Enrollment
345
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001102131
Walker-Spivey Elementary
500 Fisher Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301 · (910) 483-5656 · Cumberland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL345 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
340 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 25 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
29%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
32.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
35.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Walker-Spivey Elementary
Walker-Spivey Elementary's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker-Spivey Elementary this school | 345 | 98.6% | 32.5% |
| Southeast Elementary Kinston | 326 | 96.9% | 40.7% |
| Windsor Elementary Windsor | 336 | 99.1% | 50.0% |
| Gaston STEM Leadership Academy Gaston | 284 | 98.9% | 43.5% |
| Carver Heights Elementary Goldsboro | 407 | 99.3% | 27.5% |
| West Bertie Elementary Kelford | 277 | 97.8% | 48.5% |
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 Walker-Spivey Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #1,222 of 1,297 | #45 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #1,200 of 1,296 | #40 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #1,127 of 1,300 | #44 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 345 | #1,064 of 1,485 | #36 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #971 of 1,377 | #30 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.9% | #1,302 of 1,379 | #46 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.6% | #822 of 1,414 | #25 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +49.4% | #31 of 369 | #2 of 11 |
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
345
+103 (+43%) vs 2020
+76% since 1990-91, when it was 196
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 345 | 21.8 | 15.8:1 | 99% (340) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 21.3 | 14.8:1 | 99% (313) |
| 2022-23 | 269 | 22.6 | 11.9:1 | 99% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 242 | 23 | 10.5:1 | 99% (239) |
| 2017-18 | 231 | 23 | 10.0:1 | 99% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 25 | 14.3:1 | 99% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 185 | 20 | 9.3:1 | 90% (166) |
| 2000-01 | 238 | 16 | 14.9:1 | 99% (235) |
| 1990-91 | 196 | 17 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walker-Spivey Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 49% (231 to 345); teachers down 5% (23 to 21.8).
About Walker-Spivey Elementary
Walker-Spivey Elementary is an elementary school located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, in Cumberland County. It educates 345 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 467 students.
Walker-Spivey Elementary falls under Cumberland County Schools, which has 86 schools enrolling 49,002 students.
The large majority of students at Walker-Spivey Elementary, 84%, are Black. Next come 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 2% White. The county population is about 38% Black. Walker-Spivey Elementary has a diversity index of 29%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Walker-Spivey Elementary and a ratio of 15.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, lower than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 99% of enrollment. That rate is above the 86% average among public schools in Cumberland County.
The allk12 Grade for Walker-Spivey Elementary is D. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 6% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 32.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 48.8%.
Cumberland County has about 338,545 residents, and median household income is about $61,291, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 89 public schools in Cumberland County, with a combined enrollment of about 50,815.
Of nearby public schools, The Capitol Encore Academy is the closest, at about 1.0 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Walker-Spivey Elementary comes in 4th of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 242 students at Walker-Spivey Elementary; in 2024-25, 345. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.8:1) than in 2020-21 (10.5:1).
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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
- The Capitol Encore Academy1.0 mi · 853
- Massey Hill Classical High1.4 mi · 273
- Howard Learning Academy1.6 mi · 8
- Cumberland Virtual Academy K-51.8 mi · 168
- Cumberland Virtual Academy 6-121.8 mi · 390
- Ashley Elementary1.9 mi · 180
Frequently asked questions
About Walker-Spivey ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Walker-Spivey Elementary?
Walker-Spivey Elementary enrolls approximately 345 students in grades PK-05.
Is Walker-Spivey Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Walker-Spivey Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Walker-Spivey Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Walker-Spivey Elementary is approximately 15.8:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Walker-Spivey Elementary?
Walker-Spivey Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 5% Hispanic, 84% Black, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Walker-Spivey Elementary?
Walker-Spivey Elementary is overseen by Cumberland County Schools in Cumberland County.
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