Cleveland High School

Seattle, WA 98108

Phone: (206) 252-7800
District: Seattle Public Schools

7

GreatSchools Rating

public • Grades 9,10,11,12 • 906 students

Cleveland High School, a public school located in Seattle, WA, serves grades 9-12 in the Seattle Public Schools.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 7 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

Cleveland High School is a public school located in Seattle, WA. 906 students attend Cleveland High School.

School Ratings

Category Rating Details
Test Scores 7/10 The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Smarter Balanced Assessment data from Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, and using 2025 Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science data from Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.
College Readiness 7/10 The College Readiness Rating uses this high school's graduation rates, college entrance exam participation and performance, or AP, IB, or Dual Enrollment participation to determine how well schools are preparing students for success in college and beyond. The College Readiness Rating was created using 2017 Average SAT score data from Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, using the following data from the 2021 Civil Rights Data Collection: percentage of students enrolled in IB, AP or Dual Enrollment classes in grades 9-12, using 2025 4-year high school graduation rate data from Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, and using 2026 demographic data from Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Posted: October 7, 2020

I’m a senior this year and I think this school is absolutely amazing. Almost everyone is respectful and supportive at Cleveland and the teachers are great. I really felt like am in a community at school.

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Great for academically motivated students, as well as students who have out-of-school struggles that make it hard to succeed academically. There is a huge emphasis on both academic rigor (hence the ever-increasing number of AP classes) and racial equity. Cleveland is consistently recognized for its focus and performance of racial equity and justice. Yet we also have had alumni attend Princeton, UChicago, Cornell, and Stanford after graduating.

I've spent four years here and have gotten a stellar education from great teachers and a great administration. Throughout my time here my SAT improved from 1160 to 1530/1600, and I passed all five of my AP exams. I've had the opportunities to join different clubs and even starting my own. I've swum for the boy's swim team all four years and had a blast. I'm a graduating senior this year and I can look back and say that I am so glad I didn't end up going to Raisbeck Aviation High School or Garfield High School.

Last two things I want to highlight:

1. The teachers are phenomenal. The number of hours they dedicate to their students is inspiring. They have great lesson plans, great strategies to meet the needs of disadvantaged kids, but most importantly, they CARE about us.

2. This school has the best student community of any SPS. It's the most diverse school in the district and there's very little segregation. It's small for a public school (220 per class), so everyone knows each other. There are no cliques or gangs or mean girls--we all share a comradery.

Your kid needs to go to Cleveland High School.

Posted: August 21, 2012

Cleveland is not a very good school to go to if you want to have a serious education. The materials and classes offer can be interesting but the learning environment is somewhat below average. Most of the students are not hardworking and some teachers just like to give easy assignments for students to do. The expectations are low and students will freak out about their abilities once they're in college.

Posted: October 20, 2011

Not the best school to go to for students who want to be challenged in class. There are no honors classes, and AP is only offered for juniors and seniors. Project-baselearnt ing, the STEM program, and extra high school credits initially draws you in, but the irresponsible and lazy students(the majority of freshman anyway) stress out the teens serious about school. For the first 3 months, most of what I learned was how to research, put info on a PowerPoint/ Prezi, and be a manager to my peers. It was very disappointing to figure out that this was basically what Cleveland was actually like(when most students aren't hardworking). Advice: Project based learning works best when students don't need to be constantly told to do their work. Transferring to a different high school next semester, A very frustrated 9th grader

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