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What's one thing Lumberton Senior High gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,894
High
DISTRICT 1,090 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ROBESON COUNTY·NCES 370393002237
Lumberton Senior High
3901 Fayetteville Rd, Lumberton, NC 28358 · (910) 671-6050 · Robeson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,894 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of North Carolina public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
116 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
1,872 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 596 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 497 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 396 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 405 | 21% |
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
41.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
30.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Lumberton Senior High
Lumberton Senior High's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lumberton Senior High this school | 1,894 | 98.8% | 31.9% |
| Hoke County High Raeford | 2,110 | 99.9% | 31.9% |
| Mount Tabor High School Winston Salem | 1,426 | 99.8% | 38.6% |
| R J Reynolds High Winston Salem | 1,759 | 99.4% | 37.7% |
| Hopewell High School Huntersville | 1,851 | 99.8% | 40.0% |
| Ashbrook High Gastonia | 1,386 | 99.8% | 30.6% |
Matched among North Carolina high 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 Lumberton Senior High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Robeson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #385 of 468 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #275 of 464 | #2 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #367 of 448 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,894 | #47 of 598 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #126 of 473 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.2% | #1 of 474 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #216 of 527 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #194 of 277 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,894
+95 (+5%) vs 2020
+139% since 1990-91, when it was 793
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 1,894 | 115.6 | 16.4:1 | 99% (1,872) |
| 2023-24 | 1,950 | 110.4 | 17.7:1 | 99% (1,927) |
| 2022-23 | 1,935 | 113.7 | 17.0:1 | 98% (1,893) |
| 2020-21 | 1,799 | 112 | 16.1:1 | 100% (1,796) |
| 2017-18 | 2,005 | 129.5 | 15.5:1 | 99% (1,993) |
| 2015-16 | 2,114 | 130 | 16.3:1 | 99% (2,103) |
| 2010-11 | 2,087 | 136 | 15.3:1 | 64% (1,337) |
| 2000-01 | 2,000 | 86 | 23.3:1 | 29% (584) |
| 1990-91 | 793 | 58 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lumberton Senior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (2,005 to 1,894); teachers down 11% (129.5 to 115.6).
About Lumberton Senior High
Lumberton Senior High runs as a large high school in Lumberton, North Carolina. The latest federal count shows 1,894 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in North Carolina is about 761 students, so this school is 149% above average.
A total of 36 schools make up Public Schools of Robeson County, with 20,856 students enrolled.
Lumberton Senior High's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 32%. It is also 23% Hispanic, 22% Native American, 16% White, and 7% multiracial. Robeson County's residents are about 23% Black, 8 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Lumberton Senior High belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 77%.
The school employs the equivalent of 115.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.4:1. The average ratio among high schools in North Carolina is 19.6:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Lumberton Senior High is 99%. That is close to the 98% average for public schools in Robeson County.
allk12 grades Lumberton Senior High a C-. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Lumberton Senior High is 48.7%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 31.9%.
Census estimates describe Robeson County this way: median household income is about $41,978, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15%, and roughly 21% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Robeson County number 40 and enroll about 21,625.
The closest public school, L Gilbert Carroll, is about 0.9 miles from Lumberton Senior High. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Lumberton Senior High places 7th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 5%, from 1,799 to 1,894.
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Robeson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
116,902
Census ACS
Median income
$41,978
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
21%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
21,625 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Public Schools of Robeson County
- Purnell Swett HighHigh · 1,583 students
- Saint Pauls HighHigh · 1,142 students
- Red Springs HighHigh · 867 students
- Fairmont HighHigh · 780 students
- Magnolia ElementaryElementary · 779 students
- Prospect ElementaryElementary · 775 students
Other schools in Lumberton
- Magnolia ElementaryElementary · 779 students
- Lumberton JuniorMiddle · 655 students
- Littlefield MiddleMiddle · 632 students
- East Robeson PrimaryElementary · 556 students
- Rowland Norment ElementaryElementary · 495 students
- L Gilbert CarrollElementary · 494 students
Nearby schools
- L Gilbert Carroll0.9 mi · 494
- Tanglewood Elementary1.0 mi · 355
- Rowland Norment Elementary1.6 mi · 495
- PSRC Early College at RCC2.1 mi · 274
- W H Knuckles2.8 mi · 382
- Lumberton Junior3.4 mi · 655
Frequently asked questions
About Lumberton Senior HighHow large is Lumberton Senior High?
Lumberton Senior High enrolls approximately 1,894 students in grades 09-12.
Is Lumberton Senior High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lumberton Senior High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Lumberton Senior High?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at Lumberton Senior High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lumberton Senior High?
At Lumberton Senior High, the student body is approximately 16% White, 23% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Lumberton Senior High public or private?
Lumberton Senior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Public Schools of Robeson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.