Summary:
Cleveland, Minnesota, has one high school in this data set: Cleveland Secondary, a grades 7–12 combined middle/high school in the Cleveland Public School District with 260 students. Because it is the only school in the list, its results are best compared with district and state averages.
The most encouraging story is improvement and completion. Cleveland Secondary rose from 313th of 480 in 2023–2024 to 275th of 450 in 2024–2025, then to 166th of 473 in 2025–2026, moving from the 35th percentile and 2 stars to the 65th percentile and 3 stars. Its 2024–2025 graduation rate is 95.5%, compared with 84.9% statewide, and its dropout rate is 2.2%, compared with 4.2% statewide. In 2025–2026, 7th grade math is 52.9% proficient versus 40.3% state, 7th grade reading is 54.9% versus 43.5%, 11th grade math is 43.6% versus 35.3%, and 10th grade reading is 47.2% versus 42.5%. All-grade math improved from 33.86% to 43.9%, while all-grade reading improved from 44.88% to 48.8%.
Science is the clearest weak spot: all-grade science proficiency is 15.4%, compared with 25.5% statewide, and it barely moved from 15.29% the prior year. Eighth grade is much weaker than 7th grade: math is 33.3% versus 42.3% state, reading is 42.9% versus 50.0%, and science is 4.8% versus 16.7%. Reading is slightly above the state’s 48.6% but below the district’s 55.5%. With only 260 students, year-to-year changes can be volatile, so parents should view the strong ranking jump and completion outcomes as real strengths while noting the need for science and 8th grade support.
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