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What advice would you give to incoming students at Benjamin J Martin Elementary?
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Enrollment
522
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001100429
Benjamin J Martin Elementary
430 N Reilly Road, Fayetteville, NC 28303 · (910) 864-4843 · Cumberland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
510 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 | 35 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
60%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
45.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
31.8%
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 32 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
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 Benjamin J Martin Elementary
Benjamin J Martin Elementary's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin J Martin Elementary this school | 522 | 97.7% | 38.2% |
| Loyd E Auman Elementary Fayetteville | 495 | 99.2% | 47.9% |
| Reedy Fork Elementary Greensboro | 538 | 99.4% | 53.3% |
| Morganton Road Elementary Fayetteville | 491 | 99.4% | 43.4% |
| Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary Fayetteville | 576 | 98.8% | 42.5% |
| Brentwood Elementary Fayetteville | 494 | 96.8% | 45.1% |
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 Benjamin J Martin Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #1,142 of 1,297 | #40 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #1,241 of 1,296 | #44 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #756 of 1,300 | #27 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #551 of 1,485 | #18 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #568 of 1,377 | #18 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #717 of 1,379 | #33 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.7% | #942 of 1,414 | #34 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #546 of 937 | #16 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
522
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 877
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 522 | 36.3 | 14.4:1 | 98% (510) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 40.9 | 11.8:1 | 99% (481) |
| 2022-23 | 537 | 40.4 | 13.3:1 | 99% (534) |
| 2020-21 | 520 | 44 | 11.8:1 | 99% (517) |
| 2017-18 | 587 | 41.5 | 14.1:1 | 98% (574) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 37 | 15.0:1 | 99% (553) |
| 2010-11 | 644 | 41 | 15.7:1 | 63% (408) |
| 2000-01 | 661 | 34 | 19.4:1 | 57% (377) |
| 1990-91 | 877 | 43 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benjamin J Martin Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (587 to 522); teachers down 12% (41.5 to 36.3).
About Benjamin J Martin Elementary
Benjamin J Martin Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school for students in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The school's enrollment of 522 students covers pre-K through 5.
Benjamin J Martin Elementary is part of Cumberland County Schools, where 86 schools serve 49,002 students.
At Benjamin J Martin Elementary, Black students make up 60% of the student body. The remaining shares are 16% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 10% White, and 2% Asian. Cumberland County as a whole is about 38% Black, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 60% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.4:1. That matches the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina fairly closely. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 98%. The 86% average for public schools in Cumberland County is 12 points lower.
allk12 grades Benjamin J Martin Elementary a D. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with North Carolina schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Benjamin J Martin Elementary's results are 10.8 points below predicted: 38.2% against 49.0%.
Benjamin J Martin Elementary is located in Cumberland County, where the median household income is $61,291, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Benjamin J Martin Elementary is one of 89 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Westover High, is about 1.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Benjamin J Martin Elementary ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Benjamin J Martin Elementary the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 522, starting from 520. The number of students per teacher rose from 11.8 to 14.4 over 4 years.
Community posts for Benjamin J Martin Elementary can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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
- Westover High1.2 mi · 1,234
- Westover Middle1.3 mi · 768
- Ponderosa Elementary1.3 mi · 417
- Morganton Road Elementary1.6 mi · 491
- Cliffdale Elementary2.5 mi · 613
- Bill Hefner Elementary2.6 mi · 712
Frequently asked questions
About Benjamin J Martin ElementaryHow large is Benjamin J Martin Elementary?
Benjamin J Martin Elementary enrolls approximately 522 students in grades PK-05.
Is Benjamin J Martin Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Benjamin J Martin Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Benjamin J Martin Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Benjamin J Martin Elementary is approximately 14.4:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Benjamin J Martin Elementary?
At Benjamin J Martin Elementary, the student body is approximately 10% White, 16% Hispanic, 60% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Benjamin J Martin Elementary public or private?
Benjamin J Martin Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cumberland County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.