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Enrollment
1,006
High
DISTRICT 867 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001100400
Douglas Byrd High
1624 Ireland Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28304 · (910) 484-8121 · Cumberland County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,006 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of North Carolina public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
980 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 353 | 35% |
| Grade 10 | 277 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 212 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 164 | 16% |
Student demographics
63%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
45.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
21.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 Douglas Byrd High
Douglas Byrd High's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Byrd High this school | 1,006 | 97.4% | 34.7% |
| Northeast Guilford High McLeansville | 977 | 99.7% | 26.5% |
| Eastern Wayne High Goldsboro | 781 | 98.1% | 39.6% |
| South View High Hope Mills | 1,461 | 98.1% | 34.8% |
| E E Smith High Fayetteville | 1,017 | 99.7% | 40.7% |
| Eastern Guilford High Gibsonville | 1,200 | 99.3% | 28.1% |
Matched among North Carolina high 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 Douglas Byrd High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #362 of 468 | #12 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #365 of 464 | #12 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #331 of 448 | #12 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,006 | #187 of 598 | #10 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #369 of 473 | #3 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #206 of 474 | #11 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #322 of 527 | #6 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #107 of 277 | #3 of 10 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,006
+88 (+10%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 1,156
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 1,006 | 45.5 | 22.1:1 | 97% (980) |
| 2023-24 | 1,002 | 65.3 | 15.4:1 | 98% (985) |
| 2022-23 | 940 | 64 | 14.7:1 | 99% (931) |
| 2020-21 | 918 | 70 | 13.1:1 | 99% (908) |
| 2017-18 | 1,149 | 83.7 | 13.7:1 | 97% (1,112) |
| 2015-16 | 1,137 | 84 | 13.5:1 | 77% (876) |
| 2010-11 | 1,301 | 91 | 14.3:1 | 68% (889) |
| 2000-01 | 1,319 | 81 | 16.3:1 | 58% (767) |
| 1990-91 | 1,156 | 69 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Douglas Byrd High.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,149 to 1,006); teachers down 46% (83.7 to 45.5).
About Douglas Byrd High
Douglas Byrd High, located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is a mid-sized high school. It enrolls 1,006 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 32% bigger than the 761-student average for high schools in North Carolina.
The 86 schools in Cumberland County Schools enroll 49,002 students altogether, Douglas Byrd High among them.
More than half of enrollment at Douglas Byrd High is Black: 55%. The remaining shares are 22% Hispanic, 12% White, 8% multiracial, and 2% Native American. Cumberland County as a whole is about 38% Black, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Douglas Byrd High scores 63%.
Classroom staffing at Douglas Byrd High totals 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 22.1:1. Statewide, high schools in North Carolina average 19.6:1. Federal data show 97% of students (980) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cumberland County is 86%.
Douglas Byrd High holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 24% of North Carolina public high schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Douglas Byrd High is 14.4 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 34.7% actual, 49.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
For the population of Cumberland County, the median household earns about $61,291 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Douglas Byrd High shares Cumberland County with 88 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Douglas Byrd Middle is closest at about 0.1 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Douglas Byrd High. On state test proficiency, Douglas Byrd High ranks 7th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Douglas Byrd High is City: Mid-size.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 918 (2020-21) to 1,006 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 13.1:1 to 22.1:1.
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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
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
Nearby schools
- Douglas Byrd Middle0.1 mi · 855
- Mary McArthur Elementary0.6 mi · 447
- J W Coon Elementary0.7 mi · 186
- William H Owen Elementary0.8 mi · 393
- Sherwood Park Elementary1.2 mi · 335
- Glendale Acres Elementary1.2 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About Douglas Byrd HighWhat is the total enrollment at Douglas Byrd High?
Douglas Byrd High enrolls approximately 1,006 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Douglas Byrd High serve?
Douglas Byrd High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Douglas Byrd High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Douglas Byrd High is approximately 22.1:1 (45 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Douglas Byrd High?
Douglas Byrd High reports a student body of 12% White, 22% Hispanic, 55% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Douglas Byrd High?
Douglas Byrd High is overseen by Cumberland County Schools in Cumberland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.