Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Boiling Springs’s public schools outscore 51% of North Carolina districts
The grade covers the public school district serving Boiling Springs, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within North Carolina, not nationally.
From North Carolina state tests taken in spring 2022, when 100% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Boiling Springs’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 228 North Carolina towns with household incomes within a quarter of Boiling Springs’s, its schools beat 41%, lower than their 51% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state in math, below in reading
Reading proficiency is 48% and math 56% in spring 2022, against 50% and 51% statewide; 84% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 86%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
The district spends $12,565 per student, against $13,045 across North Carolina (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓
One elementary school, then four middle and five high schools
Which school depends on the address at the later steps. Enrollment is up 6% since 2020–21. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Boiling Springs’s grade
B−: better than 51% of North Carolina school districts, #154 of 290 North Carolina towns. Test scores are above the North Carolina average; graduation is below it.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Boiling Springs, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Boiling Springs
Boiling Springs Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 558 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Shelby
Kindergarten in Boiling Springs
Boiling Springs Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 558 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Shelby
1st grade in Boiling Springs
Boiling Springs Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 558 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Shelby
2nd grade in Boiling Springs
Boiling Springs Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 558 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Shelby
3rd grade in Boiling Springs
Boiling Springs Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 558 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Shelby
4th grade in Boiling Springs
Boiling Springs Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 558 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Shelby
5th grade in Boiling Springs
Boiling Springs Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 558 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Shelby
Boiling Springs’s public schools are run by Cleveland County Schools. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Below the state in reading
Boiling Springs vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the North Carolina towns that share Boiling Springs’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Boiling Springs | B− | Cleveland County Schools |
Every school in Boiling Springs
10 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with North Carolina’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Boiling Springs’s schools
Are Boiling Springs’s schools good?
They sit near the middle of North Carolina: the public schools Boiling Springs children attend outscore 51% of North Carolina’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B− Schools grade, #154 of 290 North Carolina towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 41%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Boiling Springs in?
Cleveland County Schools, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 14,504 students in 28 schools (2024–25).
Where do Boiling Springs kids go to high school?
One of 5 high schools, depending on your address: Kings Mountain High, Crest High, Burns High, Shelby High and Cleveland ECHS.
What is Boiling Springs’s graduation rate?
84% of the class of 2023 in Cleveland County Schools graduated in four years, against 86% across North Carolina.
How much does Boiling Springs spend per student?
$12,565 in Cleveland County Schools (FY2024), against $13,045 across North Carolina. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Boiling Springs families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2021–22, 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). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within North Carolina. Stars are from neighbors.