J W Seabrook Elementary

As a small elementary campus in Fayetteville, North Carolina, J W Seabrook Elementary educates 271 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Cumberland County Schools. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so J W Seabrook Elementary sits 42% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 86 schools in Cumberland County Schools (49,002 students total), J W Seabrook Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, J W Seabrook Elementary logs that 35% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 27% Black, 15% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 6% Native American.

Looking at school resources, J W Seabrook Elementary lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting J W Seabrook Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at J W Seabrook Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cumberland County (around 86%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, J W Seabrook Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 58.8%, a residual of +10.2 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cumberland County indicate median household income runs about $61,291, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. J W Seabrook Elementary is one of 89 public schools in Cumberland County (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students).

Cape Fear High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around J W Seabrook Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts J W Seabrook Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 55.4%.

J W Seabrook Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 8%: 251 students in 2018 compared to 271 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 48% to 35% over that span.

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