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Enrollment
491
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001100423
Morganton Road Elementary
102 Bonanza Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28303 · (910) 867-4137 · Cumberland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
488 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
61%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
41.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
41.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Morganton Road Elementary
Morganton Road Elementary's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morganton Road Elementary this school | 491 | 99.4% | 43.4% |
| Loyd E Auman Elementary Fayetteville | 495 | 99.2% | 47.9% |
| Parkwood Elementary Durham | 491 | 99.4% | 34.0% |
| Benjamin J Martin Elementary Fayetteville | 522 | 97.7% | 38.2% |
| Reedy Fork Elementary Greensboro | 538 | 99.4% | 53.3% |
| Brentwood Elementary Fayetteville | 494 | 96.8% | 45.1% |
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 Morganton Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #1,006 of 1,297 | #31 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #1,115 of 1,296 | #35 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #879 of 1,300 | #32 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #636 of 1,485 | #22 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,065 of 1,377 | #36 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #681 of 1,379 | #30 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #298 of 1,414 | #10 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #595 of 937 | #17 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
491
+15 (+3%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 828
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 491 | 30.2 | 16.2:1 | 99% (488) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 35 | 14.2:1 | 99% (495) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 32.7 | 15.3:1 | 99% (496) |
| 2020-21 | 476 | 37 | 12.9:1 | 99% (473) |
| 2017-18 | 545 | 36.8 | 14.8:1 | 99% (542) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 99% (494) |
| 2010-11 | 537 | 38 | 14.1:1 | 59% (319) |
| 2000-01 | 640 | 35 | 18.3:1 | 46% (293) |
| 1990-91 | 828 | 34 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morganton Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (545 to 491); teachers down 18% (36.8 to 30.2).
About Morganton Road Elementary
In Fayetteville, North Carolina, Morganton Road Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 491 students enrolled.
Cumberland County Schools serves 49,002 students across 86 schools.
Morganton Road Elementary's enrollment is 58% Black. Next come 17% Hispanic, 13% White, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 38% Black among all Cumberland County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Morganton Road Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
Its teaching staff equals 30.2 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.2:1. That ratio is over the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Around 99% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Cumberland County is 86%.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Morganton Road Elementary receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 48.5% for Morganton Road Elementary. The school posts 43.4%, 5.0 points below the prediction.
Census Bureau estimates for Cumberland County show that median household income is about $61,291, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. A total of 89 public schools operate in Cumberland County, serving about 50,815 students.
Westover Middle is located about 0.4 miles from Morganton Road Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Morganton Road Elementary ranks 5th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 43.4% against a local average of 44.6%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 476 to 491. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.2:1) than in 2020-21 (12.9:1).
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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
- Westover Middle0.4 mi · 768
- Westover High0.4 mi · 1,234
- Ponderosa Elementary0.5 mi · 417
- Cliffdale Elementary1.5 mi · 613
- Benjamin J Martin Elementary1.6 mi · 522
- Alger B. Wilkins High School2.0 mi · 159
Frequently asked questions
About Morganton Road ElementaryHow large is Morganton Road Elementary?
Morganton Road Elementary enrolls approximately 491 students in grades KG-05.
Is Morganton Road Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Morganton Road Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Morganton Road Elementary have?
Morganton Road Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Morganton Road Elementary?
Student demographics at Morganton Road Elementary are roughly 13% White, 17% Hispanic, 58% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Morganton Road Elementary public or private?
Morganton Road 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.