
- Holman MiddleMiddle · 862 students
- Hungary Creek MiddleMiddle · 834 students
- Rivers Edge ElementaryElementary · 735 students
- Colonial Trail ElementaryElementary · 710 students
Nearby schools
- Colonial Trail Elementary0.5 mi · 710
- Twin Hickory Elementary0.7 mi · 516
- Deep Run High0.8 mi · 1,992
- Short Pump Elementary1.2 mi · 545
- Pocahontas Middle1.5 mi · 914
- Nuckols Farm Elementary1.8 mi · 627
Frequently asked questions
About Short Pump MiddleHow many students attend Short Pump Middle?
Short Pump Middle enrolls approximately 1,056 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Short Pump Middle serve?
Short Pump Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Short Pump Middle?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Short Pump Middle.
How diverse is Short Pump Middle?
Short Pump Middle reports a student body of 44% White, 7% Hispanic, 11% Black, 31% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Short Pump Middle?
Short Pump Middle is overseen by Henrico County Public Schools in Henrico County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.