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How has Westover High changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,234
High
DISTRICT 867 · STATE 761
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001100445
Westover High
277 Bonanza Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28303 · (910) 864-0190 · Cumberland County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,234 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of North Carolina public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
24.8:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,231 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 355 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 337 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 296 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 246 | 20% |
Student demographics
55%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
44.2%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
23.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Westover High
Westover High's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westover High this school | 1,234 | 99.8% | 34.9% |
| Seventy-First High Fayetteville | 1,332 | 98.2% | 34.3% |
| E E Smith High Fayetteville | 1,017 | 99.7% | 40.7% |
| Northeast Guilford High McLeansville | 977 | 99.7% | 26.5% |
| Vance County High School Henderson | 1,064 | 99.7% | 16.2% |
| James B Dudley High Greensboro | 1,403 | 99.8% | 23.5% |
Matched among North Carolina high 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 Westover High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #357 of 468 | #10 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #345 of 464 | #11 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #349 of 448 | #13 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,234 | #132 of 598 | #7 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.8:1 | #423 of 473 | #10 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.0% | #312 of 474 | #12 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #41 of 527 | #1 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.9% | #72 of 164 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,234
+158 (+15%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 1,041
Student : Teacher
24.8:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 1,234 | 49.8 | 24.8:1 | 100% (1,231) |
| 2023-24 | 1,244 | 63.3 | 19.6:1 | 99% (1,234) |
| 2022-23 | 1,202 | 67.3 | 17.9:1 | 100% (1,199) |
| 2020-21 | 1,076 | 66 | 16.3:1 | 100% (1,073) |
| 2017-18 | 1,123 | 71.5 | 15.7:1 | 98% (1,102) |
| 2015-16 | 1,168 | 65 | 18.0:1 | 70% (814) |
| 2010-11 | 1,175 | 83 | 14.2:1 | 61% (712) |
| 2000-01 | 1,291 | 79 | 16.3:1 | 41% (528) |
| 1990-91 | 1,041 | 69 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westover High.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (1,123 to 1,234); teachers down 30% (71.5 to 49.8).
About Westover High
Westover High is a large high school in Fayetteville, North Carolina, one of the schools in Cumberland County Schools. Its enrollment is 1,234 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. High schools in North Carolina average about 761 students, which makes this school 62% bigger than average.
Westover High is one of 86 schools in Cumberland County Schools, which enrolls 49,002 students in total.
The share of Black students at Westover High is 64%, a majority. After that, the student body is 16% Hispanic, 8% White, and 8% multiracial. Census figures show Cumberland County is about 38% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
There are 49.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Westover High, giving a ratio of 24.8:1. The school's 24.8:1 compares with an average of 19.6:1 for high schools in North Carolina. By family income, 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 14 points above the 86% average for public schools in Cumberland County.
Westover High earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of North Carolina public high schools.
Compared with North Carolina schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Westover High's results are 13.5 points below predicted: 34.9% against 48.4%.
For the population of Cumberland County, the median household earns about $61,291 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Across Cumberland County, 89 public schools serve about 50,815 students.
Measured in a straight line, Westover Middle is less than a tenth of a mile from Westover High. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 44.7% proficiency; Westover High posts 34.9%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 15%, from 1,076 to 1,234. By 2024-25, the school had 24.8 students per teacher, compared with 16.3 in 2020-21.
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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
- Terry Sanford HighHigh · 1,201 students
- Mac Williams MiddleMiddle · 1,109 students
Other Westover High schools
One other US public school is named Westover High. Westover High is the largest of the 2.
- Westover High SchoolAlbany, GA · 1,234 students
Nearby schools
- Westover Middle0.1 mi · 768
- Ponderosa Elementary0.3 mi · 417
- Morganton Road Elementary0.4 mi · 491
- Benjamin J Martin Elementary1.2 mi · 522
- Cliffdale Elementary1.7 mi · 613
- Alger B. Wilkins High School2.3 mi · 159
Frequently asked questions
About Westover HighWhat is the total enrollment at Westover High?
Westover High enrolls approximately 1,234 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Westover High serve?
Westover High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Westover High have?
Westover High employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westover High?
At Westover High, the student body is approximately 8% White, 16% Hispanic, 64% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Westover High public or private?
Westover High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cumberland County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.