Beaver Dam Elementary

Located at 12059 Hwy 210 S, in Roseboro, North Carolina, Beaver Dam Elementary is an one-room-style elementary campus that instructs 87 students (grades K through 5), operated by Cumberland County Schools. That puts it 81% leaner than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Cumberland County Schools runs 86 schools in total, collectively educating 49,002 students. Beaver Dam Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Beaver Dam Elementary reports that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 14% Hispanic, 13% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 42% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Beaver Dam Elementary has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Beaver Dam Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cumberland County runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Beaver Dam Elementary sits in the top 10% of North Carolina schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 49.4%; actual is 85.4%, +36.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Cumberland County shows median household income runs about $61,291, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Cumberland County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students), Beaver Dam Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Roseboro Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.8 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Beaver Dam Elementary comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 47.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 88 students in 2018 compared to 87 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 74% to 68%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

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