Loyd E Auman Elementary

Loyd E Auman Elementary is a moderately sized elementary school in Fayetteville, North Carolina, operated by Cumberland County Schools. The school works with 495 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Cumberland County Schools, which oversees 86 schools and 49,002 students, Loyd E Auman Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Loyd E Auman Elementary reports that Black students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder looks like 17% Hispanic, 12% White, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Loyd E Auman Elementary has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cumberland County runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Loyd E Auman 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 47.9%, a residual of -0.6 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Cumberland County indicate median household income runs about $61,291, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Cumberland County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students), Loyd E Auman Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Seventy-First Classical Middle, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Loyd E Auman Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Loyd E Auman Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.9%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Loyd E Auman Elementary's enrollment has edged down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 540 (now 495).

In the discussion threads here, members of the Loyd E Auman Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.