Schools · Fayetteville

Fayetteville, NC schools

Fayetteville’s public schools score well below North Carolina’s averages: 41% of students are proficient in reading against 47.2% statewide, and 85% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.7%. Kids attend one of 26 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 27 elementary schools, one of 9 middle schools and one of 10 high schools.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

C+School Grade #207Best schools in NC (of 252)#235Highest graduation rate in NC (of 284)

TownTapestry School GradeNew

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Fayetteville’s School Grade: C+

The public schools Fayetteville’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 64% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

CTest scoresC-Graduation

North Carolina school districts we grade (318)Better than 36%

Lower resultsHigher results

North Carolina towns with similar household incomes (334)Better than 28%

High confidence. Built on 23,662 tested students and a graduating class of 3,954; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on North Carolina’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of North Carolina only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in North Carolina with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Fayetteville kids go to school

Grades PK–5

26 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Cumberland County Schools

Grades 5

27 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Cumberland County Schools

Grades 6–8

9 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Cumberland County Schools

Grades 9–12

10 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Cumberland County Schools

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Cumberland County)41%

State average 47.2%

Math (grades PK–12, Cumberland County)32%

State average 41.9%

Graduation · class of 2020

85% graduate on time

Graduation rate

85%

NC: 87.7%

Graduating class

3,954

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #235 of 284 NC towns →

Districts

Two districts serve Fayetteville

Cumberland County SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 86 schools · 49,002 students

$12,145 per studentNC $13,045C+🏫

Fort Bragg Schools

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Every school

All 73 schools in Fayetteville

Level

All 73 Elementary 34 Middle 10 High 13 Other 16

Type

All 73 Public 53 Charter 3 Private 17

Showing 1–30 of 73 schools

Bill Hefner ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 712 students

New Century International ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 686 students

E E Miller ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 656 students

Lake Rim ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 656 students

Cliffdale ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 613 students

William T Brown ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 562 students

Westarea ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 546 students

Benjamin J Martin ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 522 students

Vanstory Hills ElementaryElementary · Grades 2–5 · 514 students

Loyd E Auman ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 495 students

Brentwood ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 494 students

Morganton Road ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 491 students

College Lakes ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 459 students

Mary McArthur ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 447 students

Montclair ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 433 students

Warrenwood ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 424 students

Ponderosa ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 417 students

Long Hill ElementaryElementary · Grades 2–5 · 412 students

Lucile Souders ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 399 students

William H Owen ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 393 students

Ferguson-Easley ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 392 students

Walker-Spivey ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 345 students

Cumberland Road ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 337 students

Sherwood Park ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 335 students

Alma O Easom ElementaryElementary · Grades K–1 · 301 students

Margaret Willis ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 296 students

Glendale Acres ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–2 · 251 students

J W Coon ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 186 students

Ashley ElementaryElementary · Grades 3–5 · 180 students

Cumberland Virtual Academy K-5Elementary · Grades K–5 · 168 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.