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Enrollment
414
Elementary
DISTRICT 588 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTE COUNTY·NCES 130213002554
Cleveland Elementary School
190 Lester Rd, Fayetteville, GA 30215 · (770) 716-3905 · Fayette County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
196 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 41 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
48.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.3pp since 2021
Math
57.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.5% | 57.5% |
| 2023-24 | 52.7% | 51.8% |
| 2022-23 | 51.7% | 52.7% |
| 2021-22 | 46.2% | 47.2% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cleveland Elementary School
Cleveland Elementary School's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Elementary School this school | 414 | 47.3% | 53.8% |
| A.L. Burruss Elementary School Marietta | 409 | 47.7% | 54.0% |
| Jacob G. Smith Elementary School Savannah | 466 | 47.4% | 53.4% |
| Odyssey Charter School Newnan | 359 | 48.5% | N/A |
| Bolton Academy Elementary Atlanta | 590 | 47.1% | 53.4% |
| Robert J. Burch Elementary School Tyrone | 528 | 53.2% | 54.2% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cleveland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #281 of 1,208 | #11 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #284 of 1,215 ▲ 104 | #10 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #296 of 1,215 ▼ 27 | #12 of 14 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.3pp | #294 of 1,183 | #5 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #1,063 of 1,324 | #15 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #167 of 1,301 | #1 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #173 of 1,301 | #4 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.3% | #1,062 of 1,312 | #5 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #727 of 854 | #6 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
414
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 559
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 10.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 414 | 36.5 | 11.3:1 | 47% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 38.5 | 10.5:1 | 60% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 419 | 39.5 | 10.6:1 | 45% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 424 | 40 | 10.6:1 | 46% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 36.5 | 11.9:1 | 44% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 497 | 38 | 13.1:1 | 39% (194) |
| 2010-11 | 559 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 24% (133) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cleveland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (433 to 414); teachers unchanged (36.5 to 36.5).
About Cleveland Elementary School
Cleveland Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Fayette County in Fayetteville, Georgia. It educates 414 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 32% smaller than the 605 average for elementary schools in Georgia.
Cleveland Elementary School is part of Fayette County, where 24 schools serve 19,800 students.
Cleveland Elementary School has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 48%. The remaining students are 24% White, 15% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Fayette County, the Black share is about 26%. Cleveland Elementary School's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Cleveland Elementary School total 36.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The school counts 196 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 47%. It compares with 34% for public schools in Fayette County.
The allk12 Grade for Cleveland Elementary School is B+. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 72% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Cleveland Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (53.8%) and its predicted rate (52.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
Across Fayette County, the median household income is $111,978, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. In all, Fayette County has 26 public schools and roughly 20,375 students.
Bennett's Mill Middle School is the public school closest to Cleveland Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Cleveland Elementary School ranks 4th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 53.8% against a local average of 58.4%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Cleveland Elementary School had 424 students in 2020-21 and 414 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Fayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
122,244
Census ACS
Median income
$111,978
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
20,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fayette County
- McIntosh High SchoolHigh · 1,762 students
- Fayette County High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Starrs Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,357 students
- Whitewater High SchoolHigh · 1,303 students
- Sandy Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,189 students
- J.C. Booth Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,115 students
Other schools in Fayetteville
- Fayette County High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Starrs Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,357 students
- Whitewater High SchoolHigh · 1,303 students
- Rising Starr Middle SchoolMiddle · 931 students
- Bennett's Mill Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
- Whitewater Middle SchoolMiddle · 874 students
Other Cleveland Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 15 states are named Cleveland Elementary. Cleveland Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 23.
- Cleveland ElementaryClayton, NC · 851 students
- Cleveland ElementaryStockton, CA · 587 students
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolElkhart, IN · 519 students
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolNorman, OK · 514 students
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 507 students
Nearby schools
- Bennett's Mill Middle School0.1 mi · 876
- Utopian Academy for the Arts Trilith0.9 mi · 147
- Spring Hill Elementary School2.6 mi · 661
- Fayetteville Elementary School2.9 mi · 507
- J.C. Booth Middle School3.0 mi · 1,115
- Fayette County High School3.1 mi · 1,360
Frequently asked questions
About Cleveland Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cleveland Elementary School?
Cleveland Elementary School enrolls approximately 414 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cleveland Elementary School serve?
Cleveland Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Cleveland Elementary School have?
Cleveland Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cleveland Elementary School?
At Cleveland Elementary School, the student body is approximately 24% White, 15% Hispanic, 48% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Cleveland Elementary School in?
Cleveland Elementary School is part of Fayette County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.