Cumberland Road Elementary

Cumberland Road Elementary is a small elementary-level community in Fayetteville, North Carolina, part of Cumberland County Schools. The school works with 337 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 28% below typical.

Cumberland Road Elementary is one of 86 schools operated by Cumberland County Schools, a district that works with 49,002 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cumberland Road Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Hispanic, 18% White, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Cumberland County as a whole is about 38% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cumberland County (around 86%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cumberland Road Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.8%.

Around the school, Cumberland County reports that median household income runs about $61,291, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cumberland County runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students), of which Cumberland Road Elementary is one.

Howard Learning Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cumberland Road Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cumberland Road Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 51.6%.

Cumberland Road Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 18%: 409 students in 2018 compared to 337 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 46% to 50% across the same window.

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