Westover High

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

Westover High in Fayetteville, North Carolina enrolled 1,234 students in 2024-25 with 49.8 full-time teachers, 24.8 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 81% (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 3% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 26%

1,202 students in 2022-23, 1,244 students in 2023-24, 1,234 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 67.3 to 49.8.

Students enrolled at Westover High by school year2022-23: 1,202, 2023-24: 1,244, 2024-25: 1,23405001k1.5k2022-231,2022023-241,2442024-251,234
Students enrolled at Westover High by school year2022-23: 1,202, 2023-24: 1,244, 2024-25: 1,23405001k1.5k2022-231,2022023-241,2442024-251,234
Students enrolled at Westover High by school year2022-23: 1,202, 2023-24: 1,244, 2024-25: 1,23405001k1.5k2022-231,2022023-241,2442024-251,234
Students enrolled at Westover High by school year2022-23: 1,202, 2023-24: 1,244, 2024-25: 1,23405001k1.5k2022-231,2022023-241,2442024-251,234
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231,20267.317.9
2023-241,24463.319.6
2024-251,23449.824.8

24.8 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 86 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; Westover High 24.8; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherWestover High 24.8state median 18.4U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; Westover High 24.8; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherWestover High 24.8state median 18.4U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; Westover High 24.8; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherWestover High 24.8state median 18.4U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, North Carolina high schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.2 to 74.4; Westover High 24.8; state median 18.4.2 more above 60.0 →0204060students per full-time teacherWestover High 24.8state 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).

6 AP courses and one counselor per 243 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Westover High enrolled 1,095 students and had 4.5 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 226 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement courses6
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)4.5, one per 243 of the 1,095 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions226
  • Chronically absent39.2% (2022-23)

Who attends

64.0% of students were Black, 16.0% Hispanic, 8.3% White in 2024-25.

  1. Black64.0%
  2. Hispanic16.0%
  3. White8.3%
  4. Two or more races8.3%
  5. Pacific Islander1.6%
  6. Asian1.2%
  7. American Indian0.4%

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

81% of the 277 students in Westover 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 rate81%87%86.5%
Students in the class2773,803120,822

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; Westover High is number 5 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 Westover High

  1. Alger B. Wilkins High SchoolThe nearest public high school, 2.3 miles away: 159 students, 13.5 per teacher (2024-25).2.3 mi
  2. Seventy-First HighThe next nearest public high school, 3.2 miles away: 1,332 students, 24.0 per teacher (2024-25).3.2 mi
  3. Compare Westover High with Alger B. Wilkins High SchoolStudents, 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 CarolinaWestover High is the number 131 by size of 601 North Carolina high schools open in 2024-25.#131 of 601
  6. North Carolina schools by students per teacher24.8 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 18.4 for high schools.24.8:1
  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 Westover High

  1. How many students attend Westover High?
    1,234 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,202 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Fayetteville, NC.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Westover High?
    24.8 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 Westover High a Title I school?
    Westover 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 Westover High?
    81% of the 277 students in Westover 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 Westover High in?
    Cumberland County Schools, NCES district ID 3700011. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370001100445 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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