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Enrollment
936
Middle
DISTRICT 644 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOHNSTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370237001173
Cleveland Middle
2323 Cornwallis Road, Garner, NC 27529 · (919) 553-7500 · Johnston County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL936 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of North Carolina public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
933 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 295 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 323 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 318 | 34% |
Student demographics
68%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
58.7%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
60.3%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Middle
Cleveland Middle's state test result (61.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Middle this school | 936 | 99.7% | 61.2% |
| Norwayne Middle Fremont | 848 | 99.6% | 57.6% |
| Riverwood Middle Clayton | 902 | 99.4% | 57.5% |
| Holly Shelter Middle Castle Hayne | 801 | 99.1% | 57.8% |
| Leland Middle Leland | 806 | 99.6% | 46.7% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle Winston-Salem | 808 | 99.6% | 68.7% |
Matched among North Carolina middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Johnston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #117 of 463 | #3 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #127 of 461 | #3 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #120 of 463 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 936 | #56 of 478 | #2 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #395 of 456 | #11 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #108 of 456 | #3 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #14 of 472 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #237 of 300 | #5 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
936
-95 (-9%) vs 2020
+16% since 2000-01, when it was 809
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 936 | 50.8 | 18.4:1 | 100% (933) |
| 2023-24 | 923 | 50.2 | 18.4:1 | 100% (920) |
| 2022-23 | 936 | 51.5 | 18.2:1 | 36% (341) |
| 2020-21 | 1,031 | 55 | 18.8:1 | 22% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 997 | 51.5 | 19.4:1 | 20% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 1,134 | 65 | 17.4:1 | 26% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 1,032 | 61 | 16.9:1 | 24% (243) |
| 2000-01 | 809 | 51 | 15.9:1 | 19% (154) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cleveland Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (997 to 936); teachers down 1% (51.5 to 50.8).
About Cleveland Middle
Cleveland Middle, located in Garner, North Carolina, is a high-enrollment middle-grades school. A total of 936 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in North Carolina is about 605 students, so this school is 55% bigger than average.
Johnston County Public Schools enrolls 37,320 students in 48 schools, including Cleveland Middle.
Enrollment at Cleveland Middle is mixed, with White students the largest group at 47%. The rest of enrollment is 23% Black, 21% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Johnston County's population at about 64%. Cleveland Middle has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 18.4:1, with 50.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, middle schools in North Carolina average 15.9:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%.
The allk12 Grade for Cleveland Middle is A. Compared with North Carolina public middle schools, the school scored higher than 86% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 48.4% at Cleveland Middle; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 61.2%.
Census Bureau estimates for Johnston County show that median household income is about $83,384, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cleveland Middle is one of 52 public schools in Johnston County, which together enroll about 41,004 students.
Cleveland Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. Cleveland Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 60.2%, lower than Cleveland Middle's 61.2%.
Cleveland Middle falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 9%, from 1,031 to 936.
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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 Garner
- South Garner HighHigh · 1,835 students
- Garner HighHigh · 1,670 students
- East Garner MiddleMiddle · 1,109 students
- Polenta ElementaryElementary · 1,010 students
- West View ElementaryElementary · 969 students
- North Garner MiddleMiddle · 831 students
Other Cleveland Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Cleveland Middle. Cleveland Middle is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Cleveland Middle SchoolCLEVELAND, TX · 1,446 students
- Cleveland MiddleCleveland, TN · 1,291 students
- CLEVELAND MIDDLEALBUQUERQUE, NM · 474 students
- Cleveland Middle SchoolCleveland, OK · 328 students
Nearby schools
- Cleveland Elementary0.4 mi · 851
- West View Elementary1.6 mi · 969
- Polenta Elementary2.1 mi · 1,010
- Cleveland High3.1 mi · 1,889
- West Johnston High3.6 mi · 1,563
- Dixon Road Elementary3.9 mi · 644
Frequently asked questions
About Cleveland MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Cleveland Middle?
Cleveland Middle enrolls approximately 936 students in grades 06-08.
Is Cleveland Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cleveland Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Cleveland Middle?
Approximately 18.4:1 students per teacher at Cleveland Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cleveland Middle?
At Cleveland Middle, the student body is approximately 47% White, 21% Hispanic, 23% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Cleveland Middle?
Cleveland Middle is overseen by Johnston County Public Schools in Johnston County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.