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Enrollment
1,024
Middle
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001102439
John R Griffin Middle
5551 Fisher Road, Fayetteville, NC 28304 · (910) 424-7678 · Cumberland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,024 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of North Carolina public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
423 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 347 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 322 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 355 | 35% |
Student demographics
76%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
62.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
63.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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
64.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.2%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 John R Griffin Middle
John R Griffin Middle's state test result (64.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John R Griffin Middle this school | 1,024 | 41.3% | 64.7% |
| Rolesville Middle Rolesville | 889 | 43.4% | 60.7% |
| Crestdale Middle Matthews | 989 | 40.6% | 66.9% |
| Francis Bradley Middle Huntersville | 1,089 | 46.8% | 60.3% |
| Mint Hill Middle Matthews | 878 | 49.9% | 62.7% |
| Dillard Drive Middle Raleigh | 977 | 50.5% | 51.0% |
Matched among North Carolina middle 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 John R Griffin Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #92 of 463 | #2 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #107 of 461 | #2 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #84 of 463 | #3 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,024 | #35 of 478 | #3 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #348 of 456 | #14 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.6% | #5 of 456 | #1 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.3% | #406 of 472 | #16 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.6% | #120 of 143 | #7 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,024
-93 (-8%) vs 2020
+3% since 2000-01, when it was 993
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 1,024 | 57.7 | 17.8:1 | 41% (423) |
| 2023-24 | 1,057 | 63.1 | 16.7:1 | 40% (418) |
| 2022-23 | 1,091 | 62.4 | 17.5:1 | 40% (433) |
| 2020-21 | 1,117 | 67 | 16.7:1 | 34% (378) |
| 2017-18 | 1,008 | 58.7 | 17.2:1 | 33% (331) |
| 2015-16 | 921 | 56 | 16.4:1 | 35% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 1,262 | 73 | 17.3:1 | 33% (416) |
| 2000-01 | 993 | 52 | 19.1:1 | 33% (330) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John R Griffin Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (1,008 to 1,024); teachers down 2% (58.7 to 57.7).
About John R Griffin Middle
John R Griffin Middle is one of the public schools in Fayetteville, North Carolina. It is a high-enrollment middle school. The school serves 1,024 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in North Carolina is roughly 605 students; this school is 69% bigger than that.
Cumberland County Schools is made up of 86 schools with 49,002 students in all.
John R Griffin Middle has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 34%. The rest of enrollment is 26% Black, 22% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 7% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Cumberland County's population at about 42%. The school's diversity index is 76%, meaning two students picked at random have a 76% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 17.8:1 comes from the school's 57.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. The lunch program counts 41% of students at John R Griffin Middle as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Cumberland County is 86%.
Measured against North Carolina public middle schools, John R Griffin Middle receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, John R Griffin Middle would score about 66.2%. It scores 64.7%, 1.6 points below that figure.
Census Bureau estimates for Cumberland County show that the median household income is $61,291, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. There are 89 public schools in Cumberland County, enrolling about 50,815 students in all.
E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around John R Griffin Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts John R Griffin Middle at 3rd of 9.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 1,024 students in 2024-25, 93 fewer than the 1,117 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 16.7:1 to 17.8:1.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Fayetteville
- Jack Britt HighHigh · 1,940 students
- Pine Forest HighHigh · 1,551 students
- Cape Fear HighHigh · 1,515 students
- Seventy-First HighHigh · 1,332 students
- Westover HighHigh · 1,234 students
- Terry Sanford HighHigh · 1,201 students
Nearby schools
- E Melvin Honeycutt Elementary0.2 mi · 782
- Cumberland Mills Elementary1.2 mi · 573
- C Wayne Collier Elementary1.8 mi · 532
- Sherwood Park Elementary2.0 mi · 335
- Jack Britt High2.0 mi · 1,940
- Stoney Point Elementary2.0 mi · 780
Frequently asked questions
About John R Griffin MiddleHow large is John R Griffin Middle?
John R Griffin Middle enrolls approximately 1,024 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does John R Griffin Middle serve?
John R Griffin Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does John R Griffin Middle have?
John R Griffin Middle employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the student diversity at John R Griffin Middle?
Student demographics at John R Griffin Middle are roughly 34% White, 22% Hispanic, 26% Black, 7% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is John R Griffin Middle in?
John R Griffin Middle is part of Cumberland County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.