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Vanstory Hills Elementary

Cumberland County Schools · Cumberland County

Address
400 Foxhall Road, Fayetteville, NC 28303
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Grades served
2-5
NCES school ID
370001102135
514
Students
32.5
Teachers (FTE)
15.8:1
Student–teacher ratio
B
Performance grade
75
Performance score
Exceeded
Academic growth
17.4%
Chronically absent
40.7%
Economically disadvantaged

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Vanstory Hills Elementary's own events for the year — school events, holidays, breaks and teacher workdays — with a printable PDF and a calendar file you can subscribe to.

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Attendance zone

Cumberland County Schools

The area Cumberland County Schools assigns to Vanstory Hills Elementary. Zones change, and addresses near a boundary are often decided case by case - confirm with the district before making plans.

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Zone boundary published by Cumberland County Schools as “BoardofEducation/SchoolLocator”, last updated 2026-09-08.

How Vanstory Hills Elementary compares

Its 2024–25 performance score of 75 against comparable schools. Percentile is the share of that group scoring lower.

All North Carolina public schools82nd percentile
Higher than 82% · rank 407 of 2,483
North Carolina elementary schools85th percentile
Higher than 85% · rank 183 of 1,419
Cumberland County Schools85th percentile
Higher than 85% · rank 9 of 81

Chronic absence is lower here than at 67% of the 2,482 North Carolina schools reporting it.

Performance score since 2014

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Score unchanged since 2014 (75 → 75). Met or exceeded expected growth in 9 of 10 years, exceeding it in 5. No grades were issued for 2020 or 2021.

YearScoreGradeGrowthAchievement
202575BExceeded71.4
202476BExceeded71.3
202373BExceeded70.1
202271BExceeded65.6
201971BNot Met72.4
201878BMet77.4
201777BMet78
201677BMet76
201580BExceeded76
201475BMet76

Rankings and trends are calculated by Back To School NC from NC DPI report card results; NC DPI publishes each school's own figures but not its standing among peers. See Cumberland County Schools for district totals.

Student Demographics

White 44.36%Black 27.82%Hispanic 16.15%Two+ Races 9.14%Asian 1.95%Native Am. 0.39%Pacific Isl. 0.19%
White: 44.36% (228) Black: 27.82% (143) Hispanic: 16.15% (83) Two+ Races: 9.14% (47) Asian: 1.95% (10) Native Am.: 0.39% (2) Pacific Isl.: 0.19% (1)
White44.36%
Black27.82%
Hispanic16.15%
Two+ Races9.14%
Asian1.95%
Native Am.0.39%
Pacific Isl.0.19%

Gender Distribution

Total Students: 514
49.61%255 Female
50.39%259 Male

Student counts for Vanstory Hills Elementary, 2024-2025, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Percentages are of 514 students and may not total 100% because of rounding.

Students

Regular attendance 82.6%Chronically absent 17.4%
Regular attendance: 82.6% (470) Chronically absent: 17.4% (99)
Regular attendance82.6%
Chronically absent17.4%

Student Population

Students Counted: 569
40.7%Economically disadvantaged
4.28%22 English learners

Student indicators for Vanstory Hills Elementary, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Attendance is out of the 569 students DPI counted. A student is chronically absent after missing 10% or more of the days enrolled; the other measures overlap it and each other.

Teachers

Experienced 82.36%Beginning 17.64%
Experienced: 82.36% (25) Beginning: 17.64% (5)
Experienced82.36%
Beginning17.64%

Licensing & Certification

Total Teachers: 30.6 FTE
94.12%Fully licensed
5.88%Emergency or provisional
3.27%1 teachers certified

Teacher figures for Vanstory Hills Elementary, 2024-2025, from the North Carolina School Report Cards. Counts are full-time equivalents, not headcount. Licensing and certification percentages are each out of 30.6 FTE.

NC School Report Card

2024-2025

Student performance by subject

SubjectGrade-level proficientCareer & college ready
Science (grades 5 & 8)75.4%57.9%
Mathematics (grades 3–8)69.4%47%
Reading (grades 3–8)64.4%47.8%

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

Achievement levels

SubjectNot ProficientLevel 3Level 4Level 5
Mathematics (grades 3–8)30.6%22.3%31.2%15.8%
Reading (grades 3–8)35.6%16.6%29.1%18.7%
Science (grades 5 & 8)24.6%17.5%42.9%15.1%

Academic growth

MeasureStatusGrowth indexScore
OverallExceeds Expected Growth3.3588.3

Teachers

Reported as full-time-equivalent staff, so figures carry decimals.

MeasureValue
Total teachers30.62
Experienced teachers25.22 (82%)
Beginning teachers5.4 (18%)
Holding a standard license28.82 (94%)
Emergency or provisional licenses1.8 (6%)
National Board certified1

Students

MeasureValue
Chronically absent (99 of 569)17.4%
Economically disadvantaged40.7%
English learners making progress (of 22)68.2%

School environment

MeasureValue
Devices per student0.78
Library books per student17.47
Students have device accessYes
Devices may go homeYes
Wireless access points per classroom1.63

Federal & state designations

DesignationApplies
Low-performing schoolNo
Recurring low-performingNo
CSI — low performingNo
CSI — low graduation rateNo
TSI — at riskNo
TSI — consistently underperformingNo

CSI is Comprehensive Support and Improvement; TSI is Targeted Support and Improvement, both federal ESSA categories.

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First page of the Vanstory Hills Elementary report card PDF

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Vanstory Hills Elementary's 2024-2025 report card as an interactive PDF — bookmarked sections, donut and bar charts for performance, attendance and achievement levels, and the NC DPI and NCES sources cited with working links.

Enrollment and staffing come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), U.S. Department of Education for 2024-2025; performance, attendance and economic-need figures are the state's NC School Report Card for the same year. Contact the school to confirm current details.