Seventy-First High
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Fayetteville, North Carolina
Seventy-First High in Fayetteville, North Carolina enrolled 1,332 students in 2024-25 with 55.5 full-time teachers, 24.0 students per teacher against the North Carolina high-school median of 18.4. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 83% (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 fell 2% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 31%
1,366 students in 2022-23, 1,360 students in 2023-24, 1,332 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 80.6 to 55.5.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,366 | 80.6 | 17.0 |
| 2023-24 | 1,360 | 77.2 | 17.6 |
| 2024-25 | 1,332 | 55.5 | 24.0 |
24.0 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 83 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.
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).
5 AP courses and one counselor per 272 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Seventy-First High enrolled 1,359 students and had 5.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 221 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses5
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)5.0, one per 272 of the 1,359 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions221
- Chronically absent42.8% (2022-23)
Who attends
66.0% of students were Black, 15.5% Hispanic, 8.0% White in 2024-25.
- Black66.0%
- Hispanic15.5%
- White8.0%
- Two or more races7.7%
- American Indian1.4%
- Asian1.2%
- Pacific Islander0.3%
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
83% of the 326 students in Seventy-First 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.
| This school | Its district | North Carolina | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 83% | 87% | 86.5% |
| Students in the class | 326 | 3,803 | 120,822 |
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; Seventy-First High is number 4 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Britt High | 1,940 | 25.0 | 36.6% |
| Pine Forest High | 1,551 | 26.1 | 61.4% |
| Cape Fear High | 1,515 | 23.3 | 51.2% |
| Seventy-First High | 1,332 | 24.0 | 98.2% |
| Westover High | 1,234 | 24.8 | 99.8% |
| Terry Sanford High | 1,201 | 24.0 | 60.5% |
| E E Smith High | 1,017 | 22.9 | 99.7% |
| Douglas Byrd High | 1,006 | 22.1 | 97.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Seventy-First High
- Westover HighThe nearest public high school, 3.2 miles away: 1,234 students, 24.8 per teacher (2024-25).3.2 mi
- Douglas Byrd HighThe next nearest public high school, 3.3 miles away: 1,006 students, 22.1 per teacher (2024-25).3.3 mi
- Compare Seventy-First High with Westover HighStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- 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
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaSeventy-First High is the number 113 by size of 601 North Carolina high schools open in 2024-25.#113 of 601
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher24.0 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 18.4 for high schools.24.0:1
- 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 Seventy-First High
How many students attend Seventy-First High?
1,332 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,366 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Fayetteville, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at Seventy-First High?
24.0 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.Is Seventy-First High a Title I school?
Seventy-First High was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).What is the graduation rate at Seventy-First High?
83% of the 326 students in Seventy-First 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.What district is Seventy-First High in?
Cumberland County Schools, NCES district ID 3700011. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370001100433 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.