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What's the most underrated thing about Pine Forest Middle that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
703
Middle
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001100425
Pine Forest Middle
6901 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, NC 28311 · (910) 488-2711 · Cumberland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL703 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of North Carolina public middle schools
- BTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
419 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 240 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 233 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 230 | 33% |
Student demographics
71%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
58.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
45.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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
55.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Pine Forest Middle
Pine Forest Middle's state test result (55.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Forest Middle this school | 703 | 59.6% | 55.0% |
| Overhills Middle Spring Lake | 758 | 63.1% | 44.6% |
| Jacksonville Commons Middle Jacksonville | 918 | 62.6% | 45.4% |
| Wake Forest Middle School Wake Forest | 878 | 57.2% | 47.0% |
| Roberta Road Middle Concord | 906 | 53.8% | 54.6% |
| C C Griffin Middle Concord | 792 | 54.8% | 52.7% |
Matched among North Carolina middle 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 Pine Forest Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #179 of 463 | #5 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #272 of 461 | #9 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #119 of 463 | #5 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 703 | #155 of 478 | #7 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #125 of 456 | #8 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #39 of 456 | #3 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.6% | #359 of 472 | #13 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #144 of 300 | #3 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
703
-90 (-11%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 875
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 703 | 47 | 15.0:1 | 60% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 704 | 44.9 | 15.7:1 | 54% (383) |
| 2022-23 | 738 | 46 | 16.0:1 | 56% (415) |
| 2020-21 | 793 | 45 | 17.6:1 | 60% (477) |
| 2017-18 | 803 | 49 | 16.4:1 | 47% (379) |
| 2015-16 | 699 | 44 | 15.9:1 | 46% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 955 | 56 | 17.1:1 | 44% (417) |
| 2000-01 | 879 | 44 | 20.0:1 | 39% (345) |
| 1990-91 | 875 | 53 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pine Forest Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (803 to 703); teachers down 4% (49 to 47).
About Pine Forest Middle
Pine Forest Middle is a medium-sized middle-grades school based in Fayetteville, North Carolina. A federal count lists 703 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8.
Cumberland County Schools is the local district for Pine Forest Middle. It runs 86 schools with 49,002 students.
Pine Forest Middle has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 41%. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% White, 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The Black share in Cumberland County as a whole is similar, at about 38%. Pine Forest Middle's diversity index is 71%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 47 full-time equivalents, or about 15.0 students per teacher. This ratio sits 0.9 below the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 60%. Across public schools in Cumberland County, the average is 86%.
Measured against North Carolina public middle schools, Pine Forest Middle receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In North Carolina, Pine Forest Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 55.0% actual against a predicted 60.6%.
Cumberland County has these Census figures: the median household income is $61,291, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cumberland County is home to 89 public schools and about 50,815 public school students.
The next-closest public school is Long Hill Elementary, about 1.3 miles away. Pine Forest Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with 5 others within five miles. Pine Forest Middle's average proficiency of 55.0% compares with 54.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment dropped 11% from its 2020-21 level of 793. The ratio was 17.6:1 in 2020-21 and 15.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- Long Hill Elementary1.3 mi · 412
- Howard L Hall Elementary2.3 mi · 539
- Pine Forest High2.4 mi · 1,551
- Raleigh Road Elementary2.7 mi · 208
- College Lakes Elementary4.3 mi · 459
- Warrenwood Elementary5.0 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Pine Forest MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Pine Forest Middle?
Pine Forest Middle enrolls approximately 703 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Pine Forest Middle serve?
Pine Forest Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Pine Forest Middle have?
Pine Forest Middle employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
How diverse is Pine Forest Middle?
Pine Forest Middle reports a student body of 28% White, 17% Hispanic, 41% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Pine Forest Middle?
Pine Forest Middle is overseen by Cumberland County Schools in Cumberland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.