Indian River Middle School, Chesapeake, VA

At a glance

School district: Chesapeake City Public Schools
Grades served: 6-8
School type: Public
Principal: Brenna Stanley
Established: 1967
Mascot & colors: Braves
Enrollment: 743 students (2024-2025)
Student–teacher ratio: 11:1
Classroom teachers: 70.2 FTE
Accreditation: Fully Accredited (2024-2025)
NCES school ID: 510081000300

Academic performance

SOL pass rates · 2024-2025

Reading

66%

Mathematics

54%

Science

57%

History & Social Sci.

49%

Attendance

2024-2025

17.9% of students were chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days).

About Indian River Middle School

Indian River Middle School is a public middle school in the Indian River area of Chesapeake, Virginia, operated by Chesapeake City Public Schools. It serves students in grades 6 through 8 and is located at 2300 Old Greenbrier Road. The school occupies the building that originally opened in 1967 as the first Indian River High School; when the high school moved to a new facility on Braves Trail in 1972, the Old Greenbrier Road building was converted to Indian River Middle School.

The school sits in an established residential section of southern Chesapeake near the Virginia Beach line. Like the neighboring Indian River High School, its athletic teams are known as the Braves. As of the 2024-2025 school year it enrolled roughly 740 students and was rated Fully Accredited by the Virginia Department of Education.

Contact

Phone: (757) 578-7030

Official school website ↗

Data sources

NCES Common Core of Data - Indian River Middle — NCES School ID, address, phone, district, grades, enrollment total and by grade, teachers FTE, student/teacher ratio, locale, race/ethnicity, lunch eligibility2024-2025 link ↗
Virginia School Quality Profiles - Indian River Middle — Accreditation status, SOL pass rates (reading/math/science/history), economically disadvantaged/EL/SWD percentages, race/ethnicity, chronic absenteeism, principal2024-2025 link ↗
Chesapeake Public Schools - Indian River Middle (official site) — Official website, principal, phone2026 link ↗
Wikipedia - Indian River High School (Chesapeake, Virginia) — History of the Old Greenbrier Road building (opened 1967 as original IRHS, now Indian River Middle School)n/a link ↗
GreatSchools - Indian River Middle School — Principal name confirmation, phone/fax2025-2026 link ↗

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