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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the CrossRoads Intermediate administration to hear?
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Enrollment
557
Middle
DISTRICT 883 · STATE 622
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEXINGTON 05·NCES 450282001169
CrossRoads Intermediate
6949 St. Andrews Road, Columbia, SC 29212 · (803) 476-8300 · Lexington County
GRADES 06–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of South Carolina 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.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·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 South Carolina public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
STATE 77%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 557 | 100% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 67% · 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
Test scores
SC READY 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
45.8%
SC avg 59.7% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
27.2%
SC avg 44.2% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the SC READY, South Carolina's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all South Carolina schools, those numbers are about 60 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
SC READY results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.8% | 27.2% |
| 2023-24 | 43.1% | 26.6% |
% Meets or Exceeds Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SC READY. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where CrossRoads Intermediate ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In South Carolina | In Lexington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #148 of 249 ▼ 7 | #11 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #179 of 249 ▼ 24 | #14 of 18 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #142 of 256 | #10 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #18 of 241 | #1 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #43 of 241 | #7 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.1% | #20 of 137 | #3 of 11 |
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
557
-151 (-21%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 912
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 557 | 51 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 644 | 52 | 12.4:1 | 72% (463) |
| 2022-23 | 698 | 58 | 12.0:1 | 83% (578) |
| 2020-21 | 708 | 56 | 12.6:1 | 57% (404) |
| 2017-18 | 754 | 60 | 12.6:1 | 50% (379) |
| 2015-16 | 794 | 60 | 13.2:1 | 45% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 917 | 64 | 14.3:1 | 38% (348) |
| 2000-01 | 1,038 | 66 | 15.7:1 | 20% (211) |
| 1990-91 | 912 | 67 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CrossRoads Intermediate.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (754 to 557); teachers down 15% (60 to 51).
About CrossRoads Intermediate
CrossRoads Intermediate is a public middle-grades school in Columbia, South Carolina. Grades offered run from grade 6, with 557 students enrolled.
CrossRoads Intermediate is a school in Lexington 05. The district has 22 schools and 17,053 students.
CrossRoads Intermediate's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 46%. The school is also 33% White, 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 15%. CrossRoads Intermediate has a diversity index of 67%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
CrossRoads Intermediate operates with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.9:1. That ratio is under the 13.8:1 average for middle schools in South Carolina.
allk12 grades CrossRoads Intermediate a C+. The grade compares the school only with South Carolina public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Among Lexington County residents, median household income is about $77,408, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 76 public schools in Lexington County, with a combined enrollment of about 64,555.
Irmo Middle is the public school closest to CrossRoads Intermediate, about 0.2 miles away. CrossRoads Intermediate has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
CrossRoads Intermediate falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
CrossRoads Intermediate had 708 students in 2020-21 and 557 in 2024-25, a 21% decrease. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.6:1 in 2020-21, and 10.9:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lexington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
304,887
Census ACS
Median income
$77,408
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
64,555 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lexington 05
- Dutch Fork HighHigh · 1,703 students
- Chapin HighHigh · 1,617 students
- Irmo HighHigh · 1,272 students
- Spring Hill HighHigh · 1,118 students
- Chapin MiddleMiddle · 1,007 students
- Irmo MiddleMiddle · 992 students
Other schools in Columbia
- SC Connections AcademyCombined · 6,152 students
- Spring Valley HighHigh · 2,230 students
- Carolus Online AcademyCombined · 1,786 students
- Ridge View HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Richland Northeast HighHigh · 1,340 students
- A. C. Flora HighHigh · 1,328 students
Nearby schools
- Irmo Middle0.2 mi · 992
- Irmo High0.4 mi · 1,272
- Irmo Elementary0.9 mi · 487
- Harbison West Elementary1.0 mi · 510
- Nursery Road Elementary1.1 mi · 471
- Leaphart Elementary1.9 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About CrossRoads IntermediateHow large is CrossRoads Intermediate?
CrossRoads Intermediate enrolls approximately 557 students in grades 06-06.
Is CrossRoads Intermediate an elementary, middle, or high school?
CrossRoads Intermediate is a middle school covering grades 06-06.
How many teachers does CrossRoads Intermediate have?
CrossRoads Intermediate employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CrossRoads Intermediate?
At CrossRoads Intermediate, the student body is approximately 33% White, 6% Hispanic, 46% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is CrossRoads Intermediate public or private?
CrossRoads Intermediate is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lexington 05.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.