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Which teacher or staff member at Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
576
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001100403
Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary
2970 Legion Road, Fayetteville, NC 28306 · (910) 424-2312 · Cumberland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL576 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
16.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
569 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
59%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
39.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
41.8%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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
42.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% 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 Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary
Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary's state test result (42.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary this school | 576 | 98.8% | 42.5% |
| Martin Millennium Academy Tarboro | 548 | 98.0% | 43.7% |
| Reedy Fork Elementary Greensboro | 538 | 99.4% | 53.3% |
| Benjamin J Martin Elementary Fayetteville | 522 | 97.7% | 38.2% |
| William T Brown Elementary Spring Lake | 562 | 98.2% | 40.5% |
| Guilford Elementary Greensboro | 623 | 99.5% | 35.4% |
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 Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #1,033 of 1,297 | #33 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #1,103 of 1,296 | #34 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #946 of 1,300 | #36 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 576 | #404 of 1,485 | #12 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,071 of 1,377 | #37 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.7% | #748 of 1,379 | #34 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #752 of 1,414 | #24 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #780 of 937 | #29 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
576
+40 (+7%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 525
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 576 | 35.4 | 16.3:1 | 99% (569) |
| 2023-24 | 591 | 42 | 14.1:1 | 99% (588) |
| 2022-23 | 617 | 40.1 | 15.4:1 | 100% (614) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 43 | 12.5:1 | 99% (533) |
| 2017-18 | 607 | 44.6 | 13.6:1 | 98% (594) |
| 2015-16 | 747 | 45 | 16.6:1 | 100% (744) |
| 2010-11 | 746 | 50 | 14.9:1 | 79% (589) |
| 2000-01 | 504 | 27 | 18.7:1 | 74% (371) |
| 1990-91 | 525 | 29 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (607 to 576); teachers down 21% (44.6 to 35.4).
About Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary
Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Fayetteville, North Carolina, administered by Cumberland County Schools. There are 576 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll around 467, and this school is 23% above that mark.
Federal data list 86 schools in Cumberland County Schools, with 49,002 students enrolled.
The largest group at Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary is Black students, at 61%. Other students are 14% Hispanic, 13% White, and 9% multiracial. By comparison, Cumberland County residents are about 38% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary scores 59%.
With 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. Roughly 99% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cumberland County is 86%.
Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 20% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary is 6.2 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 42.5% actual, 48.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
The school's county is Cumberland County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $61,291, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 89 public schools in the county, enrolling about 50,815, Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary among them.
Of the public schools around it, Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary is closest to Cumberland Road Elementary, about 1.0 miles away. Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary at 5th of 7.
Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment rose 7% over 4 years, reaching 576 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.5:1 in 2020-21, and 16.3:1 in 2024-25.
The Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Cumberland Road Elementary1.0 mi · 337
- Howard Learning Academy1.9 mi · 8
- Mary McArthur Elementary2.0 mi · 447
- South View Middle2.0 mi · 614
- South View High2.0 mi · 1,461
- Massey Hill Classical High2.0 mi · 273
Frequently asked questions
About Elizabeth M Cashwell ElementaryHow large is Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary?
Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary enrolls approximately 576 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary serve?
Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary?
At Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary, the student body is approximately 13% White, 14% Hispanic, 61% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary in?
Elizabeth M Cashwell Elementary is part of Cumberland County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.