Enrollment
180
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001100394
Ashley Elementary
810 Trainer Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28304 · (910) 484-4156 · Cumberland County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL180 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of North Carolina public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
177 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 59 | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 25% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 42% |
Student demographics
71%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Cumberland County Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
49.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
48.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% 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 Ashley Elementary
Ashley Elementary's state test result (51.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Elementary this school | 180 | 98.3% | 51.1% |
| Glendale Acres Elementary Fayetteville | 251 | 98.8% | N/A |
| Mount Gilead Elementary Mount Gilead | 190 | 95.3% | 26.8% |
| J.T. Barber Elementary New Bern | 270 | 96.3% | 40.4% |
| East Albemarle Elementary Albemarle | 261 | 98.9% | 24.8% |
| Ansonville Elementary Ansonville | 158 | 98.1% | 54.9% |
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 Ashley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #785 of 1,297 | #21 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #933 of 1,296 | #23 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #633 of 1,300 | #20 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 180 | #1,405 of 1,485 | #48 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #863 of 1,414 | #29 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.4% | #253 of 937 | #4 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
180
+1 (+1%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 281
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 180 | 14.3 | 12.6:1 | 98% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 172 | 16.3 | 10.5:1 | 98% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 178 | 14.3 | 12.4:1 | 98% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 179 | 15 | 11.9:1 | 98% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 229 | 15.3 | 15.0:1 | 99% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 212 | 15 | 14.1:1 | 63% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 290 | N/A | N/A | 47% (137) |
| 2000-01 | 285 | 45 | 6.3:1 | 35% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 281 | 14 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ashley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (229 to 180); teachers down 6% (15.3 to 14.3).
About Ashley Elementary
Ashley Elementary sits in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and is classified as an elementary school. Enrollment totals 180 students across grades 3 through 5. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average enrollment is about 467.
Cumberland County Schools has a total of 86 schools and 49,002 students, Ashley Elementary among them.
Black students make up 44% of enrollment at Ashley Elementary, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 25% White, 12% Asian, 10% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Ashley Elementary comes to 14.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.6:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 14.9:1. On the income side, 98% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 86% average among public schools in Cumberland County.
Ashley Elementary holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 42% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Ashley Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 51.1%; the prediction is 48.8%.
In the surrounding county, Cumberland County, the median household earns about $61,291 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Cumberland County has 89 public schools with about 50,815 students, including Ashley Elementary.
Howard Learning Academy is the nearest public school to Ashley Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Ashley Elementary is 3rd of 5 on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Ashley Elementary is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at Ashley Elementary was 179 in 2020-21 and 180 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
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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
Other Ashley Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Ashley Elementary. Ashley Elementary is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Ashley Elementary SchoolFRISCO, TX · 572 students
- Ashley Elementary SchoolNEW BALTIMORE, MI · 441 students
- Ashley Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 387 students
- ASHLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLAshley, ND · 74 students
- Ashley Elementary SchoolASHLEY, MI · 60 students
Nearby schools
- Howard Learning Academy0.8 mi · 8
- Massey Hill Classical High0.9 mi · 273
- Glendale Acres Elementary1.2 mi · 251
- Cumberland Road Elementary1.2 mi · 337
- R Max Abbott Middle1.3 mi · 704
- Alma O Easom Elementary1.5 mi · 301
Frequently asked questions
About Ashley ElementaryHow large is Ashley Elementary?
Ashley Elementary enrolls approximately 180 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Ashley Elementary serve?
Ashley Elementary serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Ashley Elementary?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Ashley Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ashley Elementary?
At Ashley Elementary, the student body is approximately 25% White, 10% Hispanic, 44% Black, 12% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Ashley Elementary public or private?
Ashley Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cumberland County Schools.
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