Benjamin J Martin Elementary

Benjamin J Martin Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary campuss in Fayetteville, North Carolina, one of the schools within Cumberland County Schools, with 522 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, Benjamin J Martin Elementary lists that 60% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school shows 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 10% White, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 38% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cumberland County (around 86%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Benjamin J Martin Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.0%; this one delivers 38.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Cumberland County put the typical household earns roughly $61,291 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Cumberland County runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students), of which Benjamin J Martin Elementary is one.

Westover High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Benjamin J Martin Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 45.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Benjamin J Martin Elementary has decreased 11%, going from 587 students in 2018 to 522 in 2025.

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