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Cleveland Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
473rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 614 Oklahoma Elementary Schools
Better than 23% of Oklahoma elementary schools
Summary

Cleveland Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-5 in Lawton, Oklahoma, with 282 students enrolled. The school faces significant challenges, consistently underperforming compared to the Lawton school district and the state of Oklahoma in standardized test scores.

In the 2024-2025 school year, only 16% of Cleveland Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, and 19% were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 19% and 17% for Lawton, and 26% and 26% for the state. The school also has a concerning trend of high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 1.4% to 19.0% over the past few years. Additionally, Cleveland Elementary has a very high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with 94.68% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year.

Compared to nearby schools like Eisenhower Elementary and Bishop Public School, Cleveland Elementary consistently underperforms in academic metrics such as test scores and proficiency rates. The school's statewide ranking has also declined over the years, from 159 out of 407 schools in 2016-2017 to 473 out of 614 schools in 2024-2025, suggesting it is falling behind relative to other elementary schools in the state.

319
Students ?
15.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$10,568
Per pupil spending ?
96.2%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1202 Southwest 27th Street
       Lawton, OK  73505-3505

(580) 353-8861

District: Lawton


Students who attend Cleveland Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Central Middle School
High:    Lawton High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
34.8%
White:
23.5%
African American:
21.9%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 57th percentile in 2009 → 23rd in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Oklahoma average (18% vs 27% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (23rd percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 34 percentile points since 2009
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school18%
District avg18%
Oklahoma avg27%
473rd of 614
Oklahoma public elementary schools ?
Bottom 23%▼ down 54 pts since 2015
From top 23% (2015) to bottom 23% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
10th of 15Elementary Schools in the Lawton
349th of 452Lawton among Oklahoma districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202524.3473 of 61423.0%★☆☆☆☆
202145.2352 of 64645.5%★★☆☆☆
201843.4240 of 40640.9%★★☆☆☆
201758.0159 of 40760.9%★★★☆☆
201638.5337 of 49832.3%★★☆☆☆
201573.2216 of 95777.4%★★★★☆
201161.1348 of 84658.9%★★★☆☆
201064.2290 of 84565.7%★★★☆☆
200957.3364 of 84056.7%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOklahoma percentileRating
202538.1309 of 50238.4%★★☆☆☆
202165.2139 of 50672.5%★★★★☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)38th percentile+15 vs school
By subject vs Oklahoma (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics19%-7 vs state
Science19%-11 vs state
English Language Arts I16%-10 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Cleveland Elementary School

Students at Cleveland Elementary School are 35% Hispanic, 24% White, 22% African American, 12% Two or more races, 7% American Indian.

Cleveland Elementary School ranks in the bottom 23.0% of Oklahoma elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 319 students attended Cleveland Elementary School.

Students who attend Cleveland Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Central Middle School
High : Lawton High School


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

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