Enrollment
392
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001102125
Ferguson-Easley Elementary
1857 Seabrook Road, Fayetteville, NC 28301 · (910) 483-4883 · Cumberland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL392 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
376 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 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
40%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
32.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
30.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Ferguson-Easley Elementary
Ferguson-Easley Elementary's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferguson-Easley Elementary this school | 392 | 95.9% | 32.5% |
| Dabney Elementary Henderson | 385 | 97.7% | 31.1% |
| First Ward Creative Arts Academy Charlotte | 421 | 99.3% | 51.7% |
| Carver Heights Elementary Goldsboro | 407 | 99.3% | 27.5% |
| Riverview Elementary Murfreesboro | 372 | 99.2% | 37.4% |
| Wahl Coates Elementary Greenville | 406 | 99.3% | 44.3% |
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 Ferguson-Easley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #1,221 of 1,297 | #44 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #1,251 of 1,296 | #45 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #1,135 of 1,300 | #45 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 392 | #922 of 1,485 | #34 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,057 of 1,377 | #35 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.8% | #1,176 of 1,379 | #45 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.9% | #1,039 of 1,414 | #47 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +58.7% | #24 of 369 | #1 of 11 |
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
392
+163 (+71%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 492
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 392 | 24.2 | 16.2:1 | 96% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 379 | 27 | 14.0:1 | 99% (376) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 26 | 13.2:1 | 99% (339) |
| 2020-21 | 229 | 23 | 10.0:1 | 99% (226) |
| 2017-18 | 247 | 21.8 | 11.3:1 | 98% (241) |
| 2015-16 | 303 | 26 | 11.7:1 | 99% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 349 | 26 | 13.4:1 | 91% (319) |
| 2000-01 | 396 | 24 | 16.5:1 | 86% (341) |
| 1990-91 | 492 | 27 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ferguson-Easley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 59% (247 to 392); teachers up 11% (21.8 to 24.2).
About Ferguson-Easley Elementary
Ferguson-Easley Elementary is a small elementary school in Fayetteville, North Carolina, (ZIP code 28301). Total enrollment is 392 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
Cumberland County Schools has 49,002 students in 86 schools, and Ferguson-Easley Elementary is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Ferguson-Easley Elementary, about 76 are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% White. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 38%. The diversity index for Ferguson-Easley Elementary is 40%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Ferguson-Easley Elementary reports a ratio of 16.2 students per teacher, from 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Ferguson-Easley Elementary, 96% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Cumberland County averages 86%, lower than here.
Ferguson-Easley Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 5% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Schools in North Carolina with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 49.5%. Ferguson-Easley Elementary scores 32.5%.
The county, Cumberland County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $61,291, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county's public schools total 89, with about 50,815 students.
E E Smith High sits about 0.2 miles from Ferguson-Easley Elementary. Ferguson-Easley Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Ferguson-Easley Elementary ranks 6th on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Ferguson-Easley Elementary is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment records show 229 in 2020-21 and 392 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. The number of students per teacher increased from 10.0 to 16.2 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
- E E Smith High0.2 mi · 1,017
- Cross Creek Early College0.8 mi · 253
- Cumberland International Early College0.8 mi · 237
- Margaret Willis Elementary1.0 mi · 296
- Ramsey Street High1.0 mi · 39
- Westarea Elementary1.2 mi · 546
Frequently asked questions
About Ferguson-Easley ElementaryHow large is Ferguson-Easley Elementary?
Ferguson-Easley Elementary enrolls approximately 392 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ferguson-Easley Elementary serve?
Ferguson-Easley Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Ferguson-Easley Elementary?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Ferguson-Easley Elementary.
How diverse is Ferguson-Easley Elementary?
Ferguson-Easley Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 11% Hispanic, 76% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Ferguson-Easley Elementary in?
Ferguson-Easley Elementary is part of Cumberland County Schools.
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