Mac Williams Middle

Mac Williams Middle, a heavily attended junior high in Fayetteville, North Carolina, one of the schools within Cumberland County Schools, caters to 1,109 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 605 students each, so Mac Williams Middle sits 83% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 86 schools in Cumberland County Schools (49,002 students total), Mac Williams Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Mac Williams Middle reports that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 28% Black, 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Cumberland County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Mac Williams Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 61% of students at Mac Williams Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Cumberland County's rate of about 86%.

After controlling for student poverty, Mac Williams Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.6%.

In the broader community, Cumberland County reports that median household income runs about $61,291, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Cumberland County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students), Mac Williams Middle is one campus in the mix.

Cape Fear High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Mac Williams Middle. On composite proficiency, Mac Williams Middle comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 59.2%.

Mac Williams Middle operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Mac Williams Middle's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 1,102 (now 1,109).

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