Cross Creek Early College

Cross Creek Early College is an one-room-style high school in Fayetteville, North Carolina, operated by Cumberland County Schools. The school hosts 253 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 67% below the state mean of about 761.

Within Cumberland County Schools, which oversees 86 schools and 49,002 students, Cross Creek Early College is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cross Creek Early College records that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 16% White, 11% multiracial, 6% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Cross Creek Early College higher than the state norm the norm. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cumberland County (around 86%), the school's rate is south of typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Cumberland County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,291 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Cross Creek Early College is one of 89 public schools in Cumberland County (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cumberland International Early College, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 9%: 278 students in 2018 compared to 253 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 51% to 45% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 23.8:1 today.

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