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If you had an hour of school board time for Crossville Middle School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
770
Middle
DISTRICT 731 · STATE 508
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 010114002357
Crossville Middle School
63 Justice Street, Crossville, AL 35962 · (256) 528-7859 · DeKalb County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL770 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Alabama public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
638 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 45 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 141 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 146 | 19% |
| Grade 7 | 145 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 172 | 22% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Crossville Middle School→Crossville High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within DeKalb County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
29.9%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
13.1%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.8%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Crossville Middle School
Crossville Middle School's state test result (20.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crossville Middle School this school | 770 | 82.9% | 20.6% |
| Albertville Middle School Albertville | 849 | 66.2% | 31.8% |
| Albertville Intermediate School Albertville | 843 | 67.6% | 43.1% |
| Russellville Middle School Russellville | 600 | 60.2% | 47.1% |
| Morris Middle School Huntsville | 397 | 74.1% | 23.4% |
| Jemison Middle School Jemison | 328 | 72.3% | 23.0% |
Matched among Alabama middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Crossville Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #219 of 260 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #192 of 260 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #232 of 260 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 770 | #43 of 265 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #85 of 244 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.1% | #181 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.9% | #39 of 264 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #140 of 151 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
770
-56 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 21.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 770 | 44.8 | 17.2:1 | 83% (638) |
| 2023-24 | 787 | 46.5 | 16.9:1 | 81% (635) |
| 2022-23 | 790 | 45.5 | 17.4:1 | 82% (651) |
| 2020-21 | 826 | 39 | 21.2:1 | 83% (686) |
| 2017-18 | 786 | 38 | 20.7:1 | 83% (651) |
| 2015-16 | 755 | 38 | 19.9:1 | 54% (411) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crossville Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (786 to 770); teachers up 18% (38 to 44.8).
About Crossville Middle School
Crossville Middle School is a large middle school serving families in Crossville, Alabama. The school has 770 students in 2024-25 across grades 4 through 8. Middle schools in Alabama have about 508 students on average; enrollment here is 52% higher.
DeKalb County enrolls 8,769 students, and its 12 schools include Crossville Middle School.
Hispanic students are 80% of those enrolled at Crossville Middle School. Next come 18% White. That compares with about 17% Hispanic among all DeKalb County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 33%.
There are 44.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 17.2:1. Across middle schools in Alabama, the average ratio is 17.9:1. Of all students at Crossville Middle School, 83% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 65% average for public schools in DeKalb County, the school's rate is higher.
Crossville Middle School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 20% of Alabama public middle schools.
Crossville Middle School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (20.6%) and its predicted rate (23.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools.
For the population of DeKalb County, median household income comes to about $51,204, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. DeKalb County counts 20 public schools with about 12,277 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Crossville High School, is about 0.1 miles. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Crossville Middle School is 8th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school shrank from 826 students in 2020-21 to 770 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 21.2:1 to 17.2:1.
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DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,269
Census ACS
Median income
$51,204
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
12,277 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb County
- Geraldine SchoolCombined · 1,211 students
- Plainview SchoolCombined · 1,167 students
- Fyffe High SchoolCombined · 954 students
- Sylvania SchoolCombined · 915 students
- Collinsville High SchoolCombined · 906 students
- Crossville Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
Other schools in Crossville
- Crossville Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Crossville High SchoolHigh · 649 students
Nearby schools
- Crossville High School0.1 mi · 649
- Crossville Elementary School1.2 mi · 658
- Geraldine School4.3 mi · 1,211
- Collinsville High School7.6 mi · 906
- Whitesboro Elementary School9.5 mi · 423
- Asbury High School9.8 mi · 659
Frequently asked questions
About Crossville Middle SchoolHow many students attend Crossville Middle School?
Crossville Middle School enrolls approximately 770 students in grades 04-08.
Is Crossville Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Crossville Middle School is a middle school covering grades 04-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Crossville Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Crossville Middle School is approximately 17.2:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Crossville Middle School?
At Crossville Middle School, the student body is approximately 18% White, 80% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Crossville Middle School?
Crossville Middle School is overseen by DeKalb County in DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.