Cleveland High School opened the doors for school on August 25, 2010 with 585 Freshman & Sophomores. In the inaugural year, all sports teams, except football, competed at the varsity level. The football team played a JV schedule and went undefeated. 

The first graduating class walked across the stage on June 8, 2013. The first class to finish 4 full years at Cleveland High School walked across the state on June 13, 2014. The first two graduations were forced inside due to rainy weather. 
List Original Staff Members (2010)
Administration 
Principals 
2010-2015 Anne Meredith (Retired) 
2015-2017 Kendrick Byrd 
2017-        Jenna Sauls-Hairr 

Assistant Principals
2010-2015 Jenna Sauls 
2010-2014 Brian Johnson 
2012-2014 Lorine Davis 
2012-2016 Anthony Whitaker
2013-2016 Tara Thompson 
2013-2016 Cole Yarborough
2015-2017 Shannon Sellers 
2016-2019 Jake McAllister
2016-2017 Angel Shepherd 
2016-2017 Divern Combs
2017-2019 Timberly Harrington
2020-2021 Camiel Ferrell
2017- 2023 Cora Godwin
2017- 2024 Roger Norris
2020 - 2023 Tobias Hocutt
2024-2024 Stefan Katsanos

Old Cleveland School (located near Cleveland Fire Station) 

The original Cleveland School opened it's doors in 1925 with 1-12 grade. The building still stands and is used as a retirement community. 

As the school and community grew larger, the County Administrators realized that they were going to have to expand the school or move some of the students. In 1969, students in grades 9-12 were moved to the new South Johnston High School. 

The remaining students would continue to attend Cleveland School until the late 90's when Cleveland Elementary and Cleveland Middle School were built. 

First Graduating Class
The new Cleveland High School opened it's doors on August 25, 2010. The   first graduating class graduated in June of 2013. The first two graduations had to be held inside due to large amounts of rain. In June of 2013 a tropical storm hit and having it outside was impossible. We moved graduation to Saturday hoping the rain would break but ultimately the elements won out. We broadcast the graduation in the Auditorium so the over flow crowd could see the graduation.