Cape Fear High School

Cape Fear High School is a public secondary school in the eastern region of Cumberland County in the unincorporated community of Vander, North Carolina, to the east of Fayetteville, North Carolina. The Cape Fear school attendance area is the largest in the county by area size.

Athletics
Cape Fear has varsity teams in 17 sports (13 boys teams, 14 girls teams) and junior varsity teams in 8 sports (6 boys teams, 4 girls teams):
 * Baseball (boys)
 * Basketball
 * Bowling (no JV)
 * Cheerleading (only girls Varsity)
 * Cross country (no JV)
 * Football (boys)
 * Golf (no JV)
 * Indoor track and field (no JV)
 * Lacrosse (no JV)
 * Soccer
 * Softball (girls)
 * Swimming (no JV)
 * Tennis (no girls JV)
 * Track and field (no JV)
 * Wrestling (boys)
 * Volleyball (girls)

State Championships

 * Baseball – 1994 (3A)


 * Softball – 1978 (All Classes)


 * Girls' Tennis Dual Team – 2021 (3A), 2022 (3A)


 * Girls' Tennis Individual Doubles – 2021 (3A)


 * Wrestling State Tournament Team – 1984 (All Classes), 1990 (4A), 2020 (3A)

Academy of Natural Sciences
The Natural Science Academy is a program located at Cape Fear that acknowledges students for completing 7 or more sciences throughout their high school career while maintaining a 3.0 unweighted GPA average in these courses.

Marching band
In 2014, the Cape Fear marching band placed 3rd (regardless of class) in the Bands of America Winston-Salem Regional Championship.

Winter guard
The Cape Fear winter guard placed 18th in the Scholastic World division of the Winter Guard International Color Guard World Championship Semi-finals in 2017 and 20th in 2018.

NJROTC
In 2016, the Cape Fear NJROTC placed 15th in the NJROTC Nationals Drill Championship.

Demographics
The demographic breakdown of the 1,422 students enrolled in 2020–2021 was as follows: 51.2% of the students were male, and 48.8% were female. 49.3% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.
 * Male – 51.2%
 * Female – 48.8%
 * Native American/Alaskan – 3.4%
 * Asian – 0.8%
 * Black – 26.8%
 * Hispanic – 10.2%
 * Hawaiian/Pacific Islander – 0.4%
 * White – 51.5%
 * Multiracial – 6.9%

Administration
Jason Jordan, the current principal of Cape Fear High School, has also served as the principal of Massey Hill Classical High School. He is the sixth principal of Cape Fear.

Notable alumni

 * David R. Lewis — member of the North Carolina General Assembly
 * Seth Williams — American football defensive back
 * Gavin Williams — Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians