Montclair Elementary

Located at 555 Glensford Drive, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Montclair Elementary is a reasonably sized K-5 school that instructs 433 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Cumberland County Schools.

Montclair Elementary is one of 86 schools operated by Cumberland County Schools, a district that teaches 49,002 students overall.

On demographics, Montclair Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Black (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 24% Hispanic, 11% White, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cumberland County (around 86%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Montclair Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Cumberland County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,291 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Montclair Elementary is one of 89 public schools in Cumberland County (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students).

The closest other public school is Anne Chesnutt Middle, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Montclair Elementary. On composite proficiency, Montclair Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 41.2%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 434 students in 2018 compared to 433 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 17% to 11% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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