Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Cleveland

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Schools in Cleveland

Cleveland’s public schools

Geneseo Community Unit School District 228 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cleveland. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/5schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 102% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
32%
2020–21
Math proficiency
23%
2020–21
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.4K
▼ 33% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.2
IL 13.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
2,422 students on the public path
In brief

Cleveland’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Cleveland’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Geneseo High School places highest (better than 77%); Geneseo Middle School lowest (41%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Cleveland, graded from B to B, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Geneseo High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Cleveland, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB
6–8Geneseo Middle Schoolin GeneseoC+
9–12Geneseo High Schoolin GeneseoA−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Geneseo Community Unit School District 228.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Geneseo Community Unit School District 228Grades PK–12 · 5 schools · 2,422 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 14.2 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$14,444IL $21,567 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading32%
State average 29.9% · 1328 students tested
Math23%
State average 25.8% · 1268 students tested

Cleveland vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Cleveland’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Cleveland—Geneseo Community Unit School District 228

Every school in Cleveland

5 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Clevelandin other towns
Northside Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Geneseo
B
334 students16:1Rate it →
Millikin Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Geneseo
B
364 students13:1Rate it →
Southwest Elem School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Geneseo
B
357 students14:1Rate it →
Geneseo Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Geneseo
C+
573 students14:1Rate it →
Geneseo High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Geneseo
A−
794 students15:1Rate it →

Questions about Cleveland’s schools

Are Cleveland’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Cleveland. Geneseo Community Unit School District 228 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cleveland. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Cleveland in?

Geneseo Community Unit School District 228.

Where do Cleveland kids go to high school?

Geneseo High School.

Parents talk

What Cleveland families are saying about school.

Town Square →
Start the conversation

Looking for colleges? Colleges near Cleveland → They have their own page.

School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.