Stedman Elementary

Set in Stedman, North Carolina, Stedman Elementary is a compact K-5 school, one of the schools within Cumberland County Schools. It enrolls 284 students across grades 1 through 5. By comparison, North Carolina's public schools average about 467 students each, so Stedman Elementary sits 39% leaner than that benchmark.

Cumberland County Schools runs 86 schools in total, collectively educating 49,002 students. Stedman Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Stedman Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 13% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 13% Black. The wider county runs roughly 42% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.9:1, putting Stedman Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cumberland County runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Stedman Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 48.6%; this one delivers 68.5%, a residual of +19.9 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Cumberland County put the typical household earns roughly $61,291 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Cumberland County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students), Stedman Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Stedman Primary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stedman Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 61.9%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 304 students in 2018 compared to 284 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 58% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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