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Enrollment
782
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001101391
E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary
4665 Lakewood Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28306 · (910) 426-2020 · Cumberland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL782 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% 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.
- ABeats 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
15.1:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
779 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 140 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 144 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 147 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (147).
Student demographics
75%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
59.8%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
67.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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
64.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary
E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary's state test result (64.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary this school | 782 | 99.6% | 64.9% |
| Pearsontown Elementary Durham | 765 | 99.6% | 72.6% |
| Wintergreen Primary Greenville | 786 | 99.6% | N/A |
| Meadow Lane Elementary Goldsboro | 674 | 98.8% | 60.9% |
| Stoney Point Elementary Fayetteville | 780 | 99.6% | 66.7% |
| Aberdeen Elementary Aberdeen | 675 | 98.2% | 43.1% |
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 E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #352 of 1,297 | #8 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.6% | #407 of 1,296 | #7 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #330 of 1,300 | #9 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 782 | #96 of 1,485 | #2 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #775 of 1,377 | #23 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.8% | #25 of 1,379 | #3 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #35 of 1,414 | #2 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #511 of 937 | #13 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
782
-46 (-6%) vs 2020
-22% since 2000-01, when it was 1,006
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 782 | 51.9 | 15.1:1 | 100% (779) |
| 2023-24 | 827 | 56.4 | 14.7:1 | 54% (449) |
| 2022-23 | 834 | 56.1 | 14.9:1 | 50% (420) |
| 2020-21 | 828 | 61 | 13.6:1 | 39% (319) |
| 2017-18 | 888 | 55 | 16.1:1 | 41% (365) |
| 2015-16 | 829 | 46 | 18.0:1 | 41% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 827 | 50 | 16.5:1 | 35% (287) |
| 2000-01 | 1,006 | 44 | 22.9:1 | 37% (372) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (888 to 782); teachers down 6% (55 to 51.9).
About E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary
E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary is the name of a large elementary school in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Enrollment totals 782 students across kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll around 467, and this school is 67% above that mark.
Federal data list 86 schools in Cumberland County Schools, with 49,002 students enrolled.
No group is above 50% at E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary; the largest is White, at 32%. Other reported shares: 31% Black, 19% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Cumberland County's residents are about 42% White, 10 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 75%.
E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary lists 51.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.1 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 100% of the student body. The gap from the 86% average for public schools in Cumberland County is 14 points.
On the allk12 Grade, E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 82% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary is +16.5 points: 64.9% actual, 48.4% predicted.
In the wider Cumberland County area, 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. Across Cumberland County, 89 public schools serve about 50,815 students.
John R Griffin Middle sits about 0.2 miles from E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary. E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 782, down from 828 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 13.6 to 15.1 over 4 years.
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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
- John R Griffin Middle0.2 mi · 1,024
- Cumberland Mills Elementary1.4 mi · 573
- Stoney Point Elementary1.9 mi · 780
- C Wayne Collier Elementary1.9 mi · 532
- Jack Britt High1.9 mi · 1,940
- Sherwood Park Elementary2.1 mi · 335
Frequently asked questions
About E Melvin Honeycutt ElementaryHow large is E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary?
E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary enrolls approximately 782 students in grades KG-05.
Is E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary is approximately 15.1:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary?
At E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary, the student body is approximately 32% White, 19% Hispanic, 31% Black, 6% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary public or private?
E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cumberland County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.