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What advice would you give to incoming students at Gallberry Farm Elementary?
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Enrollment
883
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001102513
Gallberry Farm Elementary
8019 Byerly Drive, Hope Mills, NC 28348 · (910) 424-1490 · Cumberland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL883 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
16.0:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
880 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 | 34 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 110 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 127 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 156 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 150 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 138 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 168 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (168).
Student demographics
71%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
54.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
65.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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
60.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 Gallberry Farm Elementary
Gallberry Farm Elementary's state test result (60.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gallberry Farm Elementary this school | 883 | 99.7% | 60.6% |
| River Dell Elementary Clayton | 981 | 99.7% | 68.9% |
| Pearsontown Elementary Durham | 765 | 99.6% | 72.6% |
| West View Elementary Garner | 969 | 98.5% | 65.6% |
| Cleveland Elementary Clayton | 851 | 98.6% | 76.6% |
| Troutman Elementary Troutman | 902 | 99.7% | 59.7% |
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 Gallberry Farm Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #481 of 1,297 | #12 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #465 of 1,296 | #10 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #482 of 1,300 | #13 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 883 | #38 of 1,485 | #1 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,003 of 1,377 | #34 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #119 of 1,379 | #12 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #10 of 1,414 | #1 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #451 of 937 | #9 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
883
0 (0%) vs 2020
+10% since 2000-01, when it was 800
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 883 | 55.3 | 16.0:1 | 100% (880) |
| 2023-24 | 914 | 58 | 15.8:1 | 100% (911) |
| 2022-23 | 908 | 60.5 | 15.0:1 | 100% (905) |
| 2020-21 | 883 | 59 | 15.0:1 | 100% (880) |
| 2017-18 | 1,024 | 61.8 | 16.6:1 | 50% (512) |
| 2015-16 | 921 | 55 | 16.8:1 | 51% (468) |
| 2010-11 | 825 | 51 | 16.2:1 | 47% (387) |
| 2000-01 | 800 | 35 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gallberry Farm Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (1,024 to 883); teachers down 11% (61.8 to 55.3).
About Gallberry Farm Elementary
Gallberry Farm Elementary is an elementary school located in Hope Mills, North Carolina, in Cumberland County. It teaches 883 students in pre-K through 5. It has 89% more students than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina (about 467).
Gallberry Farm Elementary belongs to Cumberland County Schools, a district of 86 schools and 49,002 students.
The largest group at Gallberry Farm Elementary is White students, at 42%. The school is also 28% Black, 16% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 2% Native American. Census estimates put Cumberland County at about 42% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Gallberry Farm Elementary is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Gallberry Farm Elementary lists 55.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.0 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1. About 100% of students at Gallberry Farm Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 14 points above the 86% average for public schools in Cumberland County.
On the allk12 Grade, Gallberry Farm Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 70% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Gallberry Farm Elementary is 48.4%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 60.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cumberland County show that median household income comes to about $61,291, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Cumberland County has 89 public schools with about 50,815 students, including Gallberry Farm Elementary.
Gallberry Farm Elementary's nearest public school is Gray's Creek High (about 0.6 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Gallberry Farm Elementary ranks 2nd of 9 on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Gallberry Farm Elementary had 883 students in 2020-21 and 883 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The school's ratio increased from 15.0:1 to 16.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Gallberry Farm Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Hope Mills
- South View HighHigh · 1,461 students
- Gray's Creek HighHigh · 1,458 students
- Gray's Creek MiddleMiddle · 1,068 students
- Rockfish ElementaryElementary · 682 students
- Ed V Baldwin ElementaryElementary · 634 students
- South View MiddleMiddle · 614 students
Nearby schools
- Gray's Creek High0.6 mi · 1,458
- Gray's Creek Middle2.2 mi · 1,068
- Gray's Creek Elementary3.4 mi · 428
- Hope Mills Middle3.4 mi · 474
- Alderman Road Elementary3.6 mi · 655
- South View High4.1 mi · 1,461
Frequently asked questions
About Gallberry Farm ElementaryHow large is Gallberry Farm Elementary?
Gallberry Farm Elementary enrolls approximately 883 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Gallberry Farm Elementary serve?
Gallberry Farm Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Gallberry Farm Elementary?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Gallberry Farm Elementary.
How diverse is Gallberry Farm Elementary?
Gallberry Farm Elementary reports a student body of 42% White, 16% Hispanic, 28% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Gallberry Farm Elementary public or private?
Gallberry Farm 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.