Enrollment
238
Middle
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001103247
Reid Ross Classical Middle
3200 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301 · (910) 488-8415 · Cumberland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL238 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% of North Carolina public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
14.9:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
232 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 76 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 84 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 78 | 33% |
Student demographics
58%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
63.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
51.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% 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 Middle
Reid Ross Classical Middle's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reid Ross Classical Middle this school | 238 | 97.5% | 59.8% |
| West Edgecombe Middle Rocky Mount | 249 | 96.8% | 33.3% |
| Wadesboro Elementary Wadesboro | 215 | 97.2% | 30.1% |
| Fairmont Middle Fairmont | 253 | 98.8% | 21.1% |
| William R Davie Middle S.T.E.M. Academy Roanoke Rapids | 243 | 98.8% | 23.9% |
| Conway Middle Conway | 259 | 98.8% | 38.0% |
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 Reid Ross Classical Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #130 of 463 | #4 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #209 of 461 | #4 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #76 of 463 | #2 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 238 | #445 of 478 | #16 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #122 of 456 | #7 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #277 of 456 | #11 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.5% | #319 of 472 | #7 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.4% | #25 of 300 | #1 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
238
-47 (-16%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 238 | 15.9 | 14.9:1 | 97% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 223 | 15 | 14.9:1 | 74% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 226 | 17 | 13.3:1 | 74% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 285 | 17 | 16.8:1 | 71% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 337 | 15 | 22.5:1 | 65% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | N/A | N/A | 62% (248) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Reid Ross Classical Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (337 to 238); teachers up 6% (15 to 15.9).
About Reid Ross Classical Middle
Reid Ross Classical Middle is a very small middle school in Fayetteville, North Carolina, (ZIP code 28301). It teaches 238 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in North Carolina enroll about 605 students on average.
Cumberland County Schools runs 86 schools with a combined 49,002 students. Reid Ross Classical Middle is one of them.
More than half of the students at Reid Ross Classical Middle are Black (61%). The remaining shares are 14% White, 13% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Cumberland County's population at about 38%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Reid Ross Classical Middle scores 58%.
There are 15.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.9:1. The gap from the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina is 0.9 students per teacher. On the income side, 97% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Cumberland County, the average eligibility rate is 86%.
On the allk12 Grade, Reid Ross Classical Middle lands at A-, ahead of 80% of North Carolina public middle schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Reid Ross Classical Middle is +10.8 points: 59.8% actual, 49.1% predicted.
For the population of Cumberland County, median household income comes to about $61,291, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Cumberland County's 89 public schools enroll about 50,815 students and include Reid Ross Classical Middle.
Reid Ross Classical Middle's nearest public school is Reid Ross Classical High (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Reid Ross Classical Middle is 1st of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Reid Ross Classical Middle is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 285 to 238, a 16% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.8:1 to 14.9:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Reid Ross Classical Middle. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Reid Ross Classical High0.0 mi · 227
- 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 MiddleHow large is Reid Ross Classical Middle?
Reid Ross Classical Middle enrolls approximately 238 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Reid Ross Classical Middle serve?
Reid Ross Classical Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Reid Ross Classical Middle?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Reid Ross Classical Middle.
How diverse is Reid Ross Classical Middle?
Reid Ross Classical Middle reports a student body of 14% White, 13% Hispanic, 61% Black, 12% Two or more.
Is Reid Ross Classical Middle public or private?
Reid Ross Classical Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cumberland County Schools.
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