Enrollment
273
High
DISTRICT 867 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001100420
Massey Hill Classical High
1062 Southern Avenue, Fayetteville, NC 28306 · (910) 485-8761 · Cumberland County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL273 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of North Carolina public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
108 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 55 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 78 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 75 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 65 | 24% |
Student demographics
69%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
86.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
70.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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
80.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Massey Hill Classical High
Massey Hill Classical High's state test result (80.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massey Hill Classical High this school | 273 | 39.6% | 80.5% |
| Gaston Early College High School Dallas | 235 | 42.6% | N/A |
| ABSS Early College at ACC Graham | 247 | 36.4% | 93.8% |
| Wilson Early College Academy Wilson | 268 | 37.3% | N/A |
| PSRC Early College at RCC Lumberton | 274 | 41.2% | 88.7% |
| North Wake College and Career Academy Wake Forest | 346 | 36.1% | 75.9% |
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 Massey Hill Classical High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #48 of 468 | #2 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #58 of 464 | #2 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.3% | #52 of 448 | #2 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 273 | #421 of 598 | #12 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #51 of 473 | #2 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.4% | #80 of 474 | #4 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.6% | #429 of 527 | #16 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #201 of 277 | #7 of 10 |
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
273
+26 (+11%) vs 2020
+781% since 1990-91, when it was 31
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 273 | 19 | 14.4:1 | 40% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 295 | 20.4 | 14.5:1 | 38% (111) |
| 2022-23 | 264 | 21.9 | 12.0:1 | 42% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 247 | 21 | 11.8:1 | 40% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 287 | 20 | 14.3:1 | 28% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 345 | 21 | 16.4:1 | 23% (80) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | 22 | 18.9:1 | 24% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 339 | 26 | 13.0:1 | 13% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 31 | 10 | 3.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Massey Hill Classical High.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (287 to 273); teachers down 5% (20 to 19).
About Massey Hill Classical High
Massey Hill Classical High is a small high school with its address in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 273 students. For comparison, high schools in North Carolina average about 761 students.
Cumberland County Schools is the district for Massey Hill Classical High. It has 86 schools and 49,002 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Massey Hill Classical High, at 47%. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Hispanic, 18% Black, 11% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Massey Hill Classical High's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers at Massey Hill Classical High in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.4:1. That is 5.2 students per teacher below the 19.6:1 average for high schools in North Carolina. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 40%. That rate is below the 86% average among public schools in Cumberland County.
allk12 grades Massey Hill Classical High an A. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Massey Hill Classical High is 13.8 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 80.5% actual, 66.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
County data help place the school in context: in Cumberland County, the median household income is $61,291, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Cumberland County is home to 89 public schools and about 50,815 public school students.
The school nearest to Massey Hill Classical High is Howard Learning Academy, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Massey Hill Classical High is 1st of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment is up 11% from 2020-21, when Massey Hill Classical High had 247 students, to 2024-25, when it had 273. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.8:1 to 14.4:1 over the same years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Massey Hill Classical High covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Howard Learning Academy0.2 mi · 8
- Ashley Elementary0.9 mi · 180
- Cumberland Road Elementary1.1 mi · 337
- Walker-Spivey Elementary1.4 mi · 345
- The Capitol Encore Academy1.8 mi · 853
- Glendale Acres Elementary1.9 mi · 251
Frequently asked questions
About Massey Hill Classical HighWhat is the total enrollment at Massey Hill Classical High?
Massey Hill Classical High enrolls approximately 273 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Massey Hill Classical High serve?
Massey Hill Classical High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Massey Hill Classical High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Massey Hill Classical High is approximately 14.4:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Massey Hill Classical High?
Student demographics at Massey Hill Classical High are roughly 47% White, 21% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Massey Hill Classical High public or private?
Massey Hill Classical High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cumberland County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.