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Enrollment
605
Middle
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001102123
Luther Nick Jeralds Middle
2517 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301 · (910) 822-2570 · Cumberland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of North Carolina public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
18.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
584 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 | 200 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 197 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 208 | 34% |
Student demographics
50%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
37.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
29.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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
35.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 Luther Nick Jeralds Middle
Luther Nick Jeralds Middle's state test result (35.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luther Nick Jeralds Middle this school | 605 | 96.5% | 35.8% |
| Lewis Chapel Middle Fayetteville | 574 | 96.5% | 39.5% |
| Rocky Mount Middle Rocky Mount | 692 | 99.3% | 31.1% |
| Spring Lake Middle Spring Lake | 500 | 98.8% | 38.4% |
| E B Aycock Middle Greenville | 617 | 99.5% | 40.5% |
| Vance County Middle School Henderson | 755 | 99.5% | 29.6% |
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 Luther Nick Jeralds Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #388 of 463 | #15 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #412 of 461 | #15 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #359 of 463 | #14 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #220 of 478 | #9 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #405 of 456 | #16 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.8% | #354 of 456 | #16 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.5% | #340 of 472 | #10 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.2% | #43 of 143 | #3 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
605
+23 (+4%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 706
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 605 | 32.5 | 18.6:1 | 97% (584) |
| 2023-24 | 602 | 36 | 16.7:1 | 100% (599) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 39 | 15.8:1 | 100% (613) |
| 2020-21 | 582 | 42 | 13.9:1 | 99% (579) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 41 | 12.6:1 | 98% (505) |
| 2015-16 | 506 | 37 | 13.7:1 | 99% (503) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | 48 | 12.8:1 | 82% (503) |
| 2000-01 | 669 | 33 | 20.3:1 | 84% (564) |
| 1990-91 | 706 | 41 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Luther Nick Jeralds Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (516 to 605); teachers down 21% (41 to 32.5).
About Luther Nick Jeralds Middle
Among the schools in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is Luther Nick Jeralds Middle, a mid-sized middle school. Its enrollment is 605 students, spread over grades 6 through 8.
Across its 86 schools, Cumberland County Schools enrolls 49,002 students. Luther Nick Jeralds Middle is one of those schools.
About 68% of the student body at Luther Nick Jeralds Middle is Black. Smaller groups are 15% Hispanic, 8% White, and 7% multiracial. County-wide, 38% of Cumberland County residents are Black. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at Luther Nick Jeralds Middle are from different groups.
There are 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 18.6:1. Compared with the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 97% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Cumberland County, the average is 86%.
Luther Nick Jeralds Middle holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 15% of North Carolina public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Luther Nick Jeralds Middle, the prediction is 49.4% and the result is 35.8%.
The county, Cumberland County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $61,291 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Cumberland County has 89 public schools with about 50,815 students, including Luther Nick Jeralds Middle.
The closest school to Luther Nick Jeralds Middle is Lucile Souders Elementary, located about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Luther Nick Jeralds Middle ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
In 2020-21, Luther Nick Jeralds Middle enrolled 582 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 605. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 13.9:1 in 2020-21 to 18.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- Lucile Souders Elementary0.5 mi · 399
- Reid Ross Classical High0.6 mi · 227
- Reid Ross Classical Middle0.6 mi · 238
- Ramsey Street High1.0 mi · 39
- E E Smith High1.1 mi · 1,017
- Ferguson-Easley Elementary1.3 mi · 392
Frequently asked questions
About Luther Nick Jeralds MiddleHow many students attend Luther Nick Jeralds Middle?
Luther Nick Jeralds Middle enrolls approximately 605 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Luther Nick Jeralds Middle serve?
Luther Nick Jeralds Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Luther Nick Jeralds Middle have?
Luther Nick Jeralds Middle employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Luther Nick Jeralds Middle?
Student demographics at Luther Nick Jeralds Middle are roughly 8% White, 15% Hispanic, 68% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Luther Nick Jeralds Middle in?
Luther Nick Jeralds Middle is part of Cumberland County Schools.
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