Schools · Cleveland
Cleveland, TN schools
Kids attend one of 6 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 6 elementary schools, Cleveland Middle and Cleveland High.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C−
Cleveland’s School Grade: C-
The public schools Cleveland’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 85% of Tennessee’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
CTest scoresDGraduation
Tennessee school districts we grade (143)Better than 15%
Lower resultsHigher results
Tennessee towns with similar household incomes (246)Better than 13%
High confidence. Built on 2,803 tested students and a graduating class of 439; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Tennessee’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Tennessee only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Tennessee with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Cleveland kids go to school
Grades PK–5
6 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Cleveland City School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades PK–12, Cleveland City)23%
State average 26.9%
Graduation · class of 2020
88% graduate on time
Graduation rate
88%
TN: 90.3%
Graduating class
439
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #142 of 163 TN towns →
Districts
The district serving Cleveland
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Cleveland is home to 3 colleges
Lee UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Cleveland3,258on campusCleveland State Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Cleveland2,758on campus
All 3 colleges in Cleveland →Pentecostal Theological SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Cleveland82on campus
Every school
All 23 schools in Cleveland
Showing 1–23 of 23 schools
Blythe-Bower ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 710 students
CPublicNorth Lee Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 485 students
APublicCandy's Creek Cherokee ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 481 students
APublicMayfield ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 446 students
CPublicArnold Memorial ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 330 students
CPublicG.R. Stuart ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 317 students
B+PublicD.P. Yates PrimaryElementary · Grades PK–2 · 288 students
PublicE.L. Ross ElementaryElementary · Grades 3–5 · 272 students
BPublicThe Montessori School of ClevelandElementary · Grades PK–8 · 133 students
PrivateFaith Haven Christian AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 121 students
PrivateBowman Hills SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 90 students
PrivateBowman Hills SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 90 students
PrivateCleveland MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,291 students
B-PublicOcoee Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,096 students
B+PublicCleveland HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,755 students
CPublicBradley Central High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,649 students
C+PublicBradley County Virtual SchoolHigh · Grades 6–12 · 132 students
C-PublicPIE Innovation CenterHigh · Grades 9–12
PublicCleveland AcademyHigh · Grades 7–11 · 15 students
PrivateNorth Cleveland GOAL AcademyOther · Grades K–12
PublicTennessee Christian Preparatory SchoolOther · Grades PK–12 · 192 students
PrivateCleveland Christian SchoolOther · Grades K–12 · 102 students
PrivateUnited Christian AcademyOther · Grades PK–12 · 51 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.