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Does College Lakes Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
459
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001100408
College Lakes Elementary
4963 Rosehill Road, Fayetteville, NC 28311 · (910) 488-6650 · Cumberland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL459 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% 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
13.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
452 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
56%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
41.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
43.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 42 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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 College Lakes Elementary
College Lakes Elementary's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| College Lakes Elementary this school | 459 | 98.5% | 41.0% |
| Elizabethtown Primary Elizabethtown | 483 | 97.3% | 36.2% |
| Vinson-Bynum Elementary Wilson | 458 | 99.3% | 59.4% |
| Croft Community School Charlotte | 459 | 99.3% | 56.5% |
| Englewood Elementary Rocky Mount | 383 | 99.2% | 53.8% |
| Benjamin J Martin Elementary Fayetteville | 522 | 97.7% | 38.2% |
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 College Lakes Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,066 of 1,297 | #35 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #1,076 of 1,296 | #30 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #875 of 1,300 | #30 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 459 | #723 of 1,485 | #23 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #315 of 1,377 | #8 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #847 of 1,379 | #37 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #837 of 1,414 | #26 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #703 of 937 | #23 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
459
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 637
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 459 | 34.3 | 13.4:1 | 98% (452) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 40 | 12.1:1 | 99% (481) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 37 | 12.4:1 | 99% (456) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 38 | 12.4:1 | 99% (467) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 36.6 | 13.5:1 | 97% (477) |
| 2015-16 | 429 | 32 | 13.4:1 | 73% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 32 | 13.3:1 | 67% (285) |
| 2000-01 | 428 | 25 | 17.1:1 | 60% (257) |
| 1990-91 | 637 | 32 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for College Lakes Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (494 to 459); teachers down 6% (36.6 to 34.3).
About College Lakes Elementary
College Lakes Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Enrollment totals 459 students across kindergarten through 5.
In Cumberland County Schools, 86 schools enroll a combined 49,002 students.
Of every 100 students at College Lakes Elementary, about 64 are Black. The rest of enrollment is 12% White, 11% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. Among all residents of Cumberland County, the Black share is about 38%. The diversity index for College Lakes Elementary is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.4:1. The school has 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 14.9:1. Federal data show 98% of students (452) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 12 points above the 86% average for public schools in Cumberland County.
On the allk12 Grade, College Lakes Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 17% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
College Lakes Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of North Carolina schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 41.0% and a predicted 48.8%.
Cumberland County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $61,291 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. College Lakes Elementary shares Cumberland County with 88 other public schools.
The closest school to College Lakes Elementary is Warrenwood Elementary, located about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts College Lakes Elementary at 5th of 9.
College Lakes Elementary is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 459, close to the 470 recorded in 2020-21. The ratio was 12.4:1 in 2020-21 and 13.4:1 in 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback at College Lakes Elementary. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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
- Warrenwood Elementary0.7 mi · 424
- Pine Forest High2.0 mi · 1,551
- Howard L Hall Elementary2.1 mi · 539
- Westarea Elementary2.2 mi · 546
- Reid Ross Classical High2.2 mi · 227
- Lucile Souders Elementary2.2 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About College Lakes ElementaryHow large is College Lakes Elementary?
College Lakes Elementary enrolls approximately 459 students in grades KG-05.
Is College Lakes Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
College Lakes Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does College Lakes Elementary have?
College Lakes Elementary employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
What is the student diversity at College Lakes Elementary?
Student demographics at College Lakes Elementary are roughly 12% White, 11% Hispanic, 64% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is College Lakes Elementary in?
College Lakes Elementary is part of Cumberland County Schools.
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