Enrollment
337
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001100411
Cumberland Road Elementary
2700 Cumberland Road, Fayetteville, NC 28306 · (910) 485-7171 · Cumberland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% 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
13.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
331 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 18 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
67%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
41.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
50.3%
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 50 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
48.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% 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 Cumberland Road Elementary
Cumberland Road Elementary's state test result (48.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland Road Elementary this school | 337 | 98.2% | 48.8% |
| Sherwood Park Elementary Fayetteville | 335 | 95.5% | 57.9% |
| Moss Street Elementary Reidsville | 354 | 97.5% | 23.5% |
| McLeansville Elementary McLeansville | 332 | 99.1% | 33.9% |
| South End Elementary Reidsville | 355 | 94.6% | 30.9% |
| South Creek Elementary Robersonville | 337 | 99.1% | 38.5% |
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 Cumberland Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #844 of 1,297 | #24 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #896 of 1,296 | #21 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #884 of 1,300 | #33 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 337 | #1,089 of 1,485 | #37 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #221 of 1,377 | #6 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #372 of 1,379 | #19 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.2% | #878 of 1,414 | #31 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #340 of 937 | #6 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
337
+39 (+13%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 500
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 337 | 25.9 | 13.0:1 | 98% (331) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 23 | 15.5:1 | 98% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 26 | 12.7:1 | 99% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 26 | 11.5:1 | 99% (295) |
| 2017-18 | 409 | 30 | 13.6:1 | 99% (406) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 32 | 13.2:1 | 98% (415) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 77% (331) |
| 2000-01 | 386 | 17 | 22.7:1 | 99% (383) |
| 1990-91 | 500 | 26 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cumberland Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (409 to 337); teachers down 14% (30 to 25.9).
About Cumberland Road Elementary
Cumberland Road Elementary is a small elementary school with an address in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 337 students. Elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students, which makes this school 28% below average.
Cumberland County Schools enrolls 49,002 students in 86 schools, including Cumberland Road Elementary.
More than half of enrollment at Cumberland Road Elementary is Black: 50%. Enrollment also includes 19% Hispanic, 18% White, 8% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The school's Black share is 13 points above the 38% share among Cumberland County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cumberland Road Elementary is 13.0:1, based on 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Cumberland Road Elementary counts 98% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Cumberland County report 86%.
Cumberland Road Elementary earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 37% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 48.9%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cumberland County show that the median household earns about $61,291 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Cumberland County has 89 public schools with about 50,815 students, including Cumberland Road Elementary.
The closest school to Cumberland Road Elementary is Howard Learning Academy, located about 0.9 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Cumberland Road Elementary's average proficiency of 48.8% compares with 51.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
For locale, NCES codes Cumberland Road Elementary as City: Mid-size.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 39 students, from 298 to 337. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.5:1 to 13.0:1.
Cumberland Road Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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
Other Cumberland Road Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Cumberland Road Elementary. Cumberland Road Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Cumberland Road Elem SchoolFishers, IN · 521 students
Nearby schools
- Howard Learning Academy0.9 mi · 8
- Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary1.0 mi · 576
- Massey Hill Classical High1.1 mi · 273
- Ashley Elementary1.2 mi · 180
- Glendale Acres Elementary1.3 mi · 251
- Mary McArthur Elementary1.7 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About Cumberland Road ElementaryHow large is Cumberland Road Elementary?
Cumberland Road Elementary enrolls approximately 337 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cumberland Road Elementary serve?
Cumberland Road Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Cumberland Road Elementary?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Cumberland Road Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Cumberland Road Elementary?
Student demographics at Cumberland Road Elementary are roughly 18% White, 19% Hispanic, 50% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Cumberland Road Elementary in?
Cumberland Road Elementary is part of Cumberland County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.