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How has William H Owen Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
393
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370001100447
William H Owen Elementary
4533 Raeford Road, Fayetteville, NC 28304 · (910) 425-6163 · Cumberland County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
389 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 | 18 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
54%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
47.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
47.6%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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
53.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% 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 William H Owen Elementary
William H Owen Elementary's state test result (53.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William H Owen Elementary this school | 393 | 99.0% | 53.4% |
| Clarke Elementary Henderson | 364 | 99.2% | 28.3% |
| A H Snipes Academy of Arts/Des Wilmington | 342 | 99.1% | 36.6% |
| M B Hubbard Elementary Battleboro | 412 | 99.0% | 50.5% |
| Warrenwood Elementary Fayetteville | 424 | 96.2% | 35.3% |
| Vick Elementary Wilson | 359 | 99.2% | 35.5% |
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 William H Owen Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Cumberland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #720 of 1,297 | #19 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #964 of 1,296 | #25 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #719 of 1,300 | #23 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #920 of 1,485 | #33 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #265 of 1,377 | #7 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #913 of 1,379 | #42 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #657 of 1,414 | #18 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #734 of 937 | #25 of 36 |
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
393
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 416
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 393 | 29.8 | 13.2:1 | 99% (389) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 34.6 | 11.8:1 | 99% (402) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 37.1 | 11.7:1 | 99% (432) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | 31 | 12.4:1 | 99% (383) |
| 2017-18 | 420 | 38.6 | 10.9:1 | 99% (417) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 38 | 11.4:1 | 93% (402) |
| 2010-11 | 481 | 43 | 11.2:1 | 79% (379) |
| 2000-01 | 350 | 20 | 17.5:1 | 75% (261) |
| 1990-91 | 416 | 24 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William H Owen Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (420 to 393); teachers down 23% (38.6 to 29.8).
About William H Owen Elementary
Students in Fayetteville, North Carolina, attend William H Owen Elementary, a small elementary school. School enrollment was 393 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5.
William H Owen Elementary is one school in Cumberland County Schools, a system of 86 schools with 49,002 students.
Roughly 64% of students at William H Owen Elementary are Black. Enrollment also includes 21% Hispanic, 8% White, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Cumberland County, the Black share is about 38%. William H Owen Elementary's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at William H Owen Elementary is 29.8 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.2:1. That is 1.7 students per teacher below the 14.9:1 average for elementary schools in North Carolina. Around 99% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 86% average among public schools in Cumberland County.
The allk12 Grade for William H Owen Elementary is B-. Compared with North Carolina public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 47% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
William H Owen Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.4% is 4.8 points above the 48.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
County data help place the school in context: in Cumberland County, the median household income is $61,291, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Cumberland County is home to 89 public schools and about 50,815 public school students.
Nearest public school: Douglas Byrd Middle, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. William H Owen Elementary is 1st of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Under the NCES locale system, William H Owen Elementary is City: Mid-size.
The school's size has been steady, with 386 students in 2020-21 and 393 in 2024-25.
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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
- Douglas Byrd Middle0.7 mi · 855
- J W Coon Elementary0.7 mi · 186
- Douglas Byrd High0.8 mi · 1,006
- Montclair Elementary1.0 mi · 433
- Anne Chesnutt Middle1.2 mi · 470
- Lewis Chapel Middle1.3 mi · 574
Frequently asked questions
About William H Owen ElementaryHow many students attend William H Owen Elementary?
William H Owen Elementary enrolls approximately 393 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does William H Owen Elementary serve?
William H Owen Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does William H Owen Elementary have?
William H Owen Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at William H Owen Elementary?
Student demographics at William H Owen Elementary are roughly 8% White, 21% Hispanic, 64% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees William H Owen Elementary?
William H Owen Elementary is overseen by Cumberland County Schools in Cumberland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.