Cleveland County Schools
Public school district based in Shelby, North Carolina. NCES district ID 3700900; state ID NC-230.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
28
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
14,504
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
930.2
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
15.6
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 480 | |
| Kindergarten | 1,039 | |
| Grade 1 | 1,071 | |
| Grade 2 | 1,037 | |
| Grade 3 | 1,067 | |
| Grade 4 | 1,035 | |
| Grade 5 | 991 | |
| Grade 6 | 1,010 | |
| Grade 7 | 1,098 | |
| Grade 8 | 1,060 | |
| Grade 9 | 1,266 | |
| Grade 10 | 1,193 | |
| Grade 11 | 1,118 | |
| Grade 12 | 1,039 | |
| Grade 13 | 0 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | Suppressed | |
| Asian | 0.7% | |
| Black or African American | 26.5% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 10.2% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | Suppressed | |
| Two or more races | 7.1% | |
| White | 55.5% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 48.5% | |
| Male | 51.5% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: Town 15, Rural 13.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Mountain High Kings Mountain | 9–12 | Regular | 1,305 | 71.8 | 18.2 | Town: Fringe |
| Crest High Shelby | 9–12 | Regular | 1,098 | 58.4 | 18.8 | Rural: Fringe |
| Burns High Lawndale | 9–12 | Regular | 928 | 58.4 | 15.9 | Rural: Distant |
| Crest Middle Shelby | 6–8 | Regular | 810 | 49.6 | 16.3 | Rural: Fringe |
| Shelby High Shelby | 9–12 | Regular | 792 | 51.4 | 15.4 | Town: Distant |
| Burns Middle Lawndale | 6–8 | Regular | 744 | 43.3 | 17.2 | Rural: Distant |
| Elizabeth Elementary Shelby | PK–5 | Regular | 649 | 36.5 | 17.8 | Town: Distant |
| Kings Mountain Middle Kings Mountain | 7–8 | Regular | 631 | 37.1 | 17 | Town: Fringe |
| Springmore Elementary Shelby | PK–5 | Regular | 618 | 40.8 | 15.1 | Rural: Fringe |
| Kings Mountain Intermediate Kings Mountain | 5–6 | Regular | 601 | 31.6 | 19 | Town: Fringe |
| Shelby Middle Shelby | 6–8 | Regular | 588 | 35.4 | 16.6 | Town: Distant |
| Boiling Springs Elementary Shelby | PK–5 | Regular | 558 | 37.7 | 14.8 | Rural: Distant |
| Bethware Elementary Kings Mountain | PK–4 | Regular | 548 | 38.0 | 14.4 | Rural: Fringe |
| Township Three Elementary Shelby | PK–5 | Regular | 540 | 35.5 | 15.2 | Rural: Fringe |
| Fallston Elementary Fallston | PK–5 | Regular | 502 | 36.2 | 13.9 | Rural: Distant |
| Jefferson Elementary Shelby | PK–5 | Regular | 439 | 30.0 | 14.6 | Town: Distant |
| Union Elementary Shelby | PK–5 | Regular | 413 | 30.2 | 13.7 | Rural: Distant |
| Washington Elementary Shelby | PK–5 | Regular | 376 | 26.1 | 14.4 | Rural: Fringe |
| James Love Elementary Shelby | PK–5 | Regular | 376 | 30.5 | 12.3 | Town: Distant |
| Grover Elementary Grover | PK–4 | Regular | 323 | 21.2 | 15.2 | Rural: Distant |
| West Elementary Kings Mountain | PK–4 | Regular | 289 | 20.7 | 14 | Town: Fringe |
| Casar Elementary Casar | PK–5 | Regular | 275 | 19.3 | 14.3 | Rural: Distant |
| North Elementary Kings Mountain | PK–4 | Regular | 272 | 22.6 | 12 | Town: Fringe |
| Cleveland ECHS Shelby | 9–13 | Regular | 225 | 11.1 | 20.2 | Town: Distant |
| East Elementary Kings Mountain | PK–4 | Regular | 199 | 18.4 | 10.8 | Town: Fringe |
| Cleveland Innovation Shelby | K–12 | Regular | 187 | 13.1 | 14.2 | Town: Distant |
| Turning Point Academy Shelby | 6–12 | Alternative | 142 | 12.0 | 11.8 | Town: Distant |
| North Shelby Shelby | PK–12 | Special Education | 76 | 13.5 | 5.6 | Town: Distant |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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