Reid Ross Classical Middle

Reid Ross Classical Middle is one of the micro-enrollment middle-grades schools in Fayetteville, North Carolina, operated by Cumberland County Schools, with 238 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 61% below the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 605 students.

Across the 86 schools in Cumberland County Schools (49,002 students total), Reid Ross Classical Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Reid Ross Classical Middle reports that Black students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 14% White, 13% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. By comparison, Cumberland County as a whole is about 38% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Reid Ross Classical Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cumberland County runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Reid Ross Classical Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.1%; this one delivers 59.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cumberland County) shows that median household income runs about $61,291, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Cumberland County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students), Reid Ross Classical Middle is one campus in the mix.

Reid Ross Classical High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Reid Ross Classical Middle at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 39.7%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Reid Ross Classical Middle's enrollment has decreased 29% since 2018, when it stood at 337 (now 238). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 70% to 61%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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