Bailey Bridge Middle School, 12501 Bailey Bridge Road, Midlothian: grades 6 through 8, 1,276 students in fall 2025. Office: 804-739-6200.
Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Bailey Bridge Middle School, Chesterfield County Public Schools, the Virginia Department of Education’s School Quality Profile and the federal NCES school directory.
Bailey Bridge Middle School is a public middle school in Chesterfield County Public Schools (CCPS), serving grades 6 through 8. Its mascot is the Bears and its colors are green and burgundy, 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 1991 as the year it was established.
Who to call
- Front office: 804-739-6200, open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on school days
- Clinic: 804-739-6200, ext. 1112
- Registering a new student: at the school, after preregistering online, per the CCPS registration page
- Buses: CCPS Transportation, 804-464-3077; option 3 reaches the area office for your school, per the transportation page
- CCPS main line: 804-748-1405
| Address | 12501 Bailey Bridge Road, Midlothian, VA 23112 |
| Grades | 6 to 8 |
| School day | 7:35 a.m. to 2:05 p.m. |
| Website | baileybridgems.oneccps.org |
| Division | Chesterfield County Public Schools |
Principal
Principal Melanie Knowles, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 1,276 students in fall 2025, compared with 1,498 in 2024 and 1,444 in 2023, in the School Quality Profile.
- Federal count: 1,442 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 102 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 14 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: 83.76, rated Meets Expectations, in the division summary
Standards of Learning pass rates (share of tested students who passed):
| Subject | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| English reading | 70% | 75% | 73% |
| Math | 72% | 73% | 69% |
| Science | 64% | 73% | 71% |
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, the Bailey Bridge Middle zone takes in all or part of the zones of Alberta Smith Elementary, Thelma Crenshaw Elementary, Spring Run Elementary, Grange Hall Elementary, Jacobs Road Elementary and Providence Elementary. From Bailey Bridge Middle, students go on to Cosby High, Manchester High or Matoaca High, depending on address. The locator is the final word for any single address.
The School Board adopted an attendance zone Oct. 13 for West Ridge High, which opens in August 2027 and takes territory from the Cosby and Midlothian high school zones. See the Cosby High page for details.
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 7:35 a.m. to 2:05 p.m., according to the school’s website.
More on Midlothian schools
- The CCPS schools page links every school’s website.
- Every public school in Midlothian, with zones and state ratings.
- Our Midlothian schools guide covers the calendar, registration and the School Board.
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Bailey Bridge Middle School serve?
Grades 6 through 8. The school is at 12501 Bailey Bridge Road in Midlothian.
How is Bailey Bridge Middle School rated by the state?
It is fully accredited for 2025-26. In Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 83.76 and is rated Meets Expectations, according to the state’s School Quality Profiles.
Which high school does Bailey Bridge Middle School feed into?
Cosby High, Manchester High or Matoaca High, depending on the address, according to the division’s zone maps.
What time does Bailey Bridge Middle School start?
The school day runs 7:35 a.m. to 2:05 p.m., according to the school’s website.
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