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Cumberland County Schools

Cumberland County, North Carolina · Grades PK-13

Address
2465 Gillespie Street, Fayetteville, NC 28306
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NCES agency ID
3700011
State LEA ID
NC-260
86
Schools
47,840
Students
2,924
Teachers (FTE)
16.8:1
Student–teacher ratio
27
Low-performing schools
33.1%
EL making progress

Enrollment and school counts are the state’s 2024-2025figures where reported, otherwise the federal NCES directory.

School calendar

Term dates, holidays, breaks and teacher workdays for Cumberland County Schools, as the district publishes them — with printable PDFs and calendar files you can subscribe to.

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NC School Report Card

2024-2025

Official accountability results published by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. School Performance Grades combine achievement (80%) with academic growth (20%).

Schools by type

School typeSchoolsAverage students
Elementary51431
High17880
Middle17620
6-121384
All schools86--

School performance grades

GradeSchoolsShare
A56.0%
B1720.5%
C3238.6%
D2833.7%
F11.2%
All graded schools83100.0%

School growth status

GrowthSchoolsShare
Exceeded1822.8%
Met4557.0%
Not Met1620.3%

Student performance by subject

SubjectGrade-level proficientCareer & college ready
NC Math 364.3%39.9%
English II58.7%33.6%
Science (grades 5 & 8)58.7%36%
Biology49.9%34.9%
Reading (grades 3–8)49.7%28.9%
Mathematics (grades 3–8)48.2%28.8%
NC Math 134.4%12.3%

Grade-level proficient is achievement levels 3–5; career and college ready is the higher bar of levels 4–5.

Outcomes

MeasureResult
4-year cohort graduation rate86.3%
ACT WorkKeys credential earned53.7%
Students completing Math III93.1%
Passed end-of-grade assessments46%
Students promoted to the next grade82.4%
Students retained in grade17.6%
English learners making progress (of 1,682)33.1%
Schools identified as low-performing27 of 79
First page of the Cumberland County Schools report card PDF

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The Cumberland County Schools report card as a two-page interactive PDF — bookmarked sections, donut and bar charts, and the NC DPI and NCES sources cited with working links.

Student Demographics

Black 46.5%White 23.22%Hispanic 16.96%Two+ Races 9.48%Asian 2.05%Native Am. 1.32%Pacific Isl. 0.48%
Black: 46.5% (22,784) White: 23.22% (11,377) Hispanic: 16.96% (8,312) Two+ Races: 9.48% (4,644) Asian: 2.05% (1,003) Native Am.: 1.32% (646) Pacific Isl.: 0.48% (236)
Black46.5%
White23.22%
Hispanic16.96%
Two+ Races9.48%
Asian2.05%
Native Am.1.32%
Pacific Isl.0.48%

Gender Distribution

Total Students: 49,002
48.82%23,925 Female
51.18%25,077 Male

Student counts for Cumberland County Schools, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 49,002 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.

Students

Regular attendance 65.46%Chronically absent 34.54%
Regular attendance: 65.46% (34,299) Chronically absent: 34.54% (18,100)
Regular attendance65.46%
Chronically absent34.54%

Student Population

Students Counted: 52,399
3.19%1,565 English learners

Student indicators for Cumberland County Schools, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 52,399 students DPI counted, added up from the district’s own schools. A student is chronically absent after missing 10% or more of the days enrolled; the other measures overlap it and each other.

Teachers

Experienced 69.74%Beginning 30.26%
Experienced: 69.74% (2,051) Beginning: 30.26% (890)
Experienced69.74%
Beginning30.26%

Licensing & Certification

Total Teachers: 2,940.6 FTE
91.72%Fully licensed
8.28%Emergency or provisional
2.45%72 teachers certified

Teacher figures for Cumberland County Schools, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Counts are full-time equivalents, not headcount, added up from the district’s own schools. Licensing and certification percentages are each out of 2,940.6 FTE.

Cumberland County Schools boundary map

86 campuses

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District boundaryNeighbouring districtElementaryMiddleHighOther

Click any campus for its details. District boundary from the Census school district geography published by NCES; campus locations from the NCES Common Core of Data.

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Put any two Cumberland County Schools schools side by side — grades, growth, proficiency, attendance and staffing. You can also compare against a school in another district from the full comparison page.

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Schools in Cumberland County Schools

86 schools

Directory figures are from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), U.S. Department of Education for 2024-2025.Methodology →