Enrollment
315
High
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CROSS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050774001537
CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL
21 CR 215, CHERRY VALLEY, AR 72324 · (870) 588-3337 · Cross County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL315 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Arkansas public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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 Arkansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
315 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 59 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 49 | 16% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 61% · 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
Based on grade levels within CROSS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
42.3%
AR avg 34.9% . +10.8pp since 2023
Math
53.5%
AR avg 38.9% . +18.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 18 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.3% | 53.5% |
| 2023-24 | 31.5% | 35.5% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 23% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Arkansas's top 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 CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL
CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL this school | 315 | 100.0% | 37.6% |
| HOXIE HIGH SCHOOL HOXIE | 360 | 100.0% | 24.4% |
| MURFREESBORO HIGH SCHOOL MURFREESBORO | 313 | 99.0% | 33.6% |
| PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH PALESTINE | 378 | 99.2% | 31.1% |
| HACKETT HIGH SCHOOL HACKETT | 350 | 100.0% | 29.4% |
| COTTER HIGH SCHOOL COTTER | 324 | 100.0% | 43.4% |
Matched among Arkansas high 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 CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #57 of 272 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #11 of 132 ▲ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #40 of 280 ▲ 82 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 315 | #171 of 310 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #182 of 245 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.0% | #168 of 246 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #30 of 273 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.0% | #30 of 105 |
Ranked against other public high 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
315
+23 (+8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 315 | 28.2 | 11.2:1 | 100% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 312 | 28.1 | 11.1:1 | 100% (312) |
| 2022-23 | 292 | 27.2 | 10.7:1 | 100% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 292 | 26 | 11.2:1 | 100% (292) |
| 2017-18 | 267 | 32 | 8.3:1 | 51% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 283 | 29 | 9.8:1 | 73% (206) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL.
About CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL
CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL, located in CHERRY VALLEY, Arkansas, is a small high school. It has an enrollment of 315 students in grades 7 through 12. High schools in Arkansas average about 510 students, which makes this school 38% below average.
In CROSS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, 2 schools enroll a combined 730 students.
The share of students at CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL who are White is 87%. Other groups make up 9% Black and 3% Hispanic. County-wide, 72% of Cross County residents are White. A diversity index of 24% means there is a 24% chance two randomly chosen students at CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL are from different groups.
On staff are 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.2:1. High schools in Arkansas have an average ratio of 8.8:1. About 100% of students at CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Cross County report 72%.
On the allk12 Grade, CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL lands at A, ahead of 91% of Arkansas public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL would score about 22.7%. It scores 37.6%, a top-10% result among Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cross County show that the median household earns about $50,863 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and about 18% of people live in poverty. Cross County has 6 public schools with about 3,112 students, including CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL.
Of the public schools around it, CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL is closest to CROSS COUNTY ELEMENTARY TECH ACADEMY, about 0.1 miles away. CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The federal government classifies CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL's location as Rural: Distant. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
In 2020-21, CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL enrolled 292 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 315.
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Cross County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,543
Census ACS
Median income
$50,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
3,112 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CROSS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CROSS COUNTY ELEMENTARY TECH ACADEMYElementary · 415 students
Other schools in CHERRY VALLEY
- CROSS COUNTY ELEMENTARY TECH ACADEMYElementary · 415 students
Nearby schools
- CROSS COUNTY ELEMENTARY TECH ACADEMY0.1 mi · 415
- WYNNE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL11.3 mi · 561
- HARRISBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.3 mi · 428
- WYNNE HIGH SCHOOL11.8 mi · 723
- WYNNE PRIMARY SCHOOL11.8 mi · 588
- HARRISBURG HIGH SCHOOL11.9 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOLHow large is CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL?
CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 315 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL serve?
CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL serves grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL.
How diverse is CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL?
CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL reports a student body of 87% White, 3% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL?
CROSS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL A NEW TECH SCHOOL is overseen by CROSS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Cross County.
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