William H Owen Elementary

As a low-enrollment elementary campus in Fayetteville, North Carolina, William H Owen Elementary works with 393 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Cumberland County Schools.

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

Looking at the student body, William H Owen Elementary shows that 64% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Hispanic, 8% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Cumberland County as a whole is about 38% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, William H Owen Elementary has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Cumberland County's rate of about 86%.

With demographic context factored in, William H Owen Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 53.4%, a residual of +4.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Cumberland County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,291 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cumberland County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,815 students), William H Owen Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Douglas Byrd Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), William H Owen Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 41.8%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at William H Owen Elementary has ticked down 6%, going from 420 students in 2018 to 393 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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