The top reported proficiency rate is 64% in Science. The lowest is 62% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on D.p. Yates Primary
D.P. Yates Primary serves children from pre-kindergarten through second grade in Cleveland, part of the Cleveland district. Because it is an early-elementary school, it does not administer the state assessments that begin in third grade, and it has no graduation rate to report. Families considering this school should understand that its academic profile is built on what happens in the classroom for the very youngest students, not on standardized test results.
The student body is diverse. A little over half the enrollment is white, with a substantial Hispanic presence and smaller shares of students who are Black, two or more races, or Asian. Children who are English learners and those with disabilities are enrolled at the school, though the data available does not specify what share of the student population they represent. A parent may want to ask the school directly about the specific supports available for these groups, from English language development to special education services, since those details are not captured in the figures on this page.
Cleveland itself is a mid-sized industrial and manufacturing hub, the county seat of Bradley County. It has a dense concentration of manufacturers, including a number of Fortune-level companies, and a retail corridor anchored by a regional mall. The built environment is spread out over a substantial land area, typical of a mid-sized Southern city that is largely automobile-oriented. Housing values in the area around the school sit at a level modestly above the state benchmark, which is itself near the national average. Rents have seen a slight recent decline, and the estimated monthly mortgage payment on a median-priced home is higher than the typical rent, a dynamic that may matter to families weighing whether to buy or rent.
The academic data that does exist comes from an older testing year, when D.P. Yates still served third-graders. In that single year, students scored at a proficiency level that placed the school in the top quartile among schools in districts across Bradley County, a competitive position. The data is too old and too thin to draw firm conclusions about the school's current academic strength, but it suggests that in the past, when tested, students performed well relative to local peers.
Because this is a primary school ending at second grade, families should also consider what comes next. The Cleveland district runs elementary, middle, and high schools, and a student at Yates will eventually move to another school in the system. The district itself does not appear to have undergone any major recent changes that were publicly reported in the research conducted for this profile, so a parent may want to contact the district office to learn about any shifts in curriculum, school boundaries, or programming that could affect their child's full K-12 path.
For a family looking at this school, the main factors to weigh are the early-childhood setting, the supportive classroom environment for a diverse student population, and the practical realities of living in a manufacturing-oriented city with a typical suburban sprawl pattern. The school is housed in a regular public school building, not a charter or magnet, and its mission is purely focused on the foundational primary grades. That makes it a straightforward choice for a family whose priority is a neighborhood school for their youngest children, but one where the full academic story will not be visible until the child moves on to a school that administers state tests.
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