E E Smith High

Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Fayetteville, North Carolina

E E Smith High in Fayetteville, North Carolina enrolled 1,017 students in 2024-25 with 44.5 full-time teachers, 22.9 students per teacher against the North Carolina high-school median of 18.4. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 80% (North Carolina: 86.5%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment rose 1% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 25%

1,004 students in 2022-23, 1,000 students in 2023-24, 1,017 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 59.6 to 44.5.

Students enrolled at E E Smith High by school year2022-23: 1,004, 2023-24: 1,000, 2024-25: 1,01705001k1.5k2022-231,0042023-241,0002024-251,017
Students enrolled at E E Smith High by school year2022-23: 1,004, 2023-24: 1,000, 2024-25: 1,01705001k1.5k2022-231,0042023-241,0002024-251,017
Students enrolled at E E Smith High by school year2022-23: 1,004, 2023-24: 1,000, 2024-25: 1,01705001k1.5k2022-231,0042023-241,0002024-251,017
Students enrolled at E E Smith High by school year2022-23: 1,004, 2023-24: 1,000, 2024-25: 1,01705001k1.5k2022-231,0042023-241,0002024-251,017
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231,00459.616.8
2023-241,00060.516.5
2024-251,01744.522.9

22.9 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 77 of every 100 North Carolina high schools

Among the 588 North Carolina high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 18.4; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.

Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; E E Smith High 22.9; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherE E Smith High 22.9state median 18.4U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; E E Smith High 22.9; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherE E Smith High 22.9state median 18.4U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; E E Smith High 22.9; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherE E Smith High 22.9state median 18.4U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; E E Smith High 22.9; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherE E Smith High 22.9state median 18.4U.S. 14.5

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).

10 AP courses and one counselor per 219 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection E E Smith High enrolled 876 students and had 4.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 159 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement courses10
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)4.0, one per 219 of the 876 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions159
  • Chronically absent46.2% (2022-23)

Who attends

64.9% of students were Black, 16.3% Hispanic, 9.6% White in 2024-25.

  1. Black64.9%
  2. Hispanic16.3%
  3. White9.6%
  4. Two or more races7.0%
  5. American Indian1.0%
  6. Asian0.7%
  7. Pacific Islander0.5%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

80% of the 241 students in E E Smith High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.5% across North Carolina. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This schoolIts districtNorth Carolina
Four-year graduation rate80%87%86.5%
Students in the class2413,803120,822

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

High schools in Fayetteville

16 public high schools in Fayetteville report 2024-25 enrollment; E E Smith High is number 7 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Jack Britt High1,94025.036.6%
Pine Forest High1,55126.161.4%
Cape Fear High1,51523.351.2%
Seventy-First High1,33224.098.2%
Westover High1,23424.899.8%
Terry Sanford High1,20124.060.5%
E E Smith High1,01722.999.7%
Douglas Byrd High1,00622.197.4%

All public schools in Fayetteville →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about E E Smith High

  1. Cross Creek Early CollegeThe nearest public high school, 0.6 miles away: 253 students, 23.8 per teacher (2024-25).0.6 mi
  2. Cumberland International Early CollegeThe next nearest public high school, 0.8 miles away: 237 students, 28.1 per teacher (2024-25).0.8 mi
  3. Compare E E Smith High with Cross Creek Early CollegeStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Cumberland County Schools spends per student$12,118 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,118
  5. The largest public schools in North CarolinaE E Smith High is the number 181 by size of 601 North Carolina high schools open in 2024-25.#181 of 601
  6. North Carolina schools by students per teacher22.9 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 18.4 for high schools.22.9:1
  7. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about E E Smith High

  1. How many students attend E E Smith High?
    1,017 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,004 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Fayetteville, NC.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at E E Smith High?
    22.9 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the North Carolina median for high schools is 18.4. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is E E Smith High a Title I school?
    E E Smith High ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. What is the graduation rate at E E Smith High?
    80% of the 241 students in E E Smith High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.5% across North Carolina. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What district is E E Smith High in?
    Cumberland County Schools, NCES district ID 3700011. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370001102124 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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