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Enrollment
682
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001100430
Rockfish Elementary
5763 Rockfish Road, Hope Mills, NC 28348 · (910) 424-5313 · Cumberland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL682 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of North Carolina public elementary 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
674 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 124 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
74%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
60.0%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
67.4%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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
64.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% 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 Rockfish Elementary
Rockfish Elementary's state test result (64.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockfish Elementary this school | 682 | 98.8% | 64.6% |
| Royal Oaks Elementary Kannapolis | 661 | 99.5% | 65.5% |
| Meadow Lane Elementary Goldsboro | 674 | 98.8% | 60.9% |
| Aberdeen Elementary Aberdeen | 675 | 98.2% | 43.1% |
| Lillington-Shawtown Elementary Lillington | 695 | 99.6% | 44.0% |
| Pearsontown Elementary Durham | 765 | 99.6% | 72.6% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary 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 Rockfish Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #361 of 1,297 | #9 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #414 of 1,296 | #8 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #327 of 1,300 | #8 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 682 | #203 of 1,485 | #6 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #970 of 1,377 | #29 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.9% | #38 of 1,379 | #5 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #732 of 1,414 | #21 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #320 of 369 | #11 of 11 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
682
-10 (-1%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 757
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 682 | 43.1 | 15.8:1 | 99% (674) |
| 2023-24 | 669 | 46.8 | 14.3:1 | 100% (666) |
| 2022-23 | 696 | 46.5 | 15.0:1 | 98% (684) |
| 2020-21 | 692 | 48 | 14.4:1 | 100% (689) |
| 2017-18 | 666 | 42.5 | 15.7:1 | 100% (663) |
| 2015-16 | 692 | 40 | 17.3:1 | 56% (390) |
| 2010-11 | 797 | 47 | 17.0:1 | 47% (374) |
| 2000-01 | 672 | 37 | 18.2:1 | 75% (505) |
| 1990-91 | 757 | 36 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rockfish Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (666 to 682); teachers up 1% (42.5 to 43.1).
About Rockfish Elementary
Rockfish Elementary is an elementary school in Hope Mills, North Carolina, and it is part of Cumberland County Schools. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 682 students. That compares with an average of about 467 students for elementary schools in North Carolina.
The 86 schools of Cumberland County Schools, including Rockfish Elementary, enroll 49,002 students.
No group is above 50% at Rockfish Elementary; the largest is Black, at 35%. After that, the student body is 30% White, 19% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 2% Native American. Among Cumberland County residents, the Black share is about 38%. The diversity index for Rockfish Elementary is 74%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 15.8:1 is based on 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1, 1.0 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 99%. The rate at public schools in Cumberland County averages 86%, lower than here.
Rockfish Elementary holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 80% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Rockfish Elementary would score about 48.7%. It scores 64.6%, 15.9 points above that figure.
Looking at the county, Cumberland County, median household income comes to about $61,291, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 89 public schools and about 50,815 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Hope Mills Middle, is about 1.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Rockfish Elementary places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 692 in 2020-21 and 682 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.4:1 to 15.8:1.
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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
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 Hope Mills
- South View HighHigh · 1,461 students
- Gray's Creek HighHigh · 1,458 students
- Gray's Creek MiddleMiddle · 1,068 students
- Gallberry Farm ElementaryElementary · 883 students
- Ed V Baldwin ElementaryElementary · 634 students
- South View MiddleMiddle · 614 students
Nearby schools
- Hope Mills Middle1.1 mi · 474
- Ed V Baldwin Elementary1.4 mi · 634
- C Wayne Collier Elementary1.5 mi · 532
- South View Middle1.7 mi · 614
- South View High1.7 mi · 1,461
- Cumberland Mills Elementary2.2 mi · 573
Frequently asked questions
About Rockfish ElementaryHow many students attend Rockfish Elementary?
Rockfish Elementary enrolls approximately 682 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Rockfish Elementary serve?
Rockfish Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rockfish Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rockfish Elementary is approximately 15.8:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rockfish Elementary?
At Rockfish Elementary, the student body is approximately 30% White, 19% Hispanic, 35% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Rockfish Elementary public or private?
Rockfish Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cumberland County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.