Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Fallston’s public schools
Cleveland County Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Fallston. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 100% 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
Fallston’s schools, in brief
School by school
8 of Fallston’s 10 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Carolina’s 2,529 public schools. Cleveland ECHS places highest (better than 96%); Shelby Middle lowest (32%). 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 Fallston, with each school’s own grade.
Kindergarten in Fallston
Fallston Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 502 students · 14:1 students per teacher
1st grade in Fallston
Fallston Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 502 students · 14:1 students per teacher
2nd grade in Fallston
Fallston Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 502 students · 14:1 students per teacher
3rd grade in Fallston
Fallston Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 502 students · 14:1 students per teacher
4th grade in Fallston
Fallston Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 502 students · 14:1 students per teacher
5th grade in Fallston
Fallston Elementary
Grades PK–5 · 502 students · 14:1 students per teacher
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Cleveland County Schools.
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
Fallston vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the North Carolina towns that share Fallston’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Fallston | — | Cleveland County Schools |
Every school in Fallston
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 Fallston’s schools
Are Fallston’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Fallston. Cleveland County Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Fallston. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 8 of its 10 district schools with test results score above the middle of North Carolina’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Fallston in?
Cleveland County Schools.
Where do Fallston kids go to high school?
One of five high schools, depending on your address: Kings Mountain High, Crest High, Burns High, Shelby High and Cleveland ECHS.
Parents talk
What Fallston families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Fallston → 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.