Howard L Hall Elementary

Howard L Hall Elementary, a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Fayetteville, North Carolina, one of the schools within Cumberland County Schools, caters to 539 students, covering grades K through 5.

Within Cumberland County Schools, which oversees 86 schools and 49,002 students, Howard L Hall Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Howard L Hall Elementary records that the most-represented group is Black (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% White, 19% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Cumberland County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Cumberland County's rate of about 86%.

After controlling for student poverty, Howard L Hall Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 61.9%, a residual of +13.5 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Cumberland County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,291 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Cumberland County runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students), of which Howard L Hall Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Pine Forest High, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Howard L Hall Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Howard L Hall Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 51.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Howard L Hall Elementary's enrollment has decreased 27% since 2018, when it stood at 737 (now 539). White enrollment moved from 36% to 30% across the same window.

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