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The highest-poverty public high schools in Cumberland County, North Carolina

Across Cumberland County, North Carolina, 16 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Westover High leads the list at 99.8%, against a median of 64.9% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Cumberland County, North Carolina

Top % FRL

99.8%

Median % FRL

64.9%

HIGHEST POVERTY · CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Westover High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,234	99.8%
2	E E Smith High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,017	99.7%
3	Reid Ross Classical High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	227	98.7%
4	Seventy-First High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,332	98.2%
5	South View High	Hope Mills, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,461	98.1%
6	Douglas Byrd High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,006	97.4%
7	Alger B. Wilkins High School	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	159	89.3%
8	Pine Forest High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,551	65.3%
9	Terry Sanford High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,201	64.4%
10	Cumberland International Early College	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	237	57.4%
11	Cape Fear High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,515	55.1%
12	Cross Creek Early College	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	253	47.0%
13	Gray's Creek High	Hope Mills, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,458	46.2%
14	Jack Britt High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	1,940	41.6%
15	Cumberland Polytechnic	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	319	40.4%
16	Massey Hill Classical High	Fayetteville, NC	Cumberland County Schools	High	273	39.6%

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