Jack Britt High

Jack Britt High is one of the substantial high schools in Fayetteville, North Carolina, run under Cumberland County Schools, with 1,940 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 155% bigger than the state mean of about 761.

Within Cumberland County Schools, which oversees 86 schools and 49,002 students, Jack Britt High is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Jack Britt High records that 32% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 31% White, 21% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Jack Britt High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Cumberland County's rate of about 86%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jack Britt High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.1%, the actual is 62.2%, a residual of -4.0 points.

In the area at large, Cumberland County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,291 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Cumberland County runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students), of which Jack Britt High is one.

Stoney Point Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jack Britt High ranks 6th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 59.5%.

Jack Britt High operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jack Britt High has changed only slightly, going from 1,970 students in 2018 to 1,940 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 38% to 31% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 25.0:1 in 2025.

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