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Seventy-First High

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Seventy-First High ranks 465 th of 662 North Carolina high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

465^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 662 North Carolina High Schools

Better than 30% of North Carolina high schools

Summary

Seventy-First High is a traditional public high school in Fayetteville, NC, serving approximately 1,332 students in grades 9–12 as part of the Cumberland County Schools district.

Seventy-First serves a student body with significant economic need, with nearly all students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's state ranking places it in the 30th percentile, which puts it slightly below Westover High and Terry Sanford High, but slightly above South View High and Douglas Byrd High. Proficiency rates on state End-of-Course exams trail district and state averages in Biology, English II, Math I, and Math III. The largest gap is in English II, where about half of students are proficient compared with about 65% statewide. Math I has historically been the most persistent challenge, though recent scores have improved from roughly 25% to 39% proficient. Comparisons to nearby schools like Jack Britt High or the selective early-college programs such as Cross Creek Early College and Cumberland International Early College are not apples-to-apples due to very different student populations.

There are notable bright spots. The most recent graduation rate reached 90.2%, above the district and state averages, and this has improved steadily over the past several years. The school also shows genuine strength in supporting English Language Learner students, who rank in the 75th percentile statewide, and Hispanic students have shown strong recent improvement. The biggest areas of concern are military-connected students, who rank in the 9th percentile (particularly important given Fort Liberty's proximity), and chronic absenteeism, which affects about one in three students even after improving in recent years. Special education outcomes are low but have improved substantially. Overall, Seventy-First is best understood as a high-poverty neighborhood school that gets students to graduation at an impressive rate, though converting that momentum into stronger test proficiency remains the key challenge ahead.

1,332

Students ?

23.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$8,861

Per pupil spending ?

Community Eligibility

All students receive free meals (2024-25) ?

6764 Raeford Road
Fayetteville, NC 28304-2771

(910) 867-3116

District: Cumberland County Schools

Feeder schools for Seventy-First High:

Elementary:	Brentwood Elementary
	E E Miller Elementary
	Lake Rim Elementary
	Loyd E Auman Elementary
Middle:	Anne Chesnutt Middle
	Lewis Chapel Middle

Racial breakdown:

African American:

66.0%

Hispanic:

15.5%

White:

8.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 42nd percentile in 2016 → 30th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the North Carolina average (49% vs 60% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (36% vs 24% North Carolina)

!Ranking has slipped — down 12 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school49%

District avg58%

North Carolina avg60%

465^th of 662

North Carolina public high schools ?

Bottom 30%▼ down 13 pts since 2016

From bottom 42% (2016) to bottom 30% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 11High Schools in the Cumberland County Schools

141^st of 246Cumberland County Schools among North Carolina districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	32.0	465 of 662	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	29.6	456 of 641	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.3	494 of 640	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.7	454 of 626	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.0	420 of 621	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	17.7	494 of 594	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.4	393 of 514	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.1	356 of 469	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	17.9	381 of 476	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	33.0	292 of 507	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2015	23.0	380 of 531	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	21.8	342 of 451	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	21.8	369 of 505	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	31.2	368 of 502	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	36.4	382 of 506	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	44.5	323 of 499	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2009	28.9	390 of 490	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	43.1	301 of 477	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2007	38.6	312 of 453	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2006	36.8	319 of 431	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	45.6	220 of 450	51.1%	★★★☆☆
2025	42.5	228 of 440	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.0	245 of 437	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.2	199 of 434	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	52.8	152 of 430	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	32.7	214 of 364	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	38.5	183 of 369	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	37.9	198 of 359	44.8%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2022	26.3	248 of 330	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.1	271 of 334	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.6	351 of 364	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	22.3	306 of 349	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	61.2	71 of 289	75.4%	★★★★☆
2025	49.4	104 of 273	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	50.6	91 of 262	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	49.6	79 of 226	65.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	43.8	65 of 156	58.3%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	31.7	448 of 629	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	31.3	437 of 610	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.9	475 of 602	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.7	432 of 588	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.1	411 of 594	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	18.8	382 of 475	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.6	399 of 475	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.4	374 of 449	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	62.6	188 of 407	53.8%	★★★☆☆
2025	44.9	283 of 412	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	76.1	69 of 403	82.9%	★★★★☆
2023	64.4	159 of 403	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	42.7	288 of 398	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	6.7	321 of 337	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	41.5	225 of 325	30.8%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	48.2	208 of 474	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2025	38.9	260 of 462	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.1	319 of 454	29.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.4	221 of 449	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	40.3	233 of 436	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	29.0	255 of 370	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.0	230 of 354	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.5	183 of 340	46.2%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	34.1	413 of 620	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	31.5	423 of 606	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.9	450 of 613	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.8	389 of 597	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.2	306 of 544	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	26.7	301 of 432	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.8	303 of 446	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.5	293 of 424	30.9%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	30.3	448 of 624	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	26.6	462 of 601	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.5	481 of 607	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.4	448 of 602	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.4	398 of 585	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	16.1	410 of 481	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.8	380 of 488	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.1	343 of 463	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	18.5	64 of 70	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	33.0	40 of 53	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.9	39 of 49	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.9	40 of 48	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.9	42 of 47	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	9.6	41 of 41	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.1	30 of 33	9.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.3	30 of 32	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	46.5	145 of 265	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	64.9	75 of 253	70.4%	★★★★☆
2024	60.1	88 of 261	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	47.4	123 of 249	50.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	42.3	120 of 226	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	24.7	166 of 199	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.9	175 of 195	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	38.1	119 of 185	35.7%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	25.6	293 of 372	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	22.4	305 of 352	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.2	329 of 349	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	North Carolina percentile	Rating
2026	31.1	405 of 551	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	26.4	429 of 542	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.4	491 of 553	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.1	414 of 537	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	47.1	273 of 534	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	28.1	302 of 439	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.3	295 of 444	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.3	204 of 427	52.2%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2026)75th percentile+46 vs school

Hispanic (2026)56th percentile+26 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2026)54th percentile+24 vs school

African American (2026)51st percentile+21 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)45th percentile+16 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)33rd percentile+4 vs school

Female (2026)29th percentile~ school

Male (2026)28th percentile~ school

White (2026)26th percentile-3 vs school

Disabled (2022)25th percentile-8 vs school

Special Education (2026)21st percentile-9 vs school

Military Connected (2026)9th percentile-21 vs school

By subject vs North Carolina (2025-2026) ?

Math III57%-12 vs state

Biology51%-7 vs state

English II50%-14 vs state

Math I39%-3 vs state

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by a parent on FaceBook
Friday, September 19, 2014

The principle there could care less about the students. He spends his time in his office doing nothing and you can't even talk to him. The school ranks among the worst in North Carolina . Please tell me why he is still there. He insults the students and the parents. He is rude and is just collecting a check and what worse is the school board does not care. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				EOC Biology (2026)	EOC English II (2026)	EOC Math I (2026)	EOC Math III (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOC Biology End of Course	EOC English II End of Course	EOC Math I End of Course	EOC Math III End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Seventy-First High	Public	9-12	6764 Raeford Road	Fayetteville	28304	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 867-3116	1,332	56	23.9	—	106 (8.0%)	879 (66.0%)	207 (15.5%)	16 (1.2%)	18 (1.4%)	4 (0.3%)	102 (7.7%)	32	465^th of 662 public high schools	29.8%		29.6	456^th of 641 public high schools	28.9%	9	51.4	50.4	39.2	56.7	$8,861	$890	$7,971
Westover High	Public	9-12	277 Bonanza Drive	Fayetteville	28303	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 864-0190	1,234	50	24.7	—	103 (8.3%)	790 (64.0%)	198 (16.0%)	15 (1.2%)	5 (0.4%)	20 (1.6%)	103 (8.3%)	36.7	425^th of 662 public high schools	35.8%		24.3	498^th of 641 public high schools	22.3%	73	49.8	51.8	41.1	65.9	$9,865	$1,620	$8,245
Douglas Byrd High	Public	9-12	1624 Ireland Drive	Fayetteville	28304	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(910) 484-8121	1,006	45	22.1	97.4%	120 (11.9%)	554 (55.1%)	220 (21.9%)	7 (0.7%)	21 (2.1%)	6 (0.6%)	78 (7.8%)	16.2	576^th of 662 public high schools	13.0%		23.1	505^th of 641 public high schools	21.2%	71	37.6	46.3	28.2	32.3	$10,626	$1,758	$8,868
Jack Britt High	Public	9-12	7403 Rockfish Road	Fayetteville	28306	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 429-2800	1,940	78	25.0	41.6%	607 (31.3%)	615 (31.7%)	408 (21.0%)	111 (5.7%)	21 (1.1%)	7 (0.4%)	171 (8.8%)	68.5	199^th of 662 public high schools	69.9%		71.8	170^th of 641 public high schools	73.5%	29	74.4	76.5	52.7	80.9	$7,975	$881	$7,094
Alger B. Wilkins High School	Public	9-12	1429 Skibo Road	Fayetteville	28303	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 864-5438	159	12	13.4	89.3%	18 (11.3%)	111 (69.8%)	17 (10.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	12 (7.5%)	3	641^st of 662 public high schools	3.2%		3	631^st of 641 public high schools	1.6%	10	17.9	26.8	9.4	17.3	$13,760	$1,393	$12,367
Cumberland Polytechnic	Public	9-12	220 Hull Rd	Fayetteville	28303	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 486-7300	319	9	34.2	40.4%	116 (36.4%)	112 (35.1%)	47 (14.7%)	8 (2.5%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.9%)	31 (9.7%)	94.3	13^th of 662 public high schools	98.0%		93.8	40^th of 641 public high schools	93.8%	27	100.0	100.0	97.7	98.8	$8,770	$513	$8,257
Terry Sanford High	Public	9-12	2301 Fort Bragg Road	Fayetteville	28303	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 484-1151	1,201	50	23.9	64.4%	312 (26.0%)	562 (46.8%)	159 (13.2%)	47 (3.9%)	14 (1.2%)	6 (0.5%)	101 (8.4%)	35.5	436^th of 662 public high schools	34.1%		36.5	401^st of 641 public high schools	37.4%	35	43.2	55.9	36.3	69.1	$8,493	$714	$7,779
South View High	Public	9-12	4184 Elk Road	Hope Mills	28348	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 425-8181	1,461	66	22.2	—	275 (18.8%)	732 (50.1%)	271 (18.5%)	17 (1.2%)	28 (1.9%)	6 (0.4%)	132 (9.0%)	30.1	479^th of 662 public high schools	27.6%		25.1	496^th of 641 public high schools	22.6%	17	51.6	57.9	33.3	48.7	$8,362	$862	$7,499
Massey Hill Classical High	Public	9-12	1062 Southern Avenue	Fayetteville	28306	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 485-8761	273	19	14.3	39.6%	127 (46.5%)	48 (17.6%)	58 (21.2%)	7 (2.6%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (11.4%)	87.6	94^th of 662 public high schools	85.8%		89.4	84^th of 641 public high schools	86.9%	10	91.5	86.2	79.4	93.3	$11,273	$981	$10,292
Cumberland International Early College	Public	9-12	1200 Murchison Rd	Fayetteville	28301	Cumberland County	Cumberland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(910) 226-6485	237	8	28.1	57.4%	37 (15.6%)	127 (53.6%)	44 (18.6%)	10 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	17 (7.2%)	92	51^st of 662 public high schools	92.3%		93.9	36^th of 641 public high schools	94.4%	15	360.7	98.5	86.2	96.2	$7,428	$562	$6,866

Frequently Asked Questions about Seventy-First High

What is the racial makeup of Seventy-First High?

Students at Seventy-First High are 66% African American, 16% Hispanic, 8% White, 8% Two or more races, 1% American Indian, 1% Asian.

Is Seventy-First High a good school?

Seventy-First High ranks 465^th of 662 North Carolina high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What schools feed into Seventy-First High?

Seventy-First High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Brentwood Elementary
Elementary : E E Miller Elementary
Elementary : Lake Rim Elementary
Elementary : Loyd E Auman Elementary
Middle : Anne Chesnutt Middle
Middle : Lewis Chapel Middle

How many students attend Seventy-First High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,332 students attended Seventy-First High.

What district is Seventy-First High in?

Cumberland County Schools

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