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Cleveland

A public school district in Cleveland, Tennessee, with 9 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

5,890
Students enrolled
Not reported by the state
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Not reported by the state
All staff, full-time equivalent
$11,690
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 5,890 in 2024–⁠25
Ranks 1,608th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 38th of 149 in Tennessee. Larger than 90% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $11,690 in fiscal year 2023
More than 14% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Cleveland spent $11,690 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,273 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

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The figures

Cleveland spent $11,690 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,273 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$11,690$67.4 million5,768
FY2022$10,816$62.0 million5,730
FY2021$10,408$59.5 million5,719
FY2020$9,745$56.7 million5,814
FY2019$9,730$56.1 million5,762
FY2018$9,340$54.1 million5,792
FY2017$8,908$51.2 million5,748
FY2016$8,717$49.1 million5,638
FY2015$8,501$47.4 million5,574
FY2014$8,556$46.5 million5,440
FY2013$8,036$43.6 million5,422
FY2012$8,265$44.4 million5,370
FY2011$8,076$42.3 million5,239
FY2010$8,117$40.6 million5,007
FY2009$8,022$40.0 million4,987
FY2008$8,121$39.0 million4,804
FY2007$7,525$35.9 million4,769
FY2006$7,490$33.8 million4,518
FY2005$7,273$32.9 million4,518

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Cleveland by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$14.4 million19.2%
State$35.7 million47.8%
Local$24.6 million33.0%
Total$74.7 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

9 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Cleveland
SchoolStudents
Arnold Memorial Elementary330
Blythe-Bower Elementary710
Candy's Creek Cherokee Elementary481
Cleveland High1,755
Cleveland Middle1,291
D.P. Yates Primary288
E.L. Ross Elementary272
G.R. Stuart Elementary317
Mayfield Elementary446

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
4700690

Elsewhere

Sources

Data retrieved