Seventy-First High

Set in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Seventy-First High is a high-enrollment four-year high school, operated by Cumberland County Schools. It serves 1,332 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 761 students per school, that is 75% above typical.

Cumberland County Schools runs 86 schools in total, collectively educating 49,002 students. Seventy-First High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Seventy-First High records that 66% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest breaks down as 16% Hispanic, 8% White, 8% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 38%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cumberland County (around 86%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Seventy-First High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.3%.

Zooming out to the county, Cumberland County reports that median household earnings sit near $61,291, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Seventy-First High is one of 89 public schools in Cumberland County (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students).

Nearest neighbor: Seventy-First Classical Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Seventy-First High at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 47.8%.

Seventy-First High operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Seventy-First High has edged down 10%, going from 1,488 students in 2018 to 1,332 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 in 2025.

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