Short Pump Middle

Short Pump Middle is a middle-of-the-pack middle school in Glen Allen, Virginia, overseen by Henrico County Public Schools. The school instructs 1,056 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 41% above the typical public school in Virginia, which averages around 750 students.

Henrico County Public Schools comprises 69 schools with combined enrollment of 51,044 students; Short Pump Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Short Pump Middle reports that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 31% Asian, 11% Black, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Short Pump Middle has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. Around 16% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Henrico County (around 67%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Short Pump Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 83.6%, the actual is 89.0%, a residual of +5.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Henrico County put median household earnings sit near $88,783, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Short Pump Middle is one of 84 public schools in Henrico County (combined enrollment of about 51,753 students).

Colonial Trail Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Short Pump Middle comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 85.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Short Pump Middle's enrollment has increased 22% since 2018, when it stood at 863 (now 1,056). The White share of enrollment fell from 65% to 44% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Short Pump Middle community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.