Douglas Byrd High

Douglas Byrd High is a mid-sized senior high in Fayetteville, North Carolina, operated by Cumberland County Schools. The school enrolls 1,006 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 32% larger than the state mean of about 761.

Cumberland County Schools runs 86 schools in total, collectively educating 49,002 students. Douglas Byrd High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Douglas Byrd High shows that the largest single group is Black, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 22% Hispanic, 12% White, 8% multiracial, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 38% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Douglas Byrd High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Cumberland County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,291, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Douglas Byrd High is one of 89 public schools in Cumberland County (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students).

The closest other public school is Douglas Byrd Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Douglas Byrd High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Douglas Byrd High ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Douglas Byrd High has shrank 12%, going from 1,149 students in 2018 to 1,006 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 14% to 22% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 in 2025.

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