Raleigh Road Elementary

Raleigh Road Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school found in Linden, North Carolina. There are 208 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 1. On average, elementary schools in North Carolina enroll around 467, and this school is 55% below that mark.

The 86 schools of Cumberland County Schools, including Raleigh Road Elementary, enroll 49,002 students.

White students make up 41% of enrollment at Raleigh Road Elementary, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Black, 22% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. That is in line with Cumberland County, where about 42% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.

For every teacher at Raleigh Road Elementary, there are about 18.1 students; the school has 11.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 98%. Across public schools in Cumberland County, the average is 86%.

The school is in Cumberland County, where the median household earns about $61,291 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Across Cumberland County, 89 public schools serve about 50,815 students.

Among nearby public schools, Pine Forest Middle is closest at about 2.7 miles. There are 3 more public schools inside five miles.

NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.

Enrollment was 208 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 176. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.5:1 to 18.1:1 over the same years.

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