CROSS PLAINS EL

As an one-room-style K-5 school in CROSS PLAINS, Texas, CROSS PLAINS EL instructs 207 students from grades pre-K through 6, overseen by CROSS PLAINS ISD. That puts it 60% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

CROSS PLAINS EL is one of 2 schools operated by CROSS PLAINS ISD, a district that caters to 365 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CROSS PLAINS EL logs that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 14% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, CROSS PLAINS EL logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CROSS PLAINS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Callahan County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, CROSS PLAINS EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 41.6%; actual is 58.2%, +16.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Callahan County indicate median household income runs about $72,436, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Callahan County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,608 students), of which CROSS PLAINS EL is one.

The closest other public school is CROSS PLAINS H S, roughly 0.0 miles away. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CROSS PLAINS EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 46.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 204 students in 2018 compared to 207 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 83% across the same window.

On the community side, members of the CROSS PLAINS EL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.