Cleveland Elementary

Cleveland Elementary is an one-room-style K-5 school in Cleveland, Wisconsin, overseen by Sheboygan Area School District. The school hosts 117 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 64% smaller than typical.

Cleveland Elementary is one of 26 schools operated by Sheboygan Area School District, a district that caters to 9,285 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Cleveland Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 48% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Manitowoc County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Manitowoc County's rate of about 40%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cleveland Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.0%; this one delivers 41.1%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Manitowoc County put median household income runs about $69,148, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Manitowoc County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,090 students), Cleveland Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Howards Grove Middle, around 6.7 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Cleveland Elementary comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 59.2%.

Cleveland Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 6%: 110 students in 2018 compared to 117 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 19% to 48%.

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