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Enrollment
704
Middle
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001102127
R Max Abbott Middle
590 Winding Creek Road, Fayetteville, NC 28305 · (910) 323-2201 · Cumberland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL704 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of North Carolina public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.3:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
692 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 | 233 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 233 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 238 | 34% |
Student demographics
69%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
48.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
43.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
48.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% 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 R Max Abbott Middle
R Max Abbott Middle's state test result (48.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| R Max Abbott Middle this school | 704 | 98.3% | 48.6% |
| Shelby Middle Shelby | 588 | 99.5% | 46.3% |
| Mendenhall Middle Greensboro | 905 | 99.7% | 41.9% |
| Rockingham Middle Rockingham | 606 | 99.5% | 49.9% |
| Rogers-Herr Middle Durham | 660 | 99.5% | 70.9% |
| Red Oak Middle Battleboro | 840 | 99.6% | 41.9% |
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 R Max Abbott Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #264 of 463 | #9 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #293 of 461 | #10 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #231 of 463 | #9 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 704 | #154 of 478 | #6 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #233 of 456 | #11 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #87 of 456 | #7 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #294 of 472 | #4 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #282 of 300 | #7 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
704
-37 (-5%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 856
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 704 | 43.1 | 16.3:1 | 98% (692) |
| 2023-24 | 726 | 44.9 | 16.2:1 | 99% (717) |
| 2022-23 | 759 | 46.3 | 16.4:1 | 99% (749) |
| 2020-21 | 741 | 52 | 14.3:1 | 100% (738) |
| 2017-18 | 721 | 50.8 | 14.2:1 | 99% (716) |
| 2015-16 | 854 | 50 | 17.1:1 | 55% (467) |
| 2010-11 | 986 | 58 | 17.0:1 | 52% (512) |
| 2000-01 | 977 | 51 | 19.2:1 | 44% (427) |
| 1990-91 | 856 | 57 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for R Max Abbott Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (721 to 704); teachers down 15% (50.8 to 43.1).
About R Max Abbott Middle
R Max Abbott Middle sits in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and is classified as a middle school. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 704 students.
Cumberland County Schools is made up of 86 schools with 49,002 students in all.
The biggest share of students at R Max Abbott Middle, 46%, is Black. Other reported shares: 26% White, 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 38% Black among all Cumberland County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
The school's 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. At R Max Abbott Middle, 98% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Cumberland County average 86%.
Among North Carolina public middle schools, R Max Abbott Middle outscored 46%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at R Max Abbott Middle are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (48.6% actual, 48.8% predicted).
Looking at the county, Cumberland County, the median household earns about $61,291 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Cumberland County has 89 public schools with about 50,815 students, including R Max Abbott Middle.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Vanstory Hills Elementary, is about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. R Max Abbott Middle is 5th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
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 school's student count decreased 5% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio increased from 14.3:1 to 16.3:1 between 2020-21 and 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
- Vanstory Hills Elementary0.5 mi · 514
- Terry Sanford High1.1 mi · 1,201
- Cumberland Polytechnic1.1 mi · 319
- Alma O Easom Elementary1.1 mi · 301
- Glendale Acres Elementary1.1 mi · 251
- Ashley Elementary1.3 mi · 180
Frequently asked questions
About R Max Abbott MiddleHow many students attend R Max Abbott Middle?
R Max Abbott Middle enrolls approximately 704 students in grades 06-08.
Is R Max Abbott Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
R Max Abbott Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at R Max Abbott Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at R Max Abbott Middle is approximately 16.3:1 (43 FTE teachers).
How diverse is R Max Abbott Middle?
R Max Abbott Middle reports a student body of 26% White, 15% Hispanic, 46% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is R Max Abbott Middle public or private?
R Max Abbott Middle 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.