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Enrollment
470
Middle
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001100406
Anne Chesnutt Middle
2121 Skibo Road, Fayetteville, NC 28314 · (910) 867-9147 · Cumberland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of North Carolina public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
467 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 165 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 162 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 143 | 30% |
Student demographics
54%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
45.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
45.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 Anne Chesnutt Middle
Anne Chesnutt Middle's state test result (46.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Chesnutt Middle this school | 470 | 99.4% | 46.4% |
| Spring Lake Middle Spring Lake | 500 | 98.8% | 38.4% |
| Lewis Chapel Middle Fayetteville | 574 | 96.5% | 39.5% |
| Eastern Wayne Middle Goldsboro | 427 | 97.4% | 48.4% |
| Luther Nick Jeralds Middle Fayetteville | 605 | 96.5% | 35.8% |
| South View Middle Hope Mills | 614 | 99.5% | 43.1% |
Matched among North Carolina middle 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 Anne Chesnutt Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #283 of 463 | #10 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #270 of 461 | #7 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #268 of 463 | #11 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #331 of 478 | #13 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #57 of 456 | #2 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #314 of 456 | #14 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #149 of 472 | #2 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.9% | #35 of 143 | #2 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
470
-88 (-16%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 858
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 470 | 34.3 | 13.7:1 | 99% (467) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 31.6 | 14.8:1 | 99% (461) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 37.6 | 11.8:1 | 99% (440) |
| 2020-21 | 558 | 38 | 14.7:1 | 99% (555) |
| 2017-18 | 392 | 33.5 | 11.7:1 | 99% (389) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 29 | 14.2:1 | 71% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 709 | 49 | 14.5:1 | 57% (403) |
| 2000-01 | 810 | 42 | 19.3:1 | 50% (407) |
| 1990-91 | 858 | 53 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Anne Chesnutt Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (392 to 470); teachers up 2% (33.5 to 34.3).
About Anne Chesnutt Middle
Among the schools in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is Anne Chesnutt Middle, a small middle school. The school has 470 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 605 students for middle schools in North Carolina.
Cumberland County Schools (86 schools, 49,002 students) runs Anne Chesnutt Middle.
Of every 100 students at Anne Chesnutt Middle, about 64 are Black. It is also 17% Hispanic, 10% White, and 7% multiracial. Cumberland County's residents are about 38% Black, 27 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
Anne Chesnutt Middle has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1, with 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in North Carolina average 15.9:1. The school has 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Cumberland County report 86%.
Anne Chesnutt Middle holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 41% of North Carolina public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Anne Chesnutt Middle is 2.1 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools.
The county, Cumberland County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $61,291, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 89 public schools and about 50,815 students.
Lewis Chapel Middle sits about 0.2 miles from Anne Chesnutt Middle. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Anne Chesnutt Middle is 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 88 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Anne Chesnutt Middle. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Lewis Chapel Middle0.2 mi · 574
- Montclair Elementary0.7 mi · 433
- Brentwood Elementary1.0 mi · 494
- William H Owen Elementary1.2 mi · 393
- Cliffdale Elementary1.3 mi · 613
- J W Coon Elementary1.5 mi · 186
Frequently asked questions
About Anne Chesnutt MiddleHow many students attend Anne Chesnutt Middle?
Anne Chesnutt Middle enrolls approximately 470 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Anne Chesnutt Middle serve?
Anne Chesnutt Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Anne Chesnutt Middle have?
Anne Chesnutt Middle employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Anne Chesnutt Middle?
Student demographics at Anne Chesnutt Middle are roughly 10% White, 17% Hispanic, 64% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Anne Chesnutt Middle in?
Anne Chesnutt Middle is part of Cumberland County Schools.
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