Cleveland County Schools
A public school district in Shelby, North Carolina, with 28 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 14,504
- Students enrolled
- 931.7
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- Suppressed by NCES
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,540
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 14,504 in 2024–25
- Ranks 558th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 24th of 334 in North Carolina. Larger than 96% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,540 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 21% 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 County Schools spent $12,540 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,068 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
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $12,540 | $180.6 million | 14,406 |
| FY2022 | $11,957 | $171.3 million | 14,324 |
| FY2021 | $10,753 | $152.9 million | 14,220 |
| FY2020 | $10,180 | $148.5 million | 14,584 |
| FY2019 | $9,836 | $145.5 million | 14,796 |
| FY2018 | $9,655 | $144.8 million | 14,994 |
| FY2017 | $9,509 | $144.9 million | 15,234 |
| FY2016 | $9,021 | $139.8 million | 15,492 |
| FY2015 | $9,036 | $141.1 million | 15,614 |
| FY2014 | $9,174 | $138.7 million | 15,118 |
| FY2013 | $8,910 | $142.1 million | 15,951 |
| FY2012 | $8,573 | $139.1 million | 16,229 |
| FY2011 | $8,705 | $142.9 million | 16,417 |
| FY2010 | $8,567 | $140.7 million | 16,420 |
| FY2009 | $8,633 | $146.8 million | 16,999 |
| FY2008 | $8,085 | $134.8 million | 16,674 |
| FY2007 | $8,082 | $137.1 million | 16,959 |
| FY2006 | $7,568 | $129.8 million | 17,156 |
| FY2005 | $7,068 | $121.9 million | 17,250 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $49.5 million | 22.7% |
| State | $132.4 million | 60.7% |
| Local | $36.4 million | 16.7% |
| Total | $218.4 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
28 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Bethware Elementary | 548 |
| Boiling Springs Elementary | 558 |
| Burns High | 928 |
| Burns Middle | 744 |
| Casar Elementary | 275 |
| Cleveland ECHS | 225 |
| Cleveland Innovation | 187 |
| Crest High | 1,098 |
| Crest Middle | 810 |
| East Elementary | 199 |
| Elizabeth Elementary | 649 |
| Fallston Elementary | 502 |
| Grover Elementary | 323 |
| James Love Elementary | 376 |
| Jefferson Elementary | 439 |
| Kings Mountain High | 1,305 |
| Kings Mountain Intermediate | 601 |
| Kings Mountain Middle | 631 |
| North Elementary | 272 |
| North Shelby | 76 |
| Shelby High | 792 |
| Shelby Middle | 588 |
| Springmore Elementary | 618 |
| Township Three Elementary | 540 |
| Turning Point Academy | 142 |
| Union Elementary | 413 |
| Washington Elementary | 376 |
| West Elementary | 289 |
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 13
- NCES district ID
- 3700900
Elsewhere
- Public schools in North Carolina — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in North Carolina — A to Z, each with its page.
- North Carolina on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved