Photo: C. M Miller, CE 1903 map of Rowan County, North Carolina · Public domainCleveland’s public schools
Rowan-Salisbury Schools 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.
Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in North Carolina’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Cleveland’s schools, in brief
School by school
2 of Cleveland’s 14 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Carolina’s 2,529 public schools. Rowan Co Early College places highest (better than 87%); North Rowan Middle lowest (9%). 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Cleveland, with each school’s own grade.
Kindergarten in Cleveland
West Rowan Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 611 students · 15:1 students per teacher
1st grade in Cleveland
West Rowan Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 611 students · 15:1 students per teacher
2nd grade in Cleveland
West Rowan Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 611 students · 15:1 students per teacher
3rd grade in Cleveland
West Rowan Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 611 students · 15:1 students per teacher
4th grade in Cleveland
West Rowan Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 611 students · 15:1 students per teacher
5th grade in Cleveland
West Rowan Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 611 students · 15:1 students per teacher
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Rowan-Salisbury Schools.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Cleveland vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the North Carolina towns that share Cleveland’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | — | Rowan-Salisbury Schools |
Every school in Cleveland
14 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 Cleveland’s schools
Are Cleveland’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Cleveland. Rowan-Salisbury Schools 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, 2 of its 14 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Carolina’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Cleveland in?
Rowan-Salisbury Schools.
Where do Cleveland kids go to high school?
One of seven high schools, depending on your address: Carson High, West Rowan High, East Rowan High, South Rowan High, Salisbury High, North Rowan High and Rowan Co Early College.
Parents talk
What Cleveland families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Cleveland → They have their own page.
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). Stars are from neighbors.