Regular local school district · Cleveland County
Cleveland County Schools, NC: schools, enrollment and spending
Cleveland County Schools runs 28 public schools with 14,504 students in grades PK to 13. Its ratio of 15.6 students per teacher is about the same as the North Carolina figure of 16.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 28
- Students
- 14,504
- Teachers (FTE)
- 931
- Students per teacher
- 15.6
- NC: 16.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 400 West Marion Street, Shelby, NC 28150
- Phone
- (704)476-8000
- County
- Cleveland County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 13
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3700900
- State district ID
- NC-230
- School counselors (FTE)
- 43.0About 337 students per counselor.
Students per teacher compared
This district15.6
North Carolina16.3
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 (14,220), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $159.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $22.2 million
- State revenue
- $104.3 million
- Local revenue
- $33.3 million
- Total spending
- $160.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,287
- Salaries
- $91.6 million57.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $19.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.9%
- State: 65.2%
- Local: 20.9%
North Carolina overall
- Federal: 12.1%
- State: 61.7%
- Local: 26.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,287
North Carolina$11,869
United States$16,826
Schools in Cleveland County Schools
By level: 6 high, 5 middle, 15 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bethware Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 548 | 14.8 |
| Boiling Springs Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 558 | 15.1 |
| Burns High | High | 9 to 12 | 928 | 16.0 |
| Burns Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 744 | 17.3 |
| Casar Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 275 | 14.5 |
| Cleveland ECHS | High | 9 to 13 | 225 | 20.5 |
| Cleveland Innovation | Other | K to 12 | 187 | 14.4 |
| Crest High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,098 | 18.9 |
| Crest Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 810 | 16.5 |
| East Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 199 | 11.1 |
| Elizabeth Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 649 | 18.0 |
| Fallston Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 502 | 13.9 |
| Grover Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 323 | 15.4 |
| James Love Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 376 | 12.5 |
| Jefferson Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 439 | 15.1 |
| Kings Mountain High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,305 | 18.4 |
| Kings Mountain Intermediate | Middle | 5 to 6 | 601 | 19.4 |
| Kings Mountain Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 631 | 17.1 |
| North Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 272 | 12.4 |
| North Shelby | Other | PK to 12 | 76 | 5.8 |
| Shelby High | High | 9 to 12 | 792 | 15.5 |
| Shelby Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 588 | 16.8 |
| Springmore Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 618 | 15.4 |
| Township Three Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 540 | 15.4 |
| Turning Point Academy | High | 6 to 12 | 142 | 11.8 |
| Union Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 413 | 13.8 |
| Washington Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 376 | 14.5 |
| West Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 289 | 14.4 |
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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.