J W Coon Elementary

Located at 905 Hope Mills Road, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, J W Coon Elementary is a very small elementary-level community that hosts 186 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Cumberland County Schools. Compared to the state average of about 467 students per school, that is 60% smaller than typical.

Within Cumberland County Schools, which oversees 86 schools and 49,002 students, J W Coon Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, J W Coon Elementary reports that 45% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 19% White, 11% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, J W Coon Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cumberland County runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, J W Coon Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Cumberland County) shows that median household earnings sit near $61,291, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. J W Coon Elementary is one of 89 public schools in Cumberland County (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students).

Nearest neighbor: Douglas Byrd Middle, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, J W Coon Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 45.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J W Coon Elementary has shrank 15%, going from 218 students in 2018 to 186 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 27% to 19%.

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