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Enrollment
433
Middle
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001101833
Seventy-First Classical Middle
6830 Raeford Road, Fayetteville, NC 28304 · (910) 864-0092 · Cumberland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of North Carolina public middle schools
- ATest 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
14.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
211 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 | 158 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 154 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 121 | 28% |
Student demographics
67%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
71.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
70.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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
74.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.0%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Seventy-First Classical Middle
Seventy-First Classical Middle's state test result (74.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seventy-First Classical Middle this school | 433 | 48.7% | 74.6% |
| Pine Forest Middle Fayetteville | 703 | 59.6% | 55.0% |
| Overhills Middle Spring Lake | 758 | 63.1% | 44.6% |
| Wake Forest Middle School Wake Forest | 878 | 57.2% | 47.0% |
| Northwoods Park Middle Jacksonville | 633 | 52.8% | 53.9% |
| Rolesville Middle Rolesville | 889 | 43.4% | 60.7% |
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 Seventy-First Classical Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #29 of 463 | #1 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #50 of 461 | #1 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #28 of 463 | #1 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #358 of 478 | #14 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #89 of 456 | #5 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #133 of 456 | #8 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.7% | #386 of 472 | #15 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #162 of 300 | #4 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
433
-40 (-8%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 544
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 433 | 30.1 | 14.4:1 | 49% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 30.1 | 14.2:1 | 48% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 31.2 | 13.8:1 | 55% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 56% (266) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 30 | 16.2:1 | 47% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 47% (228) |
| 2010-11 | 526 | 33 | 15.9:1 | 33% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 544 | 28 | 19.4:1 | 24% (129) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Seventy-First Classical Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (486 to 433); teachers unchanged (30 to 30.1).
About Seventy-First Classical Middle
Among the schools in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is Seventy-First Classical Middle, a low-enrollment middle-grades school. Enrollment totals 433 students across grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 605 students for middle schools in North Carolina.
The Cumberland County Schools system has 86 schools and 49,002 students.
Of every 100 students at Seventy-First Classical Middle, about 51 are Black. The school is also 18% White, 15% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 38%. The diversity index for Seventy-First Classical Middle is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.4:1. The gap from the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina is 1.5 students per teacher. The school reported 49% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 86% average for public schools in Cumberland County is 37 points higher.
Seventy-First Classical Middle holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 94% of North Carolina public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Seventy-First Classical Middle, the prediction is 64.0% and the result is 74.6%.
In the wider Cumberland County area, the median household earns about $61,291 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Seventy-First Classical Middle shares Cumberland County with 88 other public schools.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Loyd E Auman Elementary, is the closest to Seventy-First Classical Middle. Seventy-First Classical Middle has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 45.6% proficiency; Seventy-First Classical Middle posts 74.6%.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 8%. The school's ratio dropped from 15.8:1 to 14.4:1 between 2020-21 and 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
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
- Loyd E Auman Elementary0.1 mi · 495
- Seventy-First High0.2 mi · 1,332
- Brentwood Elementary1.4 mi · 494
- Cliffdale Elementary1.6 mi · 613
- Lewis Chapel Middle2.0 mi · 574
- Anne Chesnutt Middle2.2 mi · 470
Frequently asked questions
About Seventy-First Classical MiddleHow many students attend Seventy-First Classical Middle?
Seventy-First Classical Middle enrolls approximately 433 students in grades 06-08.
Is Seventy-First Classical Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Seventy-First Classical Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Seventy-First Classical Middle?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Seventy-First Classical Middle.
How diverse is Seventy-First Classical Middle?
Seventy-First Classical Middle reports a student body of 18% White, 15% Hispanic, 51% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Seventy-First Classical Middle public or private?
Seventy-First Classical Middle 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.