Cumberland Polytechnic

Set in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cumberland Polytechnic is a cozy four-year high school, operated by Cumberland County Schools. It works with 319 students across grades 9 through 13. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 761 students each, so Cumberland Polytechnic sits 58% leaner than that benchmark.

Cumberland Polytechnic is one of 86 schools operated by Cumberland County Schools, a district that teaches 49,002 students overall.

Demographically, Cumberland Polytechnic lists that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 35% Black, 15% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 3% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Cumberland Polytechnic reports 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 34.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting Cumberland Polytechnic higher than the state norm the norm. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cumberland County runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cumberland Polytechnic ranks in the top 10% of North Carolina public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 66.5%; Cumberland Polytechnic posts 92.3%, +25.8 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Cumberland County indicate 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%. Across Cumberland County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students), Cumberland Polytechnic is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Terry Sanford High, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cumberland Polytechnic comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.4%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 30%: 245 students in 2018 compared to 319 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 43% to 35% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 34.3:1 in 2025.

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