New Century International Middle

New Century International Middle is a compact intermediate school in Fayetteville, North Carolina, operated by Cumberland County Schools. The school teaches 362 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 605 students each, so New Century International Middle sits 40% leaner than that benchmark.

New Century International Middle is one of 86 schools operated by Cumberland County Schools, a district that serves 49,002 students overall.

On the student-mix side, New Century International Middle logs that 47% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 21% White, 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, New Century International Middle has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting New Century International Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 97% of students at New Century International Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Cumberland County (around 86%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), New Century International Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Cumberland County put median household earnings sit near $61,291, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Cumberland County runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students), of which New Century International Middle is one.

The closest other public school is New Century International Elementary, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), New Century International Middle ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 58.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at New Century International Middle has edged down 9%, going from 397 students in 2018 to 362 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 31% to 21% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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