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Alumni: what's one memory from Armstrong Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
456
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001102085
Armstrong Elementary
3395 Dunn Road, Eastover, NC 28312 · (910) 483-2425 · Cumberland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
449 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 | 16 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 18% |
Student demographics
74%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
69.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
74.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Armstrong Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #168 of 1,297 | #2 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #227 of 1,296 | #2 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #149 of 1,300 | #1 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 456 | #733 of 1,485 | #24 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #351 of 1,377 | #9 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.3% | #29 of 1,379 | #4 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #841 of 1,414 | #27 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #892 of 937 | #34 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
456
+77 (+20%) vs 2020
+4% since 2000-01, when it was 437
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 456 | 33.7 | 13.5:1 | 98% (449) |
| 2023-24 | 485 | 34 | 14.3:1 | 99% (482) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 33.8 | 14.2:1 | 99% (475) |
| 2020-21 | 379 | 31 | 12.2:1 | 99% (376) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 35.9 | 12.9:1 | 98% (452) |
| 2015-16 | 443 | 34 | 13.0:1 | 63% (279) |
| 2010-11 | 424 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 62% (264) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 24 | 18.2:1 | 63% (277) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Armstrong Elementary.
About Armstrong Elementary
Armstrong Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Cumberland County Schools, located in Eastover, North Carolina. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 456 students.
Armstrong Elementary is run by Cumberland County Schools, whose 86 schools enroll 49,002 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Armstrong Elementary is Black, with 32% of students. Enrollment also includes 32% White, 19% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 3% Native American. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 74%.
The school lists 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 449 students, or 98%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Cumberland County report 86%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Armstrong Elementary is 48.8%. It actually posts 72.7%, which is 24.0 points higher and in the top 10% of North Carolina schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cumberland County show that the median household earns about $61,291 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Cumberland County has 89 public schools with about 50,815 students, including Armstrong Elementary.
About 2.7 miles separate Armstrong Elementary from the closest public school, Eastover-Central Elementary. The five-mile area around Armstrong Elementary holds 7 other public schools. Nearby schools average 55.2% on proficiency, and Armstrong Elementary is above that at 72.7%.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
A 20% gain took enrollment from 379 in 2020-21 to 456 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.2:1 to 13.5:1.
Armstrong Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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
Nearby schools
- Eastover-Central Elementary2.7 mi · 401
- Mac Williams Middle4.2 mi · 1,109
- Cape Fear High4.3 mi · 1,515
- Sunnyside Elementary4.4 mi · 362
- Reid Ross Classical Middle4.9 mi · 238
- Reid Ross Classical High4.9 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About Armstrong ElementaryHow many students attend Armstrong Elementary?
Armstrong Elementary enrolls approximately 456 students in grades PK-05.
Is Armstrong Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Armstrong Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Armstrong Elementary have?
Armstrong Elementary employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Armstrong Elementary?
Student demographics at Armstrong Elementary are roughly 32% White, 19% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Armstrong Elementary in?
Armstrong Elementary is part of Cumberland County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.