Alberta Smith Elementary School, 13200 Bailey Bridge Road, Midlothian: pre-K through fifth grade, 677 students in fall 2025. Office: 804-739-6295.

Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Alberta Smith Elementary School, Chesterfield County Public Schools, the Virginia Department of Education’s School Quality Profile and the federal NCES school directory.

Alberta Smith Elementary School is a public elementary school in Chesterfield County Public Schools (CCPS), serving prekindergarten through fifth grade. Its mascot is the Sharks and its colors are Carolina blue, white and black, according to the school’s website. Midlothian is unincorporated, so the county school division, not a town, runs the school. Attendance zones follow streets, not ZIP codes or community names: check an address on the division’s School Locator.

The school lists 1994 as the year it was established.

Who to call
Address 13200 Bailey Bridge Road, Midlothian, VA 23112
Grades Prekindergarten to 5
School day 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Website smithes.oneccps.org
Division Chesterfield County Public Schools

Principal

Principal Jana Kline, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 677 students in fall 2025, compared with 671 in 2024 and 677 in 2023, in the School Quality Profile.
  • Federal count: 675 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 16 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, 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: 96.85, 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 88% 88% 85%
Math 87% 91% 90%
Science 78% 89% 88%

The full profile also reports results by student group, attendance, spending and teacher data.

Attendance zone

Use the CCPS School Locator 2026-2027 to see the elementary, middle and high school for an address. According to the division’s zone maps, students zoned for Alberta Smith Elementary go on to Bailey Bridge Middle and then Manchester High. The locator is the final word for any single address.

A division plan presented Sept. 8 moves some homes in the Clover Hill and Manchester high school zones to Cosby High for 2027-28. See the Manchester High page for the neighborhoods.

Calendar and bell times

From the CCPS 2026-27 calendar, approved by the School Board June 3:

  • Friday, Oct. 30: end of the first quarter; three-hour early release
  • Monday, Nov. 2, and Tuesday, Nov. 3: no school (Nov. 3 is Election Day)
  • Friday, Nov. 13: three-hour early release
  • Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving holiday
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break
  • March 29 to April 2, 2027: spring break
  • Friday, June 4, 2027: last day of school; early release

The school day runs 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the school’s website.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Alberta Smith Elementary School serve?

Prekindergarten through fifth grade. The school is at 13200 Bailey Bridge Road in Midlothian.

How is Alberta Smith Elementary School rated by the state?

It is fully accredited for 2025-26. In Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 96.85 and is rated Distinguished, according to the state’s School Quality Profiles.

Which middle and high school does Alberta Smith Elementary School feed into?

Bailey Bridge Middle and then Manchester High, according to the division’s zone maps.

What time does Alberta Smith Elementary School start?

The school day runs 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the school’s website.