Cleveland High School STEM

Cleveland High School STEM is a senior high of substantial scale in SEATTLE, Washington, run under Seattle School District No. 1, works with 875 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 573 students per school, that is 53% bigger than typical.

Seattle School District No. 1 runs 107 schools in total, collectively educating 50,773 students. Cleveland High School STEM is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Cleveland High School STEM records that 48% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 16% Black, 14% White, 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Cleveland High School STEM has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.6:1. The state averages around 21.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cleveland High School STEM sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.6%; this one delivers 46.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (King County) logs that median household earnings sit near $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Cleveland High School STEM is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Maple Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cleveland High School STEM. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cleveland High School STEM at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 48.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cleveland High School STEM has held roughly steady, going from 871 students in 2018 to 875 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 25% to 16%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.