Westover Middle

Westover Middle is a middle school with a street address in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The school reports 768 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in North Carolina is about 605 students.

Cumberland County Schools runs 86 schools with a combined 49,002 students. Westover Middle is one of them.

Black students account for 63% of enrollment at Westover Middle. Other students are 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 7% White, and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 38% Black share among all Cumberland County residents. Westover Middle has a diversity index of 55%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1 at Westover Middle, with 43.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 98%. For comparison, public schools in Cumberland County average 86%.

Measured against North Carolina public middle schools, Westover Middle receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

The BeatsExpectations prediction for Westover Middle is 48.9%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 46.3%.

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 school nearest to Westover Middle is Westover High, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Westover Middle places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.

NCES describes the area around Westover Middle as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Enrollment went from 752 in 2020-21 to 768 in 2024-25, a change of 16 students. By 2024-25, the school had 17.7 students per teacher, compared with 14.8 in 2020-21.

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