NCES CCD 2024-25 14 schools NC

Best-Resourced Schools in Lumberton, NC

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14 public K-12 schools in Lumberton from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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14
Schools
7,988
Students
33.9/100
Avg Resource Index
17.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Lumberton has more public-school enrollment than 73% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Lumberton's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

8 of Lumberton's 14 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Economic need crosses separate district systems

97.0% of enrollment in reporting Lumberton schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 2 districts. That pairing makes a citywide average especially easy to misread: the need measure follows students, but staffing decisions, calendars, program rules, and federal allocations are administered through separate district structures. The 35-point gap between Psrc Early College at Rcc and W H Knuckles shows how much reported resource capacity can vary inside the same municipal label. Compare schools within the same district first, then use the city view to see how those local systems differ.

City enrollment
Top 27%
School count
Top 25%
Resource Index average
22nd percentile
Teacher staffing
26th percentile

Lumberton Senior High accounts for 23.7% of all Lumberton public-school enrollment

That concentration means Lumberton-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Lumberton school enrollment varies 8.7× across entities

Lumberton school enrollment ranges from 218 students (lowest) to 1,894 students (highest), a spread of 1,676 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Lumberton reports 97.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Lumberton student-teacher ratio is 17.9:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Lumberton is typically wider than the Lumberton-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Psrc Early College at Rcc 54
2. Southeastern Academy 46
3. Lumberton Senior High 42
4. Lumberton Junior 38
5. L Gilbert Carroll 36
6. Tanglewood Elementary 34
7. Littlefield Middle 33
8. Magnolia Elementary 32
9. Deep Branch Elementary 32
10. Long Branch Elementary 29
11. Piney Grove Elementary 28
12. East Robeson Primary 26
13. Rowland Norment Elementary 26
14. W H Knuckles 19

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Lumberton

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Littlefield Middle 79.0/100
  2. 2 Tanglewood Elementary 78.6/100
  3. 3 East Robeson Primary 78.5/100
  4. 4 Lumberton Senior High 77.2/100
  5. 5 Long Branch Elementary 77.2/100

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Which Lumberton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Psrc Early College at Rcc has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Lumberton schools in this federal-data comparison at 54/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Lumberton, NC? ▼

Lumberton has 14 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,988 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.