Enrollment
211
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001100412
District No 7 Elementary
5721 Smithfield Road, Wade, NC 28395 · (910) 483-0001 · Cumberland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL211 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
12.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
204 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 | 16 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
54%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
54.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
53.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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 District No 7 Elementary
District No 7 Elementary's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| District No 7 Elementary this school | 211 | 96.7% | 57.1% |
| J S Waters School Goldston | 222 | 98.6% | 59.3% |
| Oak Lane Elementary Hurdle Mills | 224 | 98.7% | 61.3% |
| W B Beam Intermediate School Cherryville | 191 | 98.4% | 56.8% |
| Southwood Elementary Kinston | 218 | 98.6% | 57.5% |
| Bell Elementary Asheville | 224 | 96.0% | 65.0% |
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 District No 7 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #598 of 1,297 | #15 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #813 of 1,296 | #17 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #485 of 1,300 | #14 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 211 | #1,363 of 1,485 | #45 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #88 of 1,377 | #2 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #894 of 1,379 | #40 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.7% | #1,010 of 1,414 | #42 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.3% | #200 of 937 | #3 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
211
-28 (-12%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 361
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 211 | 17.6 | 12.0:1 | 97% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 230 | 16 | 14.4:1 | 97% (223) |
| 2022-23 | 195 | 16 | 12.2:1 | 98% (192) |
| 2020-21 | 239 | 19 | 12.6:1 | 98% (235) |
| 2017-18 | 275 | 19.2 | 14.3:1 | 55% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 253 | 18 | 14.1:1 | 52% (132) |
| 2010-11 | 266 | 23 | 11.6:1 | 41% (109) |
| 2000-01 | 234 | 13 | 18.0:1 | 68% (159) |
| 1990-91 | 361 | 18 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for District No 7 Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (275 to 211); teachers down 8% (19.2 to 17.6).
About District No 7 Elementary
District No 7 Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school for students in Wade, North Carolina. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 211 students. The school's enrollment is 55% smaller than the 467 average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
A total of 86 schools make up Cumberland County Schools, with 49,002 students enrolled.
White students account for 64% of enrollment at District No 7 Elementary. Other students are 15% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 9% multiracial. That is higher than the 42% White share among all Cumberland County residents. District No 7 Elementary has a diversity index of 54%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.0:1, with 17.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 97%. Across public schools in Cumberland County, the average is 86%.
District No 7 Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 57% of North Carolina public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for District No 7 Elementary is 49.3%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 57.1%.
Within Cumberland County, median household income is about $61,291, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Federal data list 89 public schools in Cumberland County, with a combined enrollment of about 50,815.
The nearest public school is Eastover-Central Elementary, at about 3.7 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, District No 7 Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put District No 7 Elementary in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
District No 7 Elementary had 239 students in 2020-21 and 211 in 2024-25, a 12% decrease.
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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
Nearby schools
- Eastover-Central Elementary3.7 mi · 401
- Armstrong Elementary6.3 mi · 456
- Clement Elementary7.2 mi · 367
- Cape Fear High8.6 mi · 1,515
- Mac Williams Middle8.7 mi · 1,109
- Pine Forest Middle8.9 mi · 703
Frequently asked questions
About District No 7 ElementaryHow many students attend District No 7 Elementary?
District No 7 Elementary enrolls approximately 211 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does District No 7 Elementary serve?
District No 7 Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at District No 7 Elementary?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at District No 7 Elementary.
How diverse is District No 7 Elementary?
District No 7 Elementary reports a student body of 64% White, 15% Hispanic, 10% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is District No 7 Elementary in?
District No 7 Elementary is part of Cumberland County Schools.
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