Enrollment
227
High
DISTRICT 867 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001102132
Reid Ross Classical High
3200 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301 · (910) 488-8415 · Cumberland County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL227 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of North Carolina public high schools
- B+Test 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
224 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 82%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 67 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 61 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 50 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 49 | 22% |
Student demographics
50%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
69.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
43.9%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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
56.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% 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 Reid Ross Classical High
Reid Ross Classical High's state test result (56.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reid Ross Classical High this school | 227 | 98.7% | 56.5% |
| Warren County High Warrenton | 362 | 99.2% | 22.4% |
| Hertford Co Early College Ahoskie | 198 | 98.5% | 64.4% |
| North Edgecombe High Tarboro | 358 | 99.2% | 16.0% |
| Northampton Early College Weldon | 148 | 98.0% | 52.2% |
| Durham School of Technology Durham | 219 | 98.6% | 67.4% |
Matched among North Carolina high 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 Reid Ross Classical High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #148 of 468 | #5 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #165 of 464 | #5 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #125 of 448 | #4 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 227 | #460 of 598 | #15 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #46 of 473 | #1 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.0% | #357 of 474 | #15 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #241 of 527 | #3 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #33 of 277 | #1 of 10 |
Ranked against other public high 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
227
-28 (-11%) vs 2020
-75% since 1990-91, when it was 895
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 227 | 15.9 | 14.3:1 | 99% (224) |
| 2023-24 | 216 | 20.7 | 10.4:1 | 74% (159) |
| 2022-23 | 229 | 22 | 10.4:1 | 74% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 255 | 23 | 11.1:1 | 71% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 293 | 25 | 11.7:1 | 55% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 320 | 40 | 8.0:1 | 51% (164) |
| 2010-11 | 755 | 47 | 16.1:1 | 48% (361) |
| 2000-01 | 724 | 42 | 17.2:1 | 31% (226) |
| 1990-91 | 895 | 60 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Reid Ross Classical High.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (293 to 227); teachers down 36% (25 to 15.9).
About Reid Ross Classical High
Reid Ross Classical High is classified as a high school. It is located in Fayetteville, North Carolina. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 227 students enrolled. By comparison, high schools in North Carolina enroll about 761 students on average.
Cumberland County Schools is made up of 86 schools with 49,002 students in all.
The share of Black students at Reid Ross Classical High is 68%, a majority. The remaining students are 13% White, 11% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Cumberland County is about 38% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. The school has 15.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 19.6:1. Federal data show 99% of students (224) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 13 points above the 86% average for public schools in Cumberland County.
On the allk12 Grade, Reid Ross Classical High lands at B+, ahead of 74% of North Carolina public high schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.7% for Reid Ross Classical High. The school posts 56.5%, 7.8 points above the prediction.
Census data for Cumberland County show the median household earns about $61,291 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Public schools in Cumberland County number 89, with about 50,815 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Reid Ross Classical High from the closest public school, Reid Ross Classical Middle. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Reid Ross Classical High is 2nd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
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.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 28 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 11.1:1 in 2020-21 and 14.3:1 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
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- Jack Britt HighHigh · 1,940 students
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- Terry Sanford HighHigh · 1,201 students
Nearby schools
- Reid Ross Classical Middle0.0 mi · 238
- Lucile Souders Elementary0.3 mi · 399
- Luther Nick Jeralds Middle0.6 mi · 605
- E E Smith High1.6 mi · 1,017
- Ramsey Street High1.6 mi · 39
- Ferguson-Easley Elementary1.7 mi · 392
Frequently asked questions
About Reid Ross Classical HighHow many students attend Reid Ross Classical High?
Reid Ross Classical High enrolls approximately 227 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Reid Ross Classical High serve?
Reid Ross Classical High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Reid Ross Classical High?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Reid Ross Classical High.
What is the student diversity at Reid Ross Classical High?
Student demographics at Reid Ross Classical High are roughly 13% White, 11% Hispanic, 68% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Reid Ross Classical High in?
Reid Ross Classical High is part of Cumberland County Schools.
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