Walker-Spivey Elementary

Walker-Spivey Elementary is an elementary school of low-enrollment scale in Fayetteville, North Carolina, run under Cumberland County Schools, teacheing 345 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 26% smaller than the typical public school in North Carolina, which averages around 467 students.

Cumberland County Schools comprises 86 schools with combined enrollment of 49,002 students; Walker-Spivey Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Walker-Spivey Elementary shows that 84% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% White. By comparison, Cumberland County as a whole is about 38% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. 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), Walker-Spivey Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.8%; this one delivers 32.5%.

In the surrounding community, Cumberland County reports that median household income runs about $61,291, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Walker-Spivey Elementary is one of 89 public schools in Cumberland County (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students).

Nearest neighbor: The Capitol Encore Academy, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Walker-Spivey Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Walker-Spivey Elementary at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 60.1%.

Walker-Spivey Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 49%: 231 students in 2018 compared to 345 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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