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Cleveland, OH public schools

Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Cleveland Municipal — federal education data, not a star rating.

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Quick answer

Cleveland Municipal is the primary public district for Cleveland, OH. It enrolls 33,998 students in 95 schools with 2,188 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $26,845 per pupil, 55% above the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.

Students enrolled
33,998NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
Schools in the district
95Operating school count
Students per teacher
15.5Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
Spending per pupil
$26,845Total current expenditure, FY2020

Who pays for schools in Cleveland

Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.

Local revenue
39.4%
$325,124,000
State revenue
46.4%
$382,340,000
Federal revenue
14.2%
$117,413,000

Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Cleveland property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 44 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.

Reading the Cleveland numbers

What the 2021-22 NCES and FY2020 Census finance numbers say about this district.

$26,845 per pupil puts this district in the top spending tier of the metros tracked here — 55% above the $17,320 median and higher than 89% of them. Only 44 cents of each dollar ($11,727 per student) is classified as instruction, so a large share goes to support services, facilities and transport — common in districts with long bus routes or older buildings.

Funding is split roughly evenly — 39.4% local, 46.4% state — so both the local tax base and the OH aid formula matter to what this district can spend. Federal aid contributes 14.2%, near the typical share for a large urban district.

33,998 students across 95 schools averages 358 students per building, and the district is smaller than the typical district covered here (44,998 students). That is a small-building district; neighbourhood elementary schools dominate the count. The 15.5:1 student-to-teacher ratio is ordinary for this set of districts (median 15.2:1). It counts all FTE teachers district-wide, so actual class sizes run higher.

What this data covers

Read this before comparing districts.

Figures cover Cleveland Municipal (LEAID 3904378) as one unit, not any single school in Cleveland. Students in independent charters, private schools or regional vocational programs are not part of this enrollment count. Counts are from 2021-22 and money from FY2020 — different collection cycles, so do not compute a current cost per student from them directly.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data + Census F-33, via Urban Institute Education Data · rates as published for 2021-22 / FY2020

NCES LEAID 3904378. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.