Tomahawk Creek Middle School, 1600 Learning Place Loop, Midlothian: grades 6 through 8, 952 students in fall 2025. Office: 804-378-7120.
Last checked Oct. 19, 2026. Sources: Tomahawk Creek Middle School, Chesterfield County Public Schools, the Virginia Department of Education’s School Quality Profile and the federal NCES school directory.
Tomahawk Creek Middle School is a public middle school in Chesterfield County Public Schools (CCPS), serving grades 6 through 8. Its mascot is the Timberwolves and its colors are black and silver, 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.
State enrollment fell from 1,650 in fall 2024 to 952 in fall 2025, the year the new Deep Creek Middle opened in Moseley, according to the division’s Deep Creek Elementary announcement. The school lists 2008 as the year it was established.
Who to call
- Front office: 804-378-7120, open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on school days
- Clinic: 804-378-7121
- 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 | 1600 Learning Place Loop, Midlothian, VA 23114 |
| Grades | 6 to 8 |
| School day | 7:35 a.m. to 2:05 p.m. |
| Website | tomahawkms.oneccps.org |
| Division | Chesterfield County Public Schools |
Principal
Principal Rebecca Thompson, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
- State count: 952 students in fall 2025, compared with 1,650 in 2024 and 1,612 in 2023, in the School Quality Profile.
- Federal count: 1,612 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 111 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 15 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: 97.44, 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 | 83% | 85% | 89% |
| Math | 81% | 84% | 89% |
| Science | 77% | 81% | 85% |
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 Tomahawk Creek Middle zone takes in all or part of the zones of Woolridge Elementary, Evergreen Elementary, Clover Hill Elementary, Swift Creek Elementary and Old Hundred Elementary. From Tomahawk Creek Middle, students go on to Midlothian High or Cosby 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 Tomahawk Creek Middle School serve?
Grades 6 through 8. The school is at 1600 Learning Place Loop in Midlothian.
How is Tomahawk Creek Middle School rated by the state?
It is fully accredited for 2025-26. In Virginia’s School Performance and Support Framework it scored 97.44 and is rated Distinguished, according to the state’s School Quality Profiles.
Which high school does Tomahawk Creek Middle School feed into?
Midlothian High or Cosby High, depending on the address, according to the division’s zone maps.
What time does Tomahawk Creek 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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