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Enrollment
712
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001101377
Bill Hefner Elementary
7059 Calamar Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28314 · (910) 860-7058 · Cumberland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL712 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% 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.
- C-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
16.3:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
671 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 | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 128 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (128) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
62%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
43.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
43.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
43.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Bill Hefner Elementary
Bill Hefner Elementary's state test result (43.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Hefner Elementary this school | 712 | 94.2% | 43.7% |
| Lake Rim Elementary Fayetteville | 656 | 99.4% | 47.4% |
| Guilford Elementary Greensboro | 623 | 99.5% | 35.4% |
| Ed V Baldwin Elementary Hope Mills | 634 | 99.5% | 38.3% |
| Jefferson Elementary Greensboro | 698 | 99.6% | 57.2% |
| Summit Creek Academy Browns Summit | 749 | 99.6% | N/A |
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 Bill Hefner Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #996 of 1,297 | #30 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,088 of 1,296 | #32 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #820 of 1,300 | #28 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 712 | #165 of 1,485 | #4 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,090 of 1,377 | #38 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.3% | #613 of 1,379 | #25 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.2% | #1,069 of 1,414 | #49 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #506 of 937 | #12 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
712
+105 (+17%) vs 2020
-19% since 2000-01, when it was 880
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 712 | 43.6 | 16.3:1 | 94% (671) |
| 2023-24 | 715 | 43.8 | 16.3:1 | 100% (712) |
| 2022-23 | 651 | 42.3 | 15.4:1 | 100% (648) |
| 2020-21 | 607 | 45 | 13.5:1 | 100% (604) |
| 2017-18 | 810 | 50.3 | 16.1:1 | 100% (807) |
| 2015-16 | 754 | 41 | 18.4:1 | 73% (554) |
| 2010-11 | 838 | 50 | 16.8:1 | 50% (422) |
| 2000-01 | 880 | 44 | 20.0:1 | 28% (247) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bill Hefner Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (810 to 712); teachers down 13% (50.3 to 43.6).
About Bill Hefner Elementary
Bill Hefner Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Fayetteville, North Carolina. It educates 712 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467 students.
Within Cumberland County Schools, Bill Hefner Elementary is one of 86 schools. The district enrolls 49,002 students.
By race and ethnicity, Bill Hefner Elementary is 57% Black. The school is also 16% Hispanic, 13% White, 11% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 38% Black share among all Cumberland County residents. By the diversity index, Bill Hefner Elementary comes in at 62%.
The teaching staff at Bill Hefner Elementary is 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 16.3:1. That ratio is over the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 94%. That is higher than the 86% average for public schools in Cumberland County.
The allk12 Grade for Bill Hefner Elementary is C-. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 21% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Bill Hefner Elementary, the prediction is 50.1% and the result is 43.7%.
Census estimates describe Cumberland County this way: median household income is about $61,291, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Cumberland County number 89 and enroll about 50,815.
E E Miller Elementary is the closest public school, about 1.0 miles away in a straight line. Bill Hefner Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 47.3%, higher than Bill Hefner Elementary's 43.7%.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 607 to 712. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 13.5:1 to 16.3:1.
The Bill Hefner Elementary community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- E E Miller Elementary1.0 mi · 656
- Lake Rim Elementary2.2 mi · 656
- Benjamin J Martin Elementary2.6 mi · 522
- Alpha Academy2.7 mi · 960
- Loyd E Auman Elementary2.9 mi · 495
- Cliffdale Elementary2.9 mi · 613
Frequently asked questions
About Bill Hefner ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Bill Hefner Elementary?
Bill Hefner Elementary enrolls approximately 712 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Bill Hefner Elementary serve?
Bill Hefner Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Bill Hefner Elementary?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Bill Hefner Elementary.
How diverse is Bill Hefner Elementary?
Bill Hefner Elementary reports a student body of 13% White, 16% Hispanic, 57% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Bill Hefner Elementary public or private?
Bill Hefner 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.