Cleveland County Schools

Summary:

The Cleveland County Schools district in North Carolina encompasses 28 schools, including 15 elementary schools, 5 middle schools, 6 high schools, and 2 alternative schools, serving students from pre-K through 12th grade.

Within the district, a few schools stand out for their exceptional performance. Springmore Elementary and Boiling Springs Elementary are among the top-performing elementary schools, ranking in the top 20% of North Carolina elementary schools with high proficiency rates in math, reading, and science. Casar Elementary is another high-performing elementary school, ranking in the top 17% of the state. At the high school level, Cleveland Early College High School stands out, ranking in the top 9% of North Carolina high schools with exceptional proficiency rates across all end-of-course subjects.

However, the district also faces significant disparities in performance, with some schools, such as Shelby High, Washington Elementary, and Turning Point Academy, struggling significantly and ranking in the bottom 5% of the state. This disparity appears to be closely linked to the high rates of economic disadvantage, as measured by free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, in many of the district's schools.

District Detail

400 West Marion Street
Shelby, NC 28150

(704) 476-8000

SchoolDigger Rank:
121^st of 242 North Carolina districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 14,406

Primary Schools: 15
Middle Schools: 5
High Schools: 6
Alternative Schools: 2

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				EOC Biology (2024)	EOC English II (2024)	EOC Math I (2024)	EOC Math III (2024)	EOG Mathematics (2024)						EOG Reading (2024)						EOG Science (2024)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	EOC Biology End of Course	EOC English II End of Course	EOC Math I End of Course	EOC Math III End of Course	EOG Mathematics 3rd Grade	EOG Mathematics 4th Grade	EOG Mathematics 5th Grade	EOG Mathematics 6th Grade	EOG Mathematics 7th Grade	EOG Mathematics 8th Grade	EOG Reading 3rd Grade	EOG Reading 4th Grade	EOG Reading 5th Grade	EOG Reading 6th Grade	EOG Reading 7th Grade	EOG Reading 8th Grade	EOG Science 5th Grade	EOG Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
East Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	600 Cleveland Avenue	Kings Mountain	28086	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 476-8356	214	19	11.4	97.7%	102 (47.7%)	76 (35.5%)	16 (7.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (8.9%)	54.8	665^th of 1505 public elementary schools	55.8%		56.6	646^th of 1502 public elementary schools	57.0%	19					60.7	51.4					46.4	62.2							$11,443	$1,678	$9,765
Kings Mountain High	Public	9-12	500 Phifer Road	Kings Mountain	28086	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 476-8330	1,236	73	16.9	56.4%	768 (62.1%)	279 (22.6%)	83 (6.7%)	10 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	95 (7.7%)	50.8	291^st of 640 public high schools	54.5%		43.6	330^th of 626 public high schools	47.3%	39	48.4	53.5	52.4	69.1															$9,036	$654	$8,382
Kings Mountain Intermediate	Public	5-6	227 Kings Mountain Boulevard	Kings Mountain	28086	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 476-8366	627	34	18.3	67.8%	367 (58.5%)	152 (24.2%)	47 (7.5%)	9 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (8.3%)								(n/a)							57.4	60.2					40.5	47.1			62.2		$8,233	$1,444	$6,788
Kings Mountain Middle	Public	7-8	1000 Phifer Road	Kings Mountain	28086	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 476-8340	712	41	17.2	66.6%	438 (61.5%)	139 (19.5%)	60 (8.4%)	11 (1.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	62 (8.7%)	51.1	383^rd of 793 public middle schools	51.7%		64.4	249^th of 784 public middle schools	68.2%	134									50.3	50.3					40.3	48.7		71.8	$8,838	$691	$8,147
North Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	900 N Ramseur Street	Kings Mountain	28086	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 476-8225	263	20	13.4	98.9%	145 (55.1%)	88 (33.5%)	19 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.2%)	51.7	719^th of 1505 public elementary schools	52.2%		46.6	819^th of 1502 public elementary schools	45.5%	100					57.1	60.3					42.9	55.2							$10,709	$1,428	$9,282
West Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	500 W Mountain Street	Kings Mountain	28086	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 476-8345	290	23	12.8	60.0%	193 (66.6%)	69 (23.8%)	9 (3.1%)	4 (1.4%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (4.1%)	56.7	638^th of 1505 public elementary schools	57.6%		63.7	521^st of 1502 public elementary schools	65.3%	117					59.6	69.4					42.3	57.1							$9,202	$1,108	$8,094
Cleveland ECHS	Public	9-12	1800 E. Marion Street	Shelby	28152	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 476-8232	219	10	21.6	56.6%	125 (57.1%)	38 (17.4%)	39 (17.8%)	5 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.5%)	92.3	56^th of 640 public high schools	91.3%		89.3	77^th of 626 public high schools	87.7%	21	90.4	94.2	87.2	84.3															$7,781	$522	$7,258
Cleveland Innovation	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	400 W Marion St	Shelby	28150	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	Yes	No	(704) 476-8000	182	15	12.0	52.2%	128 (70.3%)	30 (16.5%)	7 (3.8%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (8.2%)								(n/a)	50.0	61.1	45.5	32.3				30.8	55.0	22.2				53.8	70.0	66.7		77.8
Turning Point Academy	Public	6-12	409 West Sumter Street	Shelby	28150	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 476-8399	108	15	7.2	97.2%	37 (34.3%)	56 (51.9%)	2 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (12.0%)	10.2	591^st of 640 public high schools	7.7%		3.9	608^th of 626 public high schools	2.9%	17	8.7	40.0														6.7		26.7	$21,288	$1,682	$19,606
North Shelby	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1701 Charles Road	Shelby	28152	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 476-8230	83	15	5.4	96.4%	47 (56.6%)	21 (25.3%)	8 (9.6%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	5 (6.0%)								(n/a)																			$33,367	$4,866	$28,501
Shelby High	Public	9-12	230 E Dixon Boulevard	Shelby	28152	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 476-8325	825	53	15.6	65.2%	290 (35.2%)	393 (47.6%)	72 (8.7%)	12 (1.5%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	54 (6.5%)	21.3	505^th of 640 public high schools	21.1%		21.9	499^th of 626 public high schools	20.3%	6	35.5	45.5	28.2	34.9															$9,492	$690	$8,802
Shelby Middle	Public	6-8	1480 South Dekalb Street	Shelby	28152	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 476-8328	630	41	15.3	81.1%	169 (26.8%)	360 (57.1%)	51 (8.1%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (7.0%)	28.9	570^th of 793 public middle schools	28.1%		29.7	561^st of 784 public middle schools	28.4%	9								44.9	27.6	30.1				37.4	39.9	33.9		67.7	$11,218	$923	$10,295
James Love Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	309 James Love Road	Shelby	28152	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 476-8385	350	30	11.5	99.1%	88 (25.1%)	199 (56.9%)	34 (9.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (8.0%)	31.1	1080^th of 1505 public elementary schools	28.2%		46.5	823^rd of 1502 public elementary schools	45.2%	257					52.6	42.0	46.0				35.1	39.2	50.0				56.0		$12,191	$1,637	$10,553
Jefferson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1166 Wyke Road	Shelby	28150	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 476-8390	429	31	13.9	98.4%	172 (40.1%)	183 (42.7%)	36 (8.4%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.7%)	54.2	680^th of 1505 public elementary schools	54.8%		50.6	759^th of 1502 public elementary schools	49.5%	79					77.6	56.7	60.7				62.1	47.8	41.0				55.7		$10,297	$1,501	$8,795
Township Three Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	526 Davis Road	Shelby	28152	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 476-8245	529	42	12.7	99.4%	214 (40.5%)	219 (41.4%)	45 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (9.6%)	20.6	1276^th of 1505 public elementary schools	15.2%		22	1231^st of 1502 public elementary schools	18.0%	45					33.8	39.3	45.9				33.8	41.6	29.7				51.4		$9,675	$1,374	$8,301
Elizabeth Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	220 S Post Road	Shelby	28152	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 476-8371	569	44	12.8	99.5%	130 (22.8%)	311 (54.7%)	69 (12.1%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (9.5%)	20.3	1279^th of 1505 public elementary schools	15.0%		20	1255^th of 1502 public elementary schools	16.4%	24					50.7	45.1	42.0				31.6	26.4	27.5				52.2		$9,413	$1,457	$7,956
Boiling Springs Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1522 Patrick Avenue	Shelby	28152	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 476-8361	549	39	14.1	63.0%	410 (74.7%)	78 (14.2%)	29 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.8%)	76.2	307^th of 1505 public elementary schools	79.6%		80.6	227^th of 1502 public elementary schools	84.9%	80					81.5	73.6	73.7				61.7	62.6	55.2				69.8		$9,229	$1,162	$8,067
Crest High	Public	9-12	800 Old Boiling Springs	Shelby	28152	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 476-8331	1,114	66	16.9	54.4%	706 (63.4%)	256 (23.0%)	84 (7.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (6.0%)	66.2	199^th of 640 public high schools	68.9%		60.6	222^nd of 626 public high schools	64.5%	23	71.4	61.2	55.9	71.1															$8,650	$808	$7,842
Crest Middle	Public	6-8	315 Beaverdam Church Rd	Shelby	28150	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 476-8221	849	52	16.3	66.3%	496 (58.4%)	211 (24.9%)	64 (7.5%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	73 (8.6%)	52.5	367^th of 793 public middle schools	53.7%		52	364^th of 784 public middle schools	53.6%	3								56.0	47.5	52.1				51.2	46.6	48.1		66.0	$8,409	$668	$7,741
Washington Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1907 Stony Point Road	Shelby	28150	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 476-8260	415	29	14.4	99.3%	240 (57.8%)	82 (19.8%)	56 (13.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (8.7%)	14.2	1374^th of 1505 public elementary schools	8.7%		18.6	1277^th of 1502 public elementary schools	15.0%	97					41.5	29.8	24.5				33.8	35.1	22.6				52.8		$9,971	$1,530	$8,441
Springmore Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	616 McBrayer Homestead Road	Shelby	28152	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 476-8235	553	38	14.6	63.5%	405 (73.2%)	71 (12.8%)	42 (7.6%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.8%)	77.4	290^th of 1505 public elementary schools	80.7%		75.7	308^th of 1502 public elementary schools	79.5%	18					80.2	70.1	82.8				57.5	55.2	54.0				85.1		$9,568	$1,145	$8,422
Bethware Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	115 Bethware Drive	Kings Mountain	28086	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 476-8346	515	34	15.2	99.4%	328 (63.7%)	105 (20.4%)	45 (8.7%)	9 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	25 (4.9%)	73	356^th of 1505 public elementary schools	76.3%		56.5	649^th of 1502 public elementary schools	56.8%	293					91.8	59.8					66.0	48.3							$9,644	$1,089	$8,555
Grover Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	206 Carolina Avenue	Grover	28073	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 476-8351	320	25	12.8	99.1%	230 (71.9%)	45 (14.1%)	17 (5.3%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.8%)	76.9	297^th of 1505 public elementary schools	80.3%		67.9	445^th of 1502 public elementary schools	70.4%	148					75.4	64.3					57.9	67.9							$10,632	$1,366	$9,266
Union Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1440 Union Church Road	Shelby	28150	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 476-8250	423	31	13.5	80.1%	276 (65.2%)	89 (21.0%)	26 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.1%)	52.7	704^th of 1505 public elementary schools	53.2%		41.3	907^th of 1502 public elementary schools	39.6%	203					74.4	53.8	58.9				37.2	46.2	48.2				76.4		$10,135	$1,538	$8,597
Fallston Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	112 Gary Street	Fallston	28042	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 476-8240	456	36	12.7	99.3%	358 (78.5%)	41 (9.0%)	28 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.9%)	39.7	937^th of 1505 public elementary schools	37.7%		62.1	544^th of 1502 public elementary schools	63.8%	393					54.2	48.6	59.7				36.1	41.9	39.0				70.1		$9,874	$1,550	$8,324
Burns High	Public	9-12	307 E Stagecoach Trail	Lawndale	28090	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 476-8335	934	61	15.2	59.7%	668 (71.5%)	141 (15.1%)	70 (7.5%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (5.2%)	48.3	308^th of 640 public high schools	51.9%		37.5	375^th of 626 public high schools	40.1%	67	49.2	50.4	58.9	62.6															$9,886	$976	$8,911
Burns Middle	Public	6-8	215 Shady Grove Road	Lawndale	28090	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	No	(704) 476-8223	734	45	16.4	69.6%	510 (69.5%)	109 (14.9%)	77 (10.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (4.9%)	51.9	377^th of 793 public middle schools	52.5%		57.1	315^th of 784 public middle schools	59.8%	62								61.8	46.3	40.2				52.0	40.4	51.3		71.4	$9,061	$807	$8,254
Casar Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	436 Schoolhouse Road	Casar	28020	Cleveland County	Cleveland County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(704) 476-8255	278	19	14.5	98.9%	244 (87.8%)	9 (3.2%)	16 (5.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.9%)	79.1	256^th of 1505 public elementary schools	83.0%		81.8	207^th of 1502 public elementary schools	86.2%	49					80.4	65.9	89.8				62.7	51.2	55.1				93.9		$11,433	$1,395	$10,038

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Rutherford County Schools	6.45 mi	18	73^rd
Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy	8.29 mi	1
Pinnacle Classical Academy	8.96 mi	1
Gaston County Schools	18.2 mi	57	158^th
Lincoln County Schools	20.96 mi	23	66^th

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