Public schools in Cleveland, TX

Cleveland has 17 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 4 middle, 9 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 15,726 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Cleveland ISD runs 11 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Cleveland's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in ClevelandDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Cleveland ISD1111,567$13,415
Tarkington ISD41,893$11,258
International Leadership of Texas (Iltexas)222,139$9,669

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

3 high schools in Cleveland, 4,300 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Cleveland High School3,62717.589.9%Cleveland ISD
Tarkington High School54415.243.0%Tarkington ISD
Frederick a Douglass Learning Academy12922.393.0%Cleveland ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 middle schools in Cleveland, 3,392 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Cleveland Middle1,44615.390.8%Cleveland ISD
Santa Fe Middle1,11716.195.6%Cleveland ISD
Bg Ramirez Middle41818.495.0%International Leadership of Texas (Iltexas)
Tarkington Middle41115.248.9%Tarkington ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

9 elementary schools in Cleveland, 7,908 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Northside Elementary1,07313.888.2%Cleveland ISD
Santa Fe Elementary1,07216.296.5%Cleveland ISD
Cottonwood Elementary1,02314.894.0%Cleveland ISD
Pine Burr Elementary1,01714.994.5%Cleveland ISD
Southside Elementary1,01614.993.4%Cleveland ISD
Bg Ramirez Elementary88816.392.2%International Leadership of Texas (Iltexas)
Eastside Elementary86713.691.1%Cleveland ISD
Tarkington Elementary73814.751.9%Tarkington ISD
Tarkington Early Childhood School21418.667.3%Tarkington ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Cleveland, 126 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Disciplinary Alternative Education Program12610.192.9%Cleveland ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Cleveland's public schools compare with Texas's

The median Cleveland school has 15.2 students per full-time teacher, more than the Texas median of 14.5. 77% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 70% across the state. Its median school enrolls 888 students (state 507).

Cleveland against Texas, schools open in 2024-25 with students
ClevelandTexas
Median students per teacher15.214.5
Median school size (students)888507
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)77%70%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)76%52%
Charter schools12%11%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 17 Cleveland schools and the 8,846 Texas schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Cleveland

  1. Cleveland ISDRuns 11 of Cleveland's 17 public schools and spent $13,415 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$13,415
  2. Cleveland High School, the largest high school in Cleveland3,627 students in 2024-25, 17.5 per teacher.3,627
  3. Compare Cleveland ISD with Tarkington ISDCleveland's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in TexasTexas's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Cleveland addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Texas

  1. Houston759 schools
  2. San Antonio521 schools
  3. Dallas352 schools
  4. Austin258 schools
  5. Fort Worth257 schools
  6. El Paso213 schools
  7. Arlington102 schools
  8. Corpus Christi90 schools

Questions about schools in Cleveland

  1. How many public schools are in Cleveland, TX?
    17 public schools with an address in Cleveland were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 4 middle, 9 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 15,726 students. 2 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Cleveland?
    Cleveland High School, with 3,627 students in 2024-25 (Cleveland ISD).
  3. Which districts run Cleveland's schools?
    Cleveland ISD (11 schools), Tarkington ISD (4 schools), International Leadership of Texas (Iltexas) (2 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .