Raleigh Road Elementary

Located at 8330 Ramsey Street, in Linden, North Carolina, Raleigh Road Elementary is an intimate primary school that works with 208 students (grades K through 1), run under Cumberland County Schools. That puts it 55% below the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Cumberland County Schools comprises 86 schools with combined enrollment of 49,002 students; Raleigh Road Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Raleigh Road Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 24% Black, 22% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Cumberland County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Raleigh Road Elementary has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Roughly 98% of students at Raleigh Road Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cumberland County runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cumberland County put the typical household earns roughly $61,291 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cumberland County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students), Raleigh Road Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Pine Forest Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.7 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 10%: 230 students in 2018 compared to 208 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 54% to 41% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.