Summary:
Lewis Chapel Middle is a public middle school located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, serving grades 6-8 with a student population of 578. The school is part of the Cumberland County Schools district, which is ranked 138 out of 242 districts in North Carolina and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Lewis Chapel Middle faces significant challenges, with a student population that is 67.13% African American, significantly higher than nearby schools. The school consistently underperforms compared to state and district averages in mathematics and reading proficiency, with only 34.9% of 6th graders, 23.9% of 7th graders, and 19% of 8th graders proficient or better in mathematics, compared to state averages of 54.3%, 50.4%, and 46.9%, respectively. As a result, Lewis Chapel Middle has been ranked in the bottom quartile of North Carolina middle schools for the past several years, with a ranking of 673 out of 793 schools in the 2023-2024 school year and a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school also has an extremely high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 96.8% to 99.48% over the past three school years, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.
While Lewis Chapel Middle's African American and Hispanic students perform better relative to their peers statewide, the school's White and military-connected student populations perform significantly worse, ranking in the bottom quartile of schools. The nearby schools in the Cumberland County district show a wide range of academic performance, with some schools, like John R. Griffin Middle and Seventy-First Classical Middle, performing well above the state and district averages, while others, like Douglas Byrd Middle and Anne Chesnutt Middle, also struggle with low proficiency rates, similar to Lewis Chapel Middle.
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Detail:
Public 6-8
District:
Cumberland County Schools
SchoolDigger Rank:
673rd of 793 North Carolina Middle Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $9,499
Students who attend Lewis Chapel Middle usually attend:
Feeder schools for Lewis Chapel Middle:
Student/teacher ratio: 14.4
Number of students: 578
Racial breakdown:
African American:
67.1%
Hispanic:
13.8%
Two or more races:
8.3%
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White:
7.6%
American Indian:
1.2%
Asian:
1.0%
Pacific Islander:
0.9%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 99.5%
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