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Enrollment
655
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001100414
Alderman Road Elementary
2860 Alderman Road, Fayetteville, NC 28306 · (910) 321-0398 · Cumberland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL655 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
630 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 24 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (110).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
51.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
59.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alderman Road Elementary
Alderman Road Elementary's state test result (55.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alderman Road Elementary this school | 655 | 96.2% | 55.9% |
| Southern Pines Elementary Southern Pines | 600 | 99.3% | 59.0% |
| Red Oak Elementary Red Oak | 696 | 99.6% | 58.6% |
| G W Carver Elementary Pinetops | 550 | 97.8% | 55.6% |
| Gibsonville Elementary Gibsonville | 595 | 99.5% | 48.6% |
| Township Three Elementary Shelby | 540 | 99.4% | 43.8% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alderman Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #635 of 1,297 | #16 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #628 of 1,296 | #15 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #579 of 1,300 | #19 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 655 | #247 of 1,485 | #9 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,110 of 1,377 | #39 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #214 of 1,379 | #13 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.2% | #1,028 of 1,414 | #45 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #845 of 937 | #31 of 36 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
655
+26 (+4%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 479
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 655 | 39.9 | 16.4:1 | 96% (630) |
| 2023-24 | 637 | 46 | 13.8:1 | 100% (634) |
| 2022-23 | 628 | 49 | 12.8:1 | 100% (625) |
| 2020-21 | 629 | 48 | 13.1:1 | 99% (622) |
| 2017-18 | 675 | 48 | 14.1:1 | 99% (670) |
| 2015-16 | 722 | 46 | 15.7:1 | 64% (460) |
| 2010-11 | 716 | 52 | 13.8:1 | 59% (419) |
| 2000-01 | 723 | 37 | 19.5:1 | 48% (345) |
| 1990-91 | 479 | 26 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alderman Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (675 to 655); teachers down 17% (48 to 39.9).
About Alderman Road Elementary
Alderman Road Elementary is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Federal data show 655 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Cumberland County Schools enrolls 49,002 students, and its 86 schools include Alderman Road Elementary.
No group is above 50% at Alderman Road Elementary; the largest is White, at 40%. The school is also 34% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. Among Cumberland County residents, the White share is about 42%. The diversity index for Alderman Road Elementary is 70%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, Alderman Road Elementary has a ratio of 16.4:1. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 14.9:1. Income data for the school show 96% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Cumberland County is 86%.
Alderman Road Elementary holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 54% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 49.5% at Alderman Road Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 55.9%.
The school's county is Cumberland County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $61,291 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Cumberland County number 89, with about 50,815 students.
Gray's Creek Elementary, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Alderman Road Elementary is 3rd on average proficiency.
Alderman Road Elementary falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 4%. The school's ratio increased from 13.1:1 to 16.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Cumberland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
338,545
Census ACS
Median income
$61,291
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
89
50,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cumberland County Schools
- Jack Britt HighHigh · 1,940 students
- Pine Forest HighHigh · 1,551 students
- Cape Fear HighHigh · 1,515 students
- South View HighHigh · 1,461 students
- Gray's Creek HighHigh · 1,458 students
- Seventy-First HighHigh · 1,332 students
Other schools in Fayetteville
- Jack Britt HighHigh · 1,940 students
- Pine Forest HighHigh · 1,551 students
- Cape Fear HighHigh · 1,515 students
- Seventy-First HighHigh · 1,332 students
- Westover HighHigh · 1,234 students
- Terry Sanford HighHigh · 1,201 students
Nearby schools
- Gray's Creek Elementary0.6 mi · 428
- Gray's Creek Middle2.3 mi · 1,068
- Gray's Creek High3.1 mi · 1,458
- Gallberry Farm Elementary3.6 mi · 883
- Hope Mills Middle6.6 mi · 474
- South View High6.9 mi · 1,461
Frequently asked questions
About Alderman Road ElementaryHow many students attend Alderman Road Elementary?
Alderman Road Elementary enrolls approximately 655 students in grades PK-05.
Is Alderman Road Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Alderman Road Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Alderman Road Elementary have?
Alderman Road Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
How diverse is Alderman Road Elementary?
Alderman Road Elementary reports a student body of 40% White, 13% Hispanic, 34% Black, 0% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Alderman Road Elementary public or private?
Alderman Road Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cumberland County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.