Schools · Short Pump
Short Pump, VA schools
9 public, charter and private schools in Short Pump. Search by name or narrow by level, type.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C+
Short Pump’s School Grade: C+
The public schools Short Pump’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 61% of Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
B-Test scoresC-Graduation
Virginia school districts we grade (133)Better than 39%
Lower resultsHigher results
Virginia towns with similar household incomes (120)Better than 10%
High confidence. Built on 18,503 tested students and a graduating class of 4,046; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Virginia’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Virginia only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Virginia with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (Henrico County)49%
State average 54.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
87% graduate on time
Graduation rate
87%
VA: 88.8%
Graduating class
4,046
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #206 of 249 VA towns →
Districts
The district serving Short Pump
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 9 schools in Short Pump
Showing 1–9 of 9 schools
Colonial Trail ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 710 students
APublicNuckols Farm ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 627 students
APublicShort Pump ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 545 students
APublicTwin Hickory ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 516 students
A+PublicGoddard SchoolElementary · Grades PK–K · 130 students
PrivateShort Pump MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,056 students
B+PublicPocahontas MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 914 students
B+PublicDeep Run HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,992 students
APublicNorthstar AcademyOther · Grades 2–12 · 103 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.