Glendale Acres Elementary

Glendale Acres Elementary is a compact K-5 school in Fayetteville, North Carolina, operated by Cumberland County Schools. The school works with 251 students in grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 46% leaner than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Cumberland County Schools runs 86 schools in total, collectively educating 49,002 students. Glendale Acres Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Glendale Acres Elementary records that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 14% White, 11% Asian, 9% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.

Looking at school resources, Glendale Acres Elementary reports 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cumberland County runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Cumberland County put the typical household earns roughly $61,291 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Cumberland County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students), Glendale Acres Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Mary McArthur Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 6%: 267 students in 2018 compared to 251 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 27% to 14% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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