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The public schools with the most Black students in Cleveland County, North Carolina

This ranking covers the public schools with the most Black students in Cleveland County, North Carolina, drawn from 27 qualifying public schools. Shelby High leads the list at 417, against a median of 110 across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Cleveland County, North Carolina

Top Black students

417

Median Black students

110

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · CLEVELAND COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Shelby High	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	792	52.6%	417
2	Elizabeth Elementary	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	649	48.5%	315
3	Kings Mountain High	Kings Mountain, NC	Cleveland County Schools	1,305	22.8%	297
4	Shelby Middle	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	588	49.8%	293
5	Crest High	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	1,098	23.1%	254
6	Crest Middle	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	810	24.7%	200
7	James Love Elementary	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	376	52.7%	198
8	Jefferson Elementary	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	439	44.6%	196
9	Township Three Elementary	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	540	35.4%	191
10	Kings Mountain Middle	Kings Mountain, NC	Cleveland County Schools	631	25.7%	162
11	Burns High	Lawndale, NC	Cleveland County Schools	928	16.8%	156
12	Kings Mountain Intermediate	Kings Mountain, NC	Cleveland County Schools	601	24.0%	144
13	Burns Middle	Lawndale, NC	Cleveland County Schools	744	15.6%	116
14	Bethware Elementary	Kings Mountain, NC	Cleveland County Schools	548	20.1%	110
15	Union Elementary	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	413	23.0%	95
16	East Elementary	Kings Mountain, NC	Cleveland County Schools	199	42.2%	84
17	North Elementary	Kings Mountain, NC	Cleveland County Schools	272	30.9%	84
18	Boiling Springs Elementary	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	558	14.7%	82
19	Springmore Elementary	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	618	12.5%	77
20	Washington Elementary	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	376	16.5%	62
21	West Elementary	Kings Mountain, NC	Cleveland County Schools	289	21.1%	61
22	Turning Point Academy	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	142	41.5%	59
23	Fallston Elementary	Fallston, NC	Cleveland County Schools	502	10.8%	54
24	Grover Elementary	Grover, NC	Cleveland County Schools	323	14.2%	46
25	Cleveland ECHS	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	225	15.6%	35
26	North Shelby	Shelby, NC	Cleveland County Schools	76	23.7%	18
27	Casar Elementary	Casar, NC	Cleveland County Schools	275	2.5%	7

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