Summary:
Cleveland Public School District in Minnesota serves about 650 students across two schools: Cleveland Elementary, which covers grades PK–6 with 390 students, and Cleveland Secondary, which covers grades 7–12 with 260 students. The district is ranked 149th of 458 in the state, placing it in the 67th percentile with 3 stars.
The two schools are heading in opposite directions. Cleveland Elementary has slipped in rank percentile from 75 to 70 to 60 over three years, dropping from 4 stars to 3 stars, while Cleveland Secondary has climbed from 35 to 39 to 65 and risen from 2 stars to 3 stars. Academically, reading is the district's strength: elementary all-grade reading is 59.4% versus the state's 48.6%, with 3rd grade at 63.3% and 6th grade at 76%. Elementary math (47%) also tops the state (44.9%), led by 3rd grade at 77.6% and 6th grade at 60%. Cleveland Secondary is below the state in math (43.9% vs. 44.9%) and science, and its reading (48.8%) sits barely above the state's 48.6% — though its graduation rate is strong at 95.5% versus the state's 84.9%, with a dropout rate of 2.2% compared with 4.2% statewide.
Science is the clearest district-wide weakness: the district averages 17.5% against the state's 25.5%, with elementary at 20.3% and secondary at 15.4%, including 8th grade at just 4.8%. Elementary 5th-grade math is another red flag at 13.6% versus the state's 41.9%, and 5th-grade science is below state. Both schools have similar student-teacher ratios (14.9 elementary, 15.7 secondary), and free/reduced lunch rates are 23.33% and 16.92% respectively.
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