Regular local school district · Bolivar County
Cleveland School District, MS: schools, enrollment and spending
Cleveland School District runs 10 public schools with 2,793 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.9 students per teacher is 2.2 lower than the Mississippi figure of 14.1.
At a glance
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 2,793
- Teachers (FTE)
- 235
- Students per teacher
- 11.9
- MS: 14.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 305 Merritt Drive, Cleveland, MS 38732
- Phone
- (662)843-3529
- County
- Bolivar County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2800750
- State district ID
- MS-0614
- Total staff (FTE)
- 501
- School counselors (FTE)
- 12.0About 233 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 15.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.9
Mississippi14.1
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,968), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $38.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.7 million
- State revenue
- $16.9 million
- Local revenue
- $12.7 million
- Total spending
- $34.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,696
- Salaries
- $18.0 million52.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $8.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 22.6%
- State: 44.2%
- Local: 33.2%
Mississippi overall
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 46.0%
- Local: 34.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,696
Mississippi$12,016
United States$16,826
Schools in Cleveland School District
By level: 3 high, 1 middle, 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alternative School | High | 5 to 12 | 0 | |
| Bell AcademyCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 327 | 18.2 |
| Cleveland Central High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 799 | 17.8 |
| Cleveland Central Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 423 | 16.9 |
| Cleveland Voc Tech Complex | High | 8 to 12 | 0 | |
| D.M. Smith ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 6 | 233 | 12.9 |
| Hayes Cooper CenterCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 304 | 15.2 |
| Nailor Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 256 | 19.7 |
| Parks Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 265 | 16.6 |
| Pearman Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 6 | 186 | 16.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Bolivar County
- West Bolivar Consolidated School District 873 students
- North Bolivar Consolidated School District 749 students
More in Mississippi
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.