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Enrollment
532
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001102121
C Wayne Collier Elementary
3522 Sturbridge Drive, Hope Mills, NC 28348 · (910) 424-7200 · Cumberland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL532 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
529 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 | 44 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
72%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
52.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
53.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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
55.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 C Wayne Collier Elementary
C Wayne Collier Elementary's state test result (55.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| C Wayne Collier Elementary this school | 532 | 99.4% | 55.1% |
| Winstead Avenue Elementary Rocky Mount | 555 | 99.1% | 46.3% |
| Howard L Hall Elementary Fayetteville | 539 | 99.4% | 61.9% |
| Murray-Massenburg Elementary Durham | 517 | 99.4% | 43.0% |
| East Clayton Elementary Clayton | 524 | 98.3% | 52.4% |
| C.F. Pope Elementary Burgaw | 530 | 97.7% | 35.6% |
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 C Wayne Collier Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #661 of 1,297 | #18 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #802 of 1,296 | #16 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #525 of 1,300 | #16 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 532 | #520 of 1,485 | #17 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #616 of 1,377 | #19 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #79 of 1,379 | #7 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #233 of 1,414 | #7 of 49 |
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
532
+59 (+12%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 858
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 532 | 36.5 | 14.6:1 | 99% (529) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 40.7 | 12.4:1 | 99% (502) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 28.7 | 18.3:1 | 99% (523) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 37 | 12.8:1 | 99% (470) |
| 2017-18 | 532 | 35 | 15.2:1 | 99% (529) |
| 2015-16 | 521 | 32 | 16.3:1 | 68% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 582 | 40 | 14.6:1 | 61% (353) |
| 2000-01 | 705 | 35 | 20.1:1 | 50% (355) |
| 1990-91 | 858 | 40 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for C Wayne Collier Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (532 to 532); teachers up 5% (35 to 36.5).
About C Wayne Collier Elementary
C Wayne Collier Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Hope Mills, North Carolina, one of the schools in Cumberland County Schools. School enrollment was 532 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5.
District-wide, Cumberland County Schools has 86 schools and 49,002 students.
C Wayne Collier Elementary's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 40%. The school is also 27% White, 17% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 2% Native American. That is close to the 38% Black share among all Cumberland County residents. C Wayne Collier Elementary has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
C Wayne Collier Elementary's 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.6:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina average about 14.9:1, a similar figure. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 99%. The 86% average for public schools in Cumberland County is 13 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for C Wayne Collier Elementary is B-. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 52% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On BeatsExpectations, C Wayne Collier Elementary is 6.6 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools.
In the county around the school, Cumberland County, median household income is about $61,291, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. A total of 89 public schools operate in Cumberland County, serving about 50,815 students.
The nearest public school is Rockfish Elementary, at about 1.5 miles. C Wayne Collier Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 56.9% proficiency; C Wayne Collier Elementary posts 55.1%.
For locale, NCES codes C Wayne Collier Elementary as Suburb: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 532, 12% above the 473 of 2020-21. The school's ratio rose from 12.8:1 to 14.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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 Hope Mills
- South View HighHigh · 1,461 students
- Gray's Creek HighHigh · 1,458 students
- Gray's Creek MiddleMiddle · 1,068 students
- Gallberry Farm ElementaryElementary · 883 students
- Rockfish ElementaryElementary · 682 students
- Ed V Baldwin ElementaryElementary · 634 students
Nearby schools
- Rockfish Elementary1.5 mi · 682
- Jack Britt High1.6 mi · 1,940
- John R Griffin Middle1.8 mi · 1,024
- Stoney Point Elementary1.8 mi · 780
- E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary1.9 mi · 782
- Cumberland Mills Elementary2.1 mi · 573
Frequently asked questions
About C Wayne Collier ElementaryHow large is C Wayne Collier Elementary?
C Wayne Collier Elementary enrolls approximately 532 students in grades PK-05.
Is C Wayne Collier Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
C Wayne Collier Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at C Wayne Collier Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at C Wayne Collier Elementary is approximately 14.6:1 (37 FTE teachers).
How diverse is C Wayne Collier Elementary?
C Wayne Collier Elementary reports a student body of 27% White, 17% Hispanic, 40% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees C Wayne Collier Elementary?
C Wayne Collier Elementary is overseen by Cumberland County Schools in Cumberland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.