The Cleveland Academy of Leadership

The Cleveland Academy of Leadership, a moderately sized elementary school in Spartanburg, South Carolina, operated by Spartanburg 07, educates 521 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within Spartanburg 07, which oversees 10 schools and 7,624 students, The Cleveland Academy of Leadership is one campus in the system.

On demographics, The Cleveland Academy of Leadership lists that 65% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest consists of 16% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Spartanburg County indicate median household income runs about $66,234, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Spartanburg County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,477 students), of which The Cleveland Academy of Leadership is one.

Meeting Street Academy-Spartanburg is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 10%: 582 students in 2018 compared to 521 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 2% to 16% over that span.

On this page, members of the The Cleveland Academy of Leadership community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.