Best Public Schools in Cleveland, OK

Cleveland, Oklahoma, has four public schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Cleveland Primary Elementary School (PK–2), Cleveland Intermediate Elementary School (grades 3–5), Cleveland Middle School (grades 6–8), and Cleveland High School (grades 9–12). Together they enroll 1,538 students. Across the three tested schools, average results in English language arts and math are below state averages, while science is above; the combined results are close to state levels overall, masking meaningful differences between subjects and schools. The clearest strength is science, but it varies sharply by school: the tested-school average is 37%, compared with 30% statewide, while scores range from 48% at Intermediate to 21% at High.

Cleveland Intermediate Elementary School leads in science at 48%, 18 percentage points above the state, and is slightly above the state in math at 26%; its ELA score, however, is 19%, 7 points below. Cleveland Middle School has a more balanced profile: science is 41%, 11 points above the state, math matches the state at 25%, and ELA is 23%, 3 points below. Cleveland High School is below state results in all four reported subjects, including math at 11% (14 points below) and U.S. History at 29% (12 points below). Still, High’s 91% graduation rate is 13 points above the state, and its 2% chronic absenteeism is far below the state’s 16%. Primary’s reported absenteeism is also low, at 3%.

Recent test trends show science improving while ELA and math weaken on average: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the three tested schools’ average science score rose 4 points, while ELA and math each fell 3 points. Middle’s SchoolDigger statewide percentile climbed from 26 to 61 over those years; Intermediate rose from 19 to 42 overall but fell from 57 in 2024–2025, while High declined from 47 to 35. For context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 66% at High to 72% at Primary. High had the largest enrollment (508) and highest student–teacher ratio (17.3); Middle had the smallest enrollment (328) and lowest ratio (13.1). Primary has no supplied test results, so academic comparisons cover only the other three schools.