Editing Shelby, North Carolina (section)

==Education==
[[Cleveland County Schools]] is the school district for all of Cleveland County, including Shelby.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st37_nc/schooldistrict_maps/c37045_cleveland/DC20SD_C37045.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cleveland County, NC|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-07-13}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st37_nc/schooldistrict_maps/c37045_cleveland/DC20SD_C37045_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

Prior to January 2004,<ref>{{cite web|last=Pickens|first=Jessica|url=https://www.shelbystar.com/story/news/2014/08/24/how-far-has-cleveland-county/34122929007/|title=How far has Cleveland County Schools progressed after the merger?|newspaper=[[Shelby Star]]|place=Shelby, North Carolina|date=2014-08-24|access-date=2024-07-13}}</ref> the city was in [[Shelby City Schools]], a separate school district.<ref>{{cite news|title=Court affirms school merger approved by the State Board of Education|url=http://csl.sog.unc.edu/node/274|accessdate=January 8, 2013|newspaper=University of North Carolina School of Government|date=Summer 2003|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223080229/http://csl.sog.unc.edu/node/274|archivedate=February 23, 2013}}</ref>

Secondary and intermediate schools include:
* [[Shelby High School (North Carolina)|Shelby High School]]
* Shelby Middle School

Elementary schools include:
* Elizabeth Elementary School
* Jefferson Elementary School
* James Love Elementary School
Springmore, Township Three, and Union elementary schools have Shelby postal addresses but are outside of the Shelby corporate limits.

Graham and Marion elementary schools closed in 2022, and the former Shelby Intermediate School was to be converted into an elementary school including the former Graham and Marion zones;<ref name=Closed2022>{{cite web|last=George|first=Dustin|url=https://www.shelbystar.com/story/news/2022/02/16/cleveland-county-school-board-vote-shelby-schools-closed-one-repurposed/6794913001/|title=Two Shelby elementary schools to permanently close. Here's what we know|newspaper=[[Shelby Star]]|place=Shelby, North Carolina|date=2022-02-16|access-date=2024-07-13}}</ref> in other words, it became Elizabeth Elementary School. The building had been Elizabeth Elementary prior to being converted into an intermediate school. The conversion returned it to its former name.<ref name=Georgeteachstaff>{{cite web|last=George|first=Dustin|url=https://www.shelbystar.com/story/news/2022/08/17/how-school-staff-transformed-new-elementary-school-shelby/10239425002/|title=Teachers, staff prepare new Shelby elementary school in two months|newspaper=[[Shelby Star]]|place=Shelby, North Carolina|date=2022-08-16|access-date=2024-07-13}}</ref>