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Enrollment
1,515
High
DISTRICT 867 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001100402
Cape Fear High
4762 Clinton Road, Fayetteville, NC 28312 · (910) 483-0191 · Cumberland County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,515 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of North Carolina public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
835 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 409 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 385 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 378 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 343 | 23% |
Student demographics
69%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
59.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
51.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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
55.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Cape Fear High
Cape Fear High's state test result (55.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Fear High this school | 1,515 | 55.1% | 55.2% |
| Havelock High Havelock | 1,014 | 52.5% | 50.1% |
| Gray's Creek High Hope Mills | 1,458 | 46.2% | 54.3% |
| White Oak High Jacksonville | 1,252 | 48.4% | 40.1% |
| Jacksonville High Jacksonville | 1,441 | 47.4% | 53.3% |
| Southwest High Jacksonville | 803 | 57.3% | 31.9% |
Matched among North Carolina high 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 Cape Fear High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #156 of 468 | #6 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #130 of 464 | #4 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #194 of 448 | #7 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,515 | #89 of 598 | #3 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #391 of 473 | #6 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #91 of 474 | #5 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.1% | #362 of 527 | #11 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.2% | #143 of 164 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,515
+93 (+7%) vs 2020
+63% since 1990-91, when it was 929
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 1,515 | 65.1 | 23.3:1 | 55% (835) |
| 2023-24 | 1,514 | 85.3 | 17.8:1 | 51% (770) |
| 2022-23 | 1,529 | 83.1 | 18.4:1 | 50% (764) |
| 2020-21 | 1,422 | 82 | 17.3:1 | 49% (701) |
| 2017-18 | 1,482 | 86 | 17.2:1 | 44% (655) |
| 2015-16 | 1,546 | 90 | 17.2:1 | 47% (728) |
| 2010-11 | 1,565 | 94 | 16.6:1 | 43% (670) |
| 2000-01 | 1,418 | 76 | 18.7:1 | 33% (467) |
| 1990-91 | 929 | 62 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cape Fear High.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (1,482 to 1,515); teachers down 24% (86 to 65.1).
About Cape Fear High
Cape Fear High is a public high school in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 1,515 students. An average school in this group (high schools in North Carolina) has about 761 students.
Cumberland County Schools oversees Cape Fear High and 85 other schools, with 49,002 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Cape Fear High is White (46%). Other groups make up 27% Black, 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Native American. County-wide, about 42% of residents are White. Cape Fear High has a diversity index of 69%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Cape Fear High is 65.1 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 23.3:1. Among high schools in North Carolina, the typical ratio is 19.6:1. The school counts 835 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 55%. That is lower than the 86% average for public schools in Cumberland County.
Cape Fear High is graded B by allk12, scoring above 61% of North Carolina public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Cape Fear High's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (55.2%) and its predicted rate (62.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools.
Within Cumberland County, median household income is about $61,291, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Federal data list 89 public schools in Cumberland County, with a combined enrollment of about 50,815.
The school nearest to Cape Fear High is Mac Williams Middle, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Within five miles of Cape Fear High, there are 6 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Cape Fear High ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
Cape Fear High is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 1,422 to 1,515. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 23.3:1.
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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
- South View HighHigh · 1,461 students
- Gray's Creek HighHigh · 1,458 students
- Seventy-First HighHigh · 1,332 students
- Westover HighHigh · 1,234 students
Other schools in Fayetteville
- Jack Britt HighHigh · 1,940 students
- Pine Forest HighHigh · 1,551 students
- Seventy-First HighHigh · 1,332 students
- Westover HighHigh · 1,234 students
- Terry Sanford HighHigh · 1,201 students
- Mac Williams MiddleMiddle · 1,109 students
Nearby schools
- Mac Williams Middle0.2 mi · 1,109
- Sunnyside Elementary2.0 mi · 362
- J W Seabrook Elementary3.3 mi · 271
- Stedman Elementary4.0 mi · 284
- Stedman Primary4.2 mi · 161
- Armstrong Elementary4.3 mi · 456
Frequently asked questions
About Cape Fear HighWhat is the total enrollment at Cape Fear High?
Cape Fear High enrolls approximately 1,515 students in grades 09-12.
Is Cape Fear High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cape Fear High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Cape Fear High have?
Cape Fear High employs 65 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.3:1.
How diverse is Cape Fear High?
Cape Fear High reports a student body of 46% White, 14% Hispanic, 27% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Cape Fear High in?
Cape Fear High is part of Cumberland County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.