Enrollment
284
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001101848
Stedman Elementary
7370 Clinton Road Hwy 24, Stedman, NC 28391 · (910) 483-3886 · Cumberland County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL284 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A-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
10.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
281 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 2 | 1% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 29% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 24% |
Student demographics
61%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
64.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
72.4%
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 72 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 Stedman Elementary
Stedman Elementary's state test result (68.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stedman Elementary this school | 284 | 98.9% | 68.5% |
| Oak Hill Elementary Morganton | 310 | 99.0% | 46.1% |
| John W Dillard Academy Madison | 256 | 98.8% | 46.0% |
| Lincoln Elementary Ruffin | 303 | 94.4% | 65.2% |
| C C Wright Elementary School North Wilkesboro | 316 | 99.1% | 43.5% |
| Taylorsville Elementary Taylorsville | 241 | 98.8% | 53.6% |
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 Stedman Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #266 of 1,297 | #6 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.4% | #274 of 1,296 | #4 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #241 of 1,300 | #6 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 284 | #1,211 of 1,485 | #41 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #33 of 1,377 | #1 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #682 of 1,379 | #31 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #672 of 1,414 | #19 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #728 of 937 | #24 of 36 |
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
284
+7 (+3%) vs 2020
+36% since 2000-01, when it was 209
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 284 | 25.9 | 10.9:1 | 99% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 277 | 23 | 12.0:1 | 99% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 271 | 25 | 10.8:1 | 99% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 277 | 25 | 11.1:1 | 99% (274) |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 22.6 | 13.4:1 | 99% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 303 | 23 | 13.2:1 | 48% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 306 | 23 | 13.3:1 | 51% (157) |
| 2000-01 | 209 | 9 | 23.2:1 | 45% (95) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stedman Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (304 to 284); teachers up 15% (22.6 to 25.9).
About Stedman Elementary
Stedman Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school with its address in Stedman, North Carolina. The school enrolls 284 students, from grades 1 through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in North Carolina) has about 467 students.
Cumberland County Schools (86 schools, 49,002 students) runs Stedman Elementary.
White students account for 58% of enrollment at Stedman Elementary. Other students are 13% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, and 13% Black. That is higher than the 42% White share among all Cumberland County residents. Stedman Elementary has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 10.9 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in North Carolina average 14.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 99% of students. Across public schools in Cumberland County, the average is 86%.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Stedman Elementary receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Stedman Elementary ranks in the top 10% in North Carolina. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 68.5%, against a prediction of 48.6%.
Within Cumberland County, median household income is about $61,291, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Federal data list 89 public schools in Cumberland County, with a combined enrollment of about 50,815.
The nearest public school is Stedman Primary, at about 0.3 miles. Stedman Elementary has 4 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Stedman Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Stedman Elementary had 277 students in 2020-21 and 284 in 2024-25, a 3% rise.
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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 Stedman Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Stedman Elementary. Stedman Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Stedman Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 447 students
Nearby schools
- Stedman Primary0.3 mi · 161
- J W Seabrook Elementary3.8 mi · 271
- Cape Fear High4.0 mi · 1,515
- Mac Williams Middle4.2 mi · 1,109
- Sunnyside Elementary5.8 mi · 362
- Armstrong Elementary7.6 mi · 456
Frequently asked questions
About Stedman ElementaryHow large is Stedman Elementary?
Stedman Elementary enrolls approximately 284 students in grades 01-05.
What grades does Stedman Elementary serve?
Stedman Elementary serves grades 01-05.
How many teachers does Stedman Elementary have?
Stedman Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Stedman Elementary?
At Stedman Elementary, the student body is approximately 58% White, 13% Hispanic, 13% Black, 13% Two or more.
What district is Stedman Elementary in?
Stedman Elementary is part of Cumberland County Schools.
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