Cleveland Central High School

Set in CLEVELAND, Mississippi, Cleveland Central High School is a reasonably sized high school, one of the schools within Cleveland School District. It enrolls 799 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 23% above the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 651 students.

Within Cleveland School District, which oversees 8 schools and 2,793 students, Cleveland Central High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Cleveland Central High School lists that the largest single group is Black, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 12% multiracial, 11% White, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Bolivar County as a whole is about 63% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Cleveland Central High School reports 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Cleveland Central High School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cleveland Central High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.2%; this one delivers 46.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Bolivar County indicate median household income runs about $39,585, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 27%. In all, Bolivar County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,415 students), of which Cleveland Central High School is one.

Pearman Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 924 students in 2018 compared to 799 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 23% to 11% across the same window.

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