Manchester High School, 12601 Bailey Bridge Road, Midlothian: grades 9 through 12, 2,174 students in fall 2025. Office: 804-739-6275.
Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Manchester High School, Chesterfield County Public Schools, the Virginia Department of Education’s School Quality Profile, the federal NCES school directory and the VHSL alignment.
Manchester High School is a public high school in Chesterfield County Public Schools (CCPS), serving grades 9 through 12. Its mascot is the Lancers and its colors are navy blue and orange, 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 dates its founding to 1924, according to its website.
Who to call
- Front office: 804-739-6275, open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on school days
- Clinic: 804-739-6282
- 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 | 12601 Bailey Bridge Road, Midlothian, VA 23112 |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| School day | 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. |
| Website | manchesterhs.oneccps.org |
| Division | Chesterfield County Public Schools |
Principal
Principal Abe Jeffers, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 2,174 students in fall 2025, compared with 2,243 in 2024 and 2,246 in 2023, in the School Quality Profile.
- Federal count: 2,246 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 168 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 13 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: 85.08, rated Approaching Expectations, in the division summary
- On-time graduation: 91.8% in 2025-26, after 90.2% in 2024-25 and 92.5% in 2023-24. Of 548 students in the latest cohort, 503 graduated on time and 39 dropped out.
Standards of Learning pass rates (share of tested students who passed):
| Subject | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| English reading | 84% | 83% | 82% |
| Math | 70% | 72% | 66% |
| Science | 64% | 67% | 67% |
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 from all or part of the Bailey Bridge Middle, Manchester Middle and Providence Middle zones go on to Manchester High. The locator is the final word for any single address.
Administrative move to Cosby. A separate administrative redistricting plan presented Sept. 8 for the 2027-28 school year moves 53 students from the Clover Hill High zone and 75 from the Manchester High zone to Cosby High. Current 11th graders may stay at their school. The Clover Hill neighborhoods named are Harbour Green, Harbour Pointe at Brandermill, Lake Forest at Swift Creek, Lakepointe, Lee’s Forest, Mockingbird Hill, Southshore and St. Clair; the Manchester neighborhoods are Physic Hill, Plantation Trace, River Ridge, Stoneybrook and Windsor Park.
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.
Sports and activities
Manchester High plays in Class 6, Region A, Dominion District, according to the VHSL alignment. The district’s schools are Clover Hill, Cosby, Huguenot, James River, L.C. Bird, Manchester, Midlothian, Monacan, Powhatan and Richmond High School for the Arts.
The school’s athletics site lists baseball, boys and girls basketball, cheerleading and competition cheer, cross country, dance, field hockey, girls flag football, football, golf, indoor and outdoor track, boys and girls lacrosse, boys and girls soccer, softball, swim and dive, tennis, boys and girls volleyball and wrestling, plus debate, forensics, scholastic bowl and theater.
Manchester hosts two division specialty centers: the Center for Mass Communications, which teaches journalism, advertising and public relations, and the Center for Spanish Immersion.
Follow the Lancers on our Friday night football page and the high school scoreboard.
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 Manchester High School serve?
Grades 9 through 12. The school is at 12601 Bailey Bridge Road in Midlothian.
How is Manchester High School rated by the state?
It is fully accredited for 2025-26. In Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 85.08 and is rated Approaching Expectations, according to the state’s School Quality Profiles.
What is Manchester High School’s graduation rate?
91.8% in 2025-26. Of 548 students in the cohort, 503 graduated on time, according to the state’s School Quality Profile.
What time does Manchester High School start?
The school day runs 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the school’s website.
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