Crossville High School

Set in Crossville, Alabama, Crossville High School is a moderately sized 9-12 campus, operated by DeKalb County. It hosts 649 students across grades 9 through 12.

Within DeKalb County, which oversees 12 schools and 8,769 students, Crossville High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Crossville High School lists that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest breaks down as 15% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 84% of students at Crossville High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above DeKalb County's rate of about 65%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Crossville High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 11.8%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (DeKalb County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $51,204 per year, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, DeKalb County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,277 students), of which Crossville High School is one.

The closest other public school is Crossville Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Crossville High School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 34.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Crossville High School's enrollment has edged up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 599 (now 649). Hispanic enrollment moved from 62% to 84% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Crossville High School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.