Pine Forest Middle

Summary:

Pine Forest Middle is a public middle school in Fayetteville, North Carolina, serving 738 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Cumberland County Schools district, which is ranked 138 out of 242 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Pine Forest Middle has a relatively diverse student population, with a racial makeup of 32.66% White, 37.53% African American, 18.16% Hispanic, and 2.85% Asian. Academically, the school's performance is generally on par with or slightly below the district and state averages, with proficiency rates ranging from 37.7% to 42% in Math and 49% to 58.1% in Reading. However, the school excels in its Gifted and Talented program, ranking in the top 20% of North Carolina middle schools for this student group. Additionally, Pine Forest Middle serves a notable population of military-connected students, ranking in the top 30% of the state's middle schools for this subgroup.

While Pine Forest Middle faces some socioeconomic challenges, with free and reduced-price lunch rates ranging from 41.85% to 60.15%, the school's performance for specific student subgroups, such as African American and Hispanic students, is stronger, ranking in the top 25% of North Carolina middle schools for these groups. When compared to nearby schools, Pine Forest Middle generally performs better than some of the lower-performing schools in the Cumberland County Schools district, such as Howard Learning Academy, Anne Chesnutt Middle, Lewis Chapel Middle, and Spring Lake Middle, but lags behind higher-performing schools like Mac Williams Middle and Reid Ross Classical Middle.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 6901 Ramsey Street
       Fayetteville, NC  28311-9425


(910) 488-2711

District: Cumberland County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
436th of 793 North Carolina Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,355 Help


Students who attend Pine Forest Middle usually attend:

High:    Pine Forest High

Feeder schools for Pine Forest Middle:

Elementary:    Howard L Hall Elementary
    Long Hill Elementary
    Raleigh Road Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  16.0 Help
Number of students:  738

Racial breakdown:

African American:
37.5%
White:
32.7%
Hispanic:
18.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  56.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Pine Forest Middle ranks worse than 55% of middle schools in North Carolina. It also ranks 8th among 17 ranked middle schools in the Cumberland County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 45.18. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Pine Forest Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (37.5%), White (32.7%), Hispanic (18.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 56.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Pine Forest Middle is 16. 11 middle schools in the Cumberland County Schools District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Pine Forest Middle is $8,355. 12 middle schools in the Cumberland County Schools District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Pine Forest Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Pine Forest Middle 436th of 793 North Carolina public middle schools. (See Pine Forest Middle in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Cumberland County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Cumberland County Schools 138th of 242 North Carolina school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Pine Forest Middle

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Rank History for all students at Pine Forest Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 73.57 123rd 598 79.4%
2007 68.59 185th 606 69.5%
2008 62.07 252nd 620 59.4%
2009 63.06 258th 630 59.0%
2010 59.21 319th 640 50.2%
2011 62.56 273rd 648 57.9%
2012 68.62 212th 662 68.0%
2013 68.31 172nd 673 74.4%
2014 63.06 204th 627 67.5%
2015 75.41 151st 705 78.6%
2016 78.33 127th 692 81.6%
2017 79.12 120th 694 82.7%
2018 63.21 255th 691 63.1%
2019 60.13 286th 737 61.2%
2021 56.37 291st 741 60.7%
2022 60.58 287th 786 63.5%
2023 63.69 257th 784 67.2%
2024 45.18 436th 793 45.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Pine Forest Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.33 67th 221 69.7%
2019 50.99 108th 237 54.4%
2021 60.67 66th 248 73.4%
2022 69.85 59th 283 79.2%
2023 51.02 134th 302 55.6%
2024 48.93 154th 306 49.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Pine Forest Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 18.30 456th 473 3.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Pine Forest Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.57 181st 604 70.0%
2019 54.79 262nd 639 59.0%
2021 63.69 169th 633 73.3%
2022 61.12 218th 689 68.4%
2023 63.67 199th 735 72.9%
2024 36.55 486th 743 34.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Pine Forest Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.91 254th 656 61.3%
2019 53.54 326th 684 52.3%
2021 55.66 295th 706 58.2%
2022 52.99 335th 733 54.3%
2023 61.44 258th 731 64.7%
2024 42.57 425th 738 42.4%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Pine Forest Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.12 194th 475 59.2%
2019 44.30 256th 504 49.2%
2021 34.35 337th 478 29.5%
2022 49.96 153rd 449 65.9%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Pine Forest Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 68.81 89th 416 78.6%
2021 72.60 80th 448 82.1%
2022 65.47 138th 450 69.3%
2023 74.70 46th 452 89.8%
2024 69.45 91st 461 80.3%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Pine Forest Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 74.52 8th 45 82.2%
2019 70.06 12th 48 75.0%
2021 51.48 33rd 57 42.1%
2022 65.88 20th 58 65.5%
2023 64.45 15th 54 72.2%
2024 43.57 37th 58 36.2%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for Military Connected Students!

Rank History for Male students at Pine Forest Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.49 245th 665 63.2%
2019 63.58 250th 697 64.1%
2021 55.86 287th 711 59.6%
2022 64.68 236th 748 68.4%
2023 63.71 239th 747 68.0%
2024 45.36 410th 751 45.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Pine Forest Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.37 95th 494 80.8%
2019 62.71 128th 519 75.3%
2021 54.75 169th 533 68.3%
2022 64.73 122nd 550 77.8%
2023 69.47 109th 559 80.5%
2024 47.52 256th 560 54.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Pine Forest Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.10 56th 472 88.1%
2019 82.54 45th 493 90.9%
2021 75.07 69th 522 86.8%
2022 72.81 94th 541 82.6%
2023 72.17 101st 553 81.7%
2024 65.84 133rd 564 76.4%
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Rank History for White students at Pine Forest Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools NC State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.09 236th 596 60.4%
2019 56.14 269th 624 56.9%
2021 56.80 243rd 632 61.6%
2022 59.16 249th 658 62.2%
2023 65.90 205th 656 68.8%
2024 45.49 359th 652 44.9%
See the entire list of Best North Carolina Middle Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: North Carolina Dept of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Pine Forest Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 605 376 7 11 9 n/a n/a 0 1008
1989 617 389 7 11 10 n/a n/a 0 1034
1990 513 313 7 13 6 n/a n/a -1 851
1991 522 330 7 10 6 n/a n/a 0 875
1992 484 301 8 15 4 n/a n/a 0 812
1993 484 272 5 19 3 n/a n/a 0 783
1994 503 254 11 27 4 n/a n/a 0 799
1995 428 318 11 23 6 n/a n/a 0 786
1996 428 318 11 23 6 n/a n/a 0 786
1997 426 311 10 23 11 n/a n/a 0 781
1998 442 308 11 24 10 n/a n/a 0 795
1999 431 315 12 39 7 n/a n/a 0 804
2000 419 353 9 43 3 n/a n/a 0 827
2001 472 354 10 36 7 n/a n/a 0 879
2002 467 275 19 32 2 n/a n/a 0 795
2003 467 275 19 32 2 n/a n/a 0 795
2004 452 315 16 41 5 n/a n/a 0 829
2005 403 308 17 40 6 n/a n/a 0 774
2006 402 380 16 60 3 n/a n/a 0 861
2007 367 319 10 40 7 n/a n/a 20 763
2008 369 329 15 41 10 n/a n/a 29 793
2009 419 352 14 44 9 n/a n/a 0 838
2010 451 415 12 49 11 n/a n/a 0 938
2011 392 373 8 88 11 5 78 0 955
2012 327 297 8 66 12 4 60 0 774
2013 341 262 13 68 15 2 55 0 756
2014 343 272 17 66 15 4 41 0 758
2015 325 267 20 76 7 3 34 0 732
2016 322 214 14 92 5 4 48 0 699
2017 323 248 14 109 3 4 60 0 761
2018 310 278 18 121 6 3 67 0 803
2019 320 264 16 124 8 3 68 0 803
2020 281 286 18 117 8 2 94 0 806
2021 261 296 24 123 9 2 78 0 793
2022 254 287 22 128 8 1 55 0 755
2023 241 277 21 134 5 4 56 0 738

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Pine Forest Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1008 54.0 18.6 18.4
1989 1034 59.0 17.5 19.1
1990 851 57.0 14.9 21.2
1991 875 53.0 16.5 20.6
1992 812 53.0 15.3 18.5
1993 783 48.0 16.3 22.6
1994 799 48.0 16.6 15.9
1995 786 53.0 14.8 20
1996 786 53.0 14.8 20
1997 781 51.0 15.3 26.8
1998 795 59.0 13.5 27.5
1999 804 48.0 16.8 35.3
2000 827 48.0 17.2 37.1
2001 879 44.0 20.0 39.2
2002 795 62.0 12.8 29.3
2003 795 62.0 12.8 29.3
2004 829 54.0 15.4 35.6
2005 774 59.0 13.1 39
2006 861 59.0 14.6 40.3
2007 763 55.9 13.6 43.2
2008 793 54.0 14.7 n/a
2009 838 55.0 15.2 41.6
2010 938 56.7 16.5 42
2011 955 56.3 16.9 43.7
2012 774 53.5 14.4 44.1
2013 756 46.6 16.1 45.5
2014 758 44.2 17.1 44.1
2015 732 50.0 14.6 44.9
2016 699 45.0 15.5 46.2
2017 761 44.0 17.2 48.8
2018 803 49.0 16.3 47.2
2019 803 49.2 16.2 51.3
2020 806 48.9 16.4 46.4
2021 793 45.0 17.6 60.2
2022 755 48.1 15.6 41.9
2023 738 46.0 16.0 56.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Pine Forest Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1008 54.0 18.6 18.4
1989 1034 59.0 17.5 19.1
1990 851 57.0 14.9 21.2
1991 875 53.0 16.5 20.6
1992 812 53.0 15.3 18.5
1993 783 48.0 16.3 22.6
1994 799 48.0 16.6 15.9
1995 786 53.0 14.8 20
1996 786 53.0 14.8 20
1997 781 51.0 15.3 26.8
1998 795 59.0 13.5 27.5
1999 804 48.0 16.8 35.3
2000 827 48.0 17.2 37.1
2001 879 44.0 20.0 39.2
2002 795 62.0 12.8 29.3
2003 795 62.0 12.8 29.3
2004 829 54.0 15.4 35.6
2005 774 59.0 13.1 39
2006 861 59.0 14.6 40.3
2007 763 55.9 13.6 43.2
2008 793 54.0 14.7 n/a
2009 838 55.0 15.2 41.6
2010 938 56.7 16.5 42
2011 955 56.3 16.9 43.7
2012 774 53.5 14.4 44.1
2013 756 46.6 16.1 45.5
2014 758 44.2 17.1 44.1
2015 732 50.0 14.6 44.9
2016 699 45.0 15.5 46.2
2017 761 44.0 17.2 48.8
2018 803 49.0 16.3 47.2
2019 803 49.2 16.2 51.3
2020 806 48.9 16.4 46.4
2021 793 45.0 17.6 60.2
2022 755 48.1 15.6 41.9
2023 738 46.0 16.0 56.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Pine Forest Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $972 (11.6%) $7,383 (88.4%) $8,355

Data source: North Carolina Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 286th of 737 Middle schoolsRanks 257th of 784 Middle schools
 6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Pine Forest Middle)58.147.3
 10.8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Cumberland County Schools)50.541.7
 8.8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.852.3
 6.5%
6th Grade Reading (Pine Forest Middle)61.554.1
 7.4%
   6th Grade Reading (Cumberland County Schools)57.246.2
 11%
   6th Grade Reading (North Carolina)6049.3
 10.7%
7th Grade Mathematics (Pine Forest Middle)57.246.2
 11%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Cumberland County Schools)47.238.6
 8.6%
   7th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)58.450.1
 8.3%
7th Grade Reading (Pine Forest Middle)59.256.6
 2.6%
   7th Grade Reading (Cumberland County Schools)52.648
 4.6%
   7th Grade Reading (North Carolina)58.850.2
 8.6%
8th Grade Mathematics (Pine Forest Middle)53.546.7
 6.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Cumberland County Schools)42.337.9
 4.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (North Carolina)52.644.8
 7.8%
8th Grade Reading (Pine Forest Middle)64.769.3
 4.6%
   8th Grade Reading (Cumberland County Schools)51.651
 0.6%
   8th Grade Reading (North Carolina)55.651
 4.6%
8th Grade Science (Pine Forest Middle)8681.3
 4.7%
   8th Grade Science (Cumberland County Schools)77.969.1
 8.8%
   8th Grade Science (North Carolina)78.670.3
 8.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students803738
 8.1%
African American264277
 4.9%
American Indian85
 37.5%
Asian1621
 31.3%
Hispanic124134
 8.1%
Pacific Islander34
 33.3%
White320241
 24.7%
Two or More Races6856
 17.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients51.3%56.2%
 4.9%


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Students at Pine Forest Middle are 38% African American, 33% White, 18% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

Students who attend Pine Forest Middle usually go on to attend Pine Forest High

Pine Forest Middle ranks 436th of 793 North Carolina middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 738 students attended Pine Forest Middle.


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