CLEVELAND SECONDARY

As a compact 9-12 campus in CLEVELAND, Minnesota, CLEVELAND SECONDARY hosts 260 students from grades 7 through 12, overseen by CLEVELAND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 30% leaner than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 371 students.

Within CLEVELAND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 650 students, CLEVELAND SECONDARY is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, CLEVELAND SECONDARY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Le Sueur County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Le Sueur County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, CLEVELAND SECONDARY falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 56.0%; this one comes in at 35.3%, -20.7 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Le Sueur County indicate median household income runs about $94,968, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. CLEVELAND SECONDARY is one of 13 public schools in Le Sueur County (combined enrollment of about 3,869 students).

CLEVELAND ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, CLEVELAND SECONDARY comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 54.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. CLEVELAND SECONDARY's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 259 (now 260). Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.