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What's the most underrated thing about Cleveland Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
851
Elementary
DISTRICT 690 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOHNSTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370237001014
Cleveland Elementary
10225 Cleveland Rd, Clayton, NC 27520 · (919) 550-2700 · Johnston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL851 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
839 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 | 27 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 129 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 128 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 142 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 139 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 147 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (129) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (147).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
74.1%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
79.0%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
76.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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
Cleveland Elementary's state test result (76.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Elementary this school | 851 | 98.6% | 76.6% |
| Thanksgiving Elementary Selma | 870 | 99.5% | 68.8% |
| Troutman Elementary Troutman | 902 | 99.7% | 59.7% |
| Belville Elementary Leland | 812 | 99.6% | 62.1% |
| River Dell Elementary Clayton | 981 | 99.7% | 68.9% |
| Riverwood Elementary Clayton | 728 | 99.6% | 76.8% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Johnston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.6% | #117 of 1,297 | #2 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #139 of 1,296 | #3 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #88 of 1,300 | #1 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 851 | #51 of 1,485 | #7 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #1,331 of 1,377 | #24 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #425 of 1,379 | #11 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.6% | #815 of 1,414 | #18 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #286 of 369 | #7 of 9 |
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
851
+20 (+2%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 744
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 851 | 44.9 | 19.0:1 | 99% (839) |
| 2023-24 | 816 | 49.8 | 16.4:1 | 32% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 822 | 48 | 17.1:1 | 30% (243) |
| 2020-21 | 831 | 53 | 15.7:1 | 20% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 820 | 47.5 | 17.3:1 | 25% (208) |
| 2015-16 | 802 | 50 | 16.0:1 | 29% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 872 | 51 | 17.1:1 | 26% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 1,067 | 61 | 17.5:1 | 17% (177) |
| 1990-91 | 744 | 38 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cleveland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (820 to 851); teachers down 6% (47.5 to 44.9).
About Cleveland Elementary
Families in Clayton, North Carolina, are served by Cleveland Elementary, a high-enrollment elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 851 students. The school is 82% bigger than the average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
Johnston County Public Schools counts 37,320 students in its 48 schools, and Cleveland Elementary is one of them.
At Cleveland Elementary, 50% of students are White. After that, the student body is 21% Hispanic, 19% Black, and 8% multiracial. Census figures show Johnston County is about 64% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 19.0:1. The school has 44.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 14.9:1. Federal data show 99% of students (839) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Cleveland Elementary lands at A+, ahead of 98% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
Cleveland Elementary is in the top 10% of North Carolina schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.7%. The school's actual rate is 76.6%, 27.9 points higher.
Looking at the county, Johnston County, median household income comes to about $83,384, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 52, with about 41,004 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Cleveland Middle, is about 0.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Cleveland Elementary is 1st on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show 831 students in 2020-21 and 851 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. By 2024-25, the school had 19.0 students per teacher, compared with 15.7 in 2020-21.
Cleveland Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Johnston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
234,263
Census ACS
Median income
$83,384
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
41,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Johnston County Public Schools
- Corinth Holders HighHigh · 2,187 students
- Clayton HighHigh · 1,929 students
- Cleveland HighHigh · 1,889 students
- West Johnston HighHigh · 1,563 students
- Smithfield-Selma HighHigh · 1,548 students
- South Johnston HighHigh · 1,355 students
Other schools in Clayton
- American Leadership Academy - JohnstonCombined · 2,082 students
- Clayton HighHigh · 1,929 students
- Cleveland HighHigh · 1,889 students
- River Dell ElementaryElementary · 981 students
- Riverwood MiddleMiddle · 902 students
- West Clayton ElementaryElementary · 742 students
Other Cleveland Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 15 states are named Cleveland Elementary. Cleveland Elementary is the largest of the 23.
- Cleveland ElementaryStockton, CA · 587 students
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolElkhart, IN · 519 students
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolNorman, OK · 514 students
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 507 students
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolCleveland, AL · 499 students
Nearby schools
- Cleveland Middle0.4 mi · 936
- West View Elementary1.7 mi · 969
- Polenta Elementary1.8 mi · 1,010
- Cleveland High3.0 mi · 1,889
- West Johnston High3.9 mi · 1,563
- Swift Creek Middle3.9 mi · 691
Frequently asked questions
About Cleveland ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cleveland Elementary?
Cleveland Elementary enrolls approximately 851 students in grades PK-05.
Is Cleveland Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cleveland Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Cleveland Elementary?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at Cleveland Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Cleveland Elementary?
Student demographics at Cleveland Elementary are roughly 50% White, 21% Hispanic, 19% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Cleveland Elementary public or private?
Cleveland Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Johnston County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.