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Enrollment
1,446
Middle
DISTRICT 1,282 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLEVELAND ISD·NCES 481437000926
Cleveland Middle School
2000 E HOUSTON ST, CLEVELAND, TX 77327 · (281) 593-1148 · Liberty County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,446 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Texas public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
94 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
1,326 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 65%
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 | 482 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 468 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 496 | 34% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
28.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
21.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 7 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 9.0% | 19.0% | 27.0% | 45.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 15.0% | 23.0% | 56.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 28.0% | 21.0% |
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 18.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.0% | 19.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 19.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 19.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 School
Cleveland Middle School's state test result (20.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Middle School this school | 1,446 | 91.7% | 20.9% |
| Rosemont Middle School FORT WORTH | 1,166 | 90.7% | 28.5% |
| Burbank Middle School HOUSTON | 1,412 | 93.6% | 49.6% |
| Alice Johnson Junior High School CHANNELVIEW | 1,112 | 91.7% | 30.9% |
| W E Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy DALLAS | 1,116 | 90.9% | 42.8% |
| Stovall Middle School HOUSTON | 1,039 | 91.0% | 23.6% |
Matched among Texas 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 School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Liberty County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #1,584 of 1,635 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #1,606 of 1,670 ▲ 27 | #7 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #1,647 of 1,670 no change | #7 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #1,198 of 1,570 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,446 | #34 of 1,749 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #930 of 1,542 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.5% | #1,220 of 1,543 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.7% | #196 of 1,648 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +71.7% | #18 of 437 | N/A |
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
1,446
-792 (-35%) vs 2020
+110% since 1990-91, when it was 689
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 20.4:1
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 | 1,446 | 94.5 | 15.3:1 | 92% (1,326) |
| 2023-24 | 1,458 | 97.9 | 14.9:1 | 93% (1,360) |
| 2022-23 | 1,696 | 109.3 | 15.5:1 | 98% (1,654) |
| 2020-21 | 2,238 | 110 | 20.4:1 | 92% (2,050) |
| 2017-18 | 842 | 52.4 | 16.1:1 | 79% (664) |
| 2015-16 | 597 | 41 | 14.6:1 | 79% (471) |
| 2010-11 | 823 | 59 | 13.9:1 | 77% (637) |
| 2000-01 | 486 | 32 | 15.2:1 | 60% (291) |
| 1990-91 | 689 | 40 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cleveland Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 72% (842 to 1,446); teachers up 80% (52.4 to 94.5).
About Cleveland Middle School
Cleveland Middle School, located in CLEVELAND, Texas, is a high-enrollment middle school. The school runs grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 1,446 students. Middle schools in Texas average about 643 students, which makes this school 125% bigger than average.
Cleveland Middle School is part of CLEVELAND ISD, where 11 schools serve 12,513 students.
At Cleveland Middle School, 83% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 10% White and 5% Black. That is higher than the 40% Hispanic share among all Liberty County residents. The diversity index for Cleveland Middle School is 30%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Cleveland Middle School comes to 94.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.3:1. Middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1, 0.9 fewer students per teacher than here. Cleveland Middle School counts 92% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 80% average among public schools in Liberty County.
On the allk12 Grade, Cleveland Middle School lands at F, ahead of 2% of Texas public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Cleveland Middle School is 13.7 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 20.9% actual, 34.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
In the surrounding county, Liberty County, median household income comes to about $68,703, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 12% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. The county's public schools total 41, with about 27,599 students.
Cleveland Middle School's nearest public school is Cleveland High School (about 0.2 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. Cleveland Middle School is 6th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its location is classified as Town: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2,238 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 1,446 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 20.4:1 to 15.3:1.
People who know Cleveland Middle School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Liberty County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,380
Census ACS
Median income
$68,703
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
27,599 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CLEVELAND ISD
- Cleveland High SchoolHigh · 3,627 students
- Santa Fe Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,117 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,073 students
- Santa Fe Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,072 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,023 students
- Pine Burr Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,017 students
Other schools in CLEVELAND
- Cleveland High SchoolHigh · 3,627 students
- Santa Fe Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,117 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,073 students
- Santa Fe Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,072 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,023 students
- Pine Burr Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,017 students
Other Cleveland Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Cleveland Middle. Cleveland Middle School is the largest of the 5.
- Cleveland MiddleCleveland, TN · 1,291 students
- Cleveland MiddleGarner, NC · 936 students
- CLEVELAND MIDDLEALBUQUERQUE, NM · 474 students
- Cleveland Middle SchoolCleveland, OK · 328 students
Nearby schools
- Cleveland High School0.2 mi · 3,627
- Frederick A Douglass Learning Academy0.7 mi · 129
- Eastside Elementary School0.7 mi · 867
- Southside Elementary School1.4 mi · 1,016
- Disciplinary Alternative Education Program1.6 mi · 126
- Northside Elementary School2.5 mi · 1,073
Frequently asked questions
About Cleveland Middle SchoolHow large is Cleveland Middle School?
Cleveland Middle School enrolls approximately 1,446 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Cleveland Middle School serve?
Cleveland Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cleveland Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cleveland Middle School is approximately 15.3:1 (94 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cleveland Middle School?
At Cleveland Middle School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 83% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Cleveland Middle School public or private?
Cleveland Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CLEVELAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.