C+
Cumberland County Schools
Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 9 towns
Serves Fayetteville, Hope Mills, Spring Lake, Eastover, Stedman, Wade, Falcon, Godwin and Linden.
Students
49,002
Schools
86
Spent per student
$12,145
NC $13,045
Students per teacher
17:1
Free or reduced lunch
86%
Debt
$12.8M
fiscal 2024
What stands out about Cumberland County Schools
- School Grade C+: better than 36% of North Carolina districts
- Math proficiency 10 pts below the state
- Reading / language arts 6 pts below the state
- Spends 7% less per student than the NC average
- 17 students per teacher
- Debt of $12.8M, about $262 per student
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Falcon.
PK–546 elementary schoolsThis district
546 elementary schoolsThis district
6–816 middle schoolsThis district
9–1215 high schoolsThis district
Test scores vs. NC
2020–21Math proficiency32%
State average 41.9%
Reading / language arts41%
State average 47.2%
Graduation rate (4-year)85%
State average 87.7%
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024$12,145 per student · 7% below NC
Spending
Classroom instruction 62%Support & administration 33%Other 6%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 18%State 59%Federal 22%
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Enrollment over time
48,622’20
48,180’21
49,661’22
49,314’23
49,002’24
About steady.
Students
Black 46%White 23%Hispanic 17%Two or more races 9%Asian 2%American Indian/Alaska Native 1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%
Schools in the district
86 public schools.
Gallberry Farm Elementary
C+883 students16:1
E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary
B+782 students15:1
Stoney Point Elementary
B+780 students15:1
Bill Hefner Elementary
C−712 students16:1
New Century International Elementary
C686 students15:1
Rockfish Elementary
C+682 students16:1
E E Miller Elementary
C+656 students16:1
Lake Rim Elementary
C−656 students16:1
Alderman Road Elementary
C655 students16:1
Ed V Baldwin Elementary
C−634 students17:1
Cliffdale Elementary
C−613 students14:1
Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary
D576 students16:1
Cumberland Mills Elementary
C−573 students17:1
William T Brown Elementary
C−562 students17:1
Westarea Elementary
D546 students15:1
Howard L Hall Elementary
B−539 students16:1
C Wayne Collier Elementary
C−532 students15:1
Benjamin J Martin Elementary
D522 students14:1
Vanstory Hills Elementary
B514 students16:1
Loyd E Auman Elementary
D495 students14:1
Brentwood Elementary
C−494 students14:1
Morganton Road Elementary
C491 students16:1
College Lakes Elementary
C−459 students13:1
Armstrong Elementary
B−456 students14:1
Mary McArthur Elementary
D447 students15:1
Montclair Elementary
D433 students14:1
Gray's Creek Elementary
B428 students17:1
Warrenwood Elementary
D−424 students14:1
Ponderosa Elementary
D417 students16:1
Long Hill Elementary
B+412 students15:1
Eastover-Central Elementary
A−401 students16:1
Lucile Souders Elementary
C−399 students14:1
William H Owen Elementary
D393 students13:1
Ferguson-Easley Elementary
D392 students16:1
Sunnyside Elementary
C−362 students17:1
Walker-Spivey Elementary
D−345 students16:1
Cumberland Road Elementary
C−337 students13:1
Sherwood Park Elementary
D335 students12:1
Alma O Easom Elementary
301 students17:1
Margaret Willis Elementary
D−296 students13:1
Stedman Elementary
B+284 students11:1
J W Seabrook Elementary
C−271 students13:1
Manchester Elementary
C−254 students14:1
Glendale Acres Elementary
251 students14:1
District No 7 Elementary
B+211 students12:1
Raleigh Road Elementary
208 students18:1
J W Coon Elementary
C186 students10:1
Ashley Elementary
C−180 students13:1
Cumberland Virtual Academy K-5
C168 students13:1
Stedman Primary
161 students15:1
Beaver Dam Elementary
A87 students9:1
Mac Williams Middle
B−1,109 students18:1
Gray's Creek Middle
B−1,068 students18:1
John R Griffin Middle
B1,024 students18:1
Douglas Byrd Middle
D855 students14:1
Westover Middle
C−768 students18:1
R Max Abbott Middle
C+704 students16:1
Pine Forest Middle
B−703 students15:1
South View Middle
C−614 students16:1
Luther Nick Jeralds Middle
D605 students19:1
Lewis Chapel Middle
D574 students14:1
Spring Lake Middle
C−500 students14:1
Hope Mills Middle
C474 students15:1
Anne Chesnutt Middle
C470 students14:1
Seventy-First Classical Middle
A−433 students14:1
New Century International Middle
B362 students15:1
Reid Ross Classical Middle
C+238 students15:1
Howard Learning Academy
8 students1:1
Jack Britt High
A1,940 students25:1
Pine Forest High
A−1,551 students26:1
Cape Fear High
A−1,515 students23:1
South View High
B+1,461 students22:1
Gray's Creek High
A−1,458 students26:1
Seventy-First High
B−1,332 students24:1
Westover High
B−1,234 students25:1
Terry Sanford High
B+1,201 students24:1
E E Smith High
B−1,017 students23:1
Douglas Byrd High
C1,006 students22:1
Cumberland Virtual Academy 6-12
B−390 students15:1
Cumberland Polytechnic
B−319 students34:1
Massey Hill Classical High
A+273 students14:1
Cross Creek Early College
B253 students24:1
Cumberland International Early College
B−237 students28:1
Reid Ross Classical High
A227 students14:1
Alger B. Wilkins High School
D−159 students13:1
Ramsey Street High
D−39 students4:1
Towns served
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES directory and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings are opinions.