25 public K-12 schools in Cleveland from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Cleveland has more public-school enrollment than 90% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Cleveland sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.
18 of Cleveland's 25 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.
The 33-point gap between North Cleveland Goal Academy and Blythe-Bower Elementary shows the range hidden by Cleveland's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.
Cleveland school enrollment ranges from 14 students (lowest) to 1,755 students (highest), a spread of 1,741 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Cleveland is typically wider than the Cleveland-aggregate figure suggests.
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | North Cleveland Goal Academy | 55 |
| 2. | Walker Valley High School | 54 |
| 3. | Ocoee Middle School | 53 |
| 4. | Bradley Central High School | 50 |
| 5. | G.R. Stuart Elementary | 50 |
| 6. | Park View Elementary School | 48 |
| 7. | E.L. Ross Elementary | 45 |
| 8. | Prospect Elementary School | 44 |
| 9. | D.P. Yates Primary | 42 |
| 10. | Taylor Elementary School | 42 |
| 11. | Candy's Creek Cherokee Elementary School | 41 |
| 12. | Bradley County Virtual School | 41 |
| 13. | Cleveland High | 40 |
| 14. | Valley View Elementary School | 40 |
| 15. | Cleveland Middle | 39 |
| 16. | Michigan Avenue Elementary School | 39 |
| 17. | Oak Grove Elementary School | 39 |
| 18. | Hopewell Elementary School | 38 |
| 19. | Lake Forest Middle School | 36 |
| 20. | North Lee Elementary School | 36 |
| 21. | Arnold Memorial Elementary | 36 |
| 22. | Waterville Community Elementary School | 33 |
| 23. | Black Fox Elementary School | 32 |
| 24. | Mayfield Elementary | 32 |
| 25. | Blythe-Bower Elementary | 22 |
Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.
North Cleveland Goal Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Cleveland schools in this federal-data comparison at 55/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Cleveland has 25 public schools with a total enrollment of 15,748 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.8:1.
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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.
