1
What's the biggest difference between Montclair Elementary and what you expected?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001100422
Montclair Elementary
555 Glensford Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28314 · (910) 868-5124 · Cumberland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
430 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
65%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
49.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
50.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% 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 Montclair Elementary
Montclair Elementary's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montclair Elementary this school | 433 | 99.3% | 46.9% |
| Ponderosa Elementary Fayetteville | 417 | 96.6% | 61.5% |
| Lingerfeldt Elementary Gastonia | 450 | 99.3% | 27.4% |
| Parkwood Elementary Durham | 491 | 99.4% | 34.0% |
| N B Mills Elementary Statesville | 378 | 99.2% | 24.9% |
| West Oxford Elementary Oxford | 520 | 97.5% | 37.8% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary 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 Montclair Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #904 of 1,297 | #27 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #891 of 1,296 | #20 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #651 of 1,300 | #21 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #802 of 1,485 | #26 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #446 of 1,377 | #12 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #474 of 1,379 | #23 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #390 of 1,414 | #11 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #933 of 937 | #36 of 36 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
433
+43 (+11%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 598
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
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 | 433 | 31.1 | 13.9:1 | 99% (430) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 35 | 12.8:1 | 99% (445) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 30.7 | 13.6:1 | 99% (414) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | 33 | 11.8:1 | 99% (387) |
| 2017-18 | 434 | 35 | 12.4:1 | 95% (412) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 33 | 14.3:1 | 99% (468) |
| 2010-11 | 455 | 38 | 12.0:1 | 73% (333) |
| 2000-01 | 488 | 28 | 17.4:1 | 68% (330) |
| 1990-91 | 598 | 29 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Montclair Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (434 to 433); teachers down 11% (35 to 31.1).
About Montclair Elementary
Montclair Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Fayetteville, North Carolina, (ZIP code 28314). Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 433 students on the rolls.
The Cumberland County Schools system has 86 schools and 49,002 students.
Of every 100 students at Montclair Elementary, about 52 are Black. The school is also 24% Hispanic, 11% White, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 38%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Montclair Elementary scores 65%.
Montclair Elementary reported 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.9:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 14.9:1. Roughly 99% of students at Montclair Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cumberland County average 86%.
Among North Carolina public elementary schools, Montclair Elementary outscored 31%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Montclair Elementary is -1.6 points: 46.9% actual, 48.5% predicted.
For Cumberland County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $61,291, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. There are 89 public schools in the county, enrolling about 50,815, Montclair Elementary among them.
Among nearby public schools, Anne Chesnutt Middle is closest at about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Montclair Elementary comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Montclair Elementary is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school's enrollment increased 11% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 11.8:1 to 13.9:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Other Montclair Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Montclair Elementary. Montclair Elementary is the 6th largest of the 9.
- MONTCLAIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 641 students
- Montclair Elementary SchoolBrookhaven, GA · 590 students
- Montclair ElementaryDumfries, VA · 588 students
- Montclair Elementary SchoolGARLAND, TX · 557 students
- Montclair ElementaryOakland, CA · 547 students
Nearby schools
- Anne Chesnutt Middle0.7 mi · 470
- Lewis Chapel Middle1.0 mi · 574
- William H Owen Elementary1.0 mi · 393
- J W Coon Elementary1.6 mi · 186
- Douglas Byrd Middle1.7 mi · 855
- Brentwood Elementary1.7 mi · 494
Frequently asked questions
About Montclair ElementaryHow many students attend Montclair Elementary?
Montclair Elementary enrolls approximately 433 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Montclair Elementary serve?
Montclair Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Montclair Elementary have?
Montclair Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Montclair Elementary?
Student demographics at Montclair Elementary are roughly 11% White, 24% Hispanic, 52% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Montclair Elementary public or private?
Montclair Elementary 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.