Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001100427
Ponderosa Elementary
311 Bonanza Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28303 · (910) 864-0148 · Cumberland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
403 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 48 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
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
57.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
62.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 Ponderosa Elementary
Ponderosa Elementary's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ponderosa Elementary this school | 417 | 96.6% | 61.5% |
| M B Hubbard Elementary Battleboro | 412 | 99.0% | 50.5% |
| Montclair Elementary Fayetteville | 433 | 99.3% | 46.9% |
| Warrenwood Elementary Fayetteville | 424 | 96.2% | 35.3% |
| Parkwood Elementary Durham | 491 | 99.4% | 34.0% |
| W H Knuckles Lumberton | 382 | 99.2% | 36.8% |
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 Ponderosa Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #458 of 1,297 | #11 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #551 of 1,296 | #11 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #401 of 1,300 | #10 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #844 of 1,485 | #29 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #944 of 1,377 | #27 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #675 of 1,379 | #29 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.6% | #1,012 of 1,414 | #43 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.1% | #168 of 369 | #5 of 11 |
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
417
+42 (+11%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 563
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 417 | 26.5 | 15.7:1 | 97% (403) |
| 2023-24 | 391 | 29 | 13.5:1 | 99% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 366 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 99% (363) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 28 | 13.4:1 | 99% (372) |
| 2017-18 | 372 | 26 | 14.3:1 | 99% (369) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 96% (354) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 32 | 14.1:1 | 69% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 355 | 21 | 16.9:1 | 65% (232) |
| 1990-91 | 563 | 32 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ponderosa Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (372 to 417); teachers up 2% (26 to 26.5).
About Ponderosa Elementary
Ponderosa Elementary is an elementary school located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in Cumberland County. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 417 students.
Ponderosa Elementary sits within Cumberland County Schools, which has 86 schools and 49,002 students.
At 57%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Ponderosa Elementary combined. Smaller groups are 22% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 7% White, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 38% of Cumberland County residents are Black. By the diversity index, Ponderosa Elementary comes in at 61%.
The count of teachers at Ponderosa Elementary is 26.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, lower than at this school. Around 97% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Cumberland County report 86%.
allk12 grades Ponderosa Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at Ponderosa Elementary are 12.2 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (61.5% actual, 49.3% predicted).
Cumberland County has about 338,545 residents, and median household income is about $61,291, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 89 public schools in Cumberland County, with a combined enrollment of about 50,815.
The shortest distance from Ponderosa Elementary to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Westover Middle. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Ponderosa Elementary is 1st on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The number of students climbed from 375 to 417 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher rose from 13.4 to 15.7 over 4 years.
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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
Other Ponderosa Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 8 states are named Ponderosa Elementary. Ponderosa Elementary is the 7th largest of the 12.
- Ponderosa ElementaryAnaheim, CA · 785 students
- Ponderosa Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 740 students
- Ponderosa Elementary SchoolAURORA, CO · 634 students
- Ponderosa ElementarySunnyvale, CA · 524 students
- PONDEROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPOST FALLS, ID · 466 students
Nearby schools
- Westover Middle0.2 mi · 768
- Westover High0.3 mi · 1,234
- Morganton Road Elementary0.5 mi · 491
- Benjamin J Martin Elementary1.3 mi · 522
- Cliffdale Elementary2.0 mi · 613
- Alger B. Wilkins High School2.0 mi · 159
Frequently asked questions
About Ponderosa ElementaryHow many students attend Ponderosa Elementary?
Ponderosa Elementary enrolls approximately 417 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ponderosa Elementary serve?
Ponderosa Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Ponderosa Elementary?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Ponderosa Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Ponderosa Elementary?
Student demographics at Ponderosa Elementary are roughly 7% White, 22% Hispanic, 57% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Ponderosa Elementary?
Ponderosa Elementary 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.