Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 186 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CROSS ROADS ISD·NCES 481584001151
Cross Roads Elementary School
14434 FM 59, MALAKOFF, TX 75148 · (903) 489-1774 · Henderson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
155 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
Based on grade levels within CROSS ROADS ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +36.0pp since 2021
Mathematics
69.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +29.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 32.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 28.0% | 41.0% | 21.0% | 10.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 56.0% | 69.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 0.0% | 13.0% |
| 2021-22 | 20.0% | 40.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Cross Roads Elementary School
Cross Roads Elementary School's state test result (44.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Roads Elementary School this school | 288 | 53.8% | 44.1% |
| Deweyville Elementary School ORANGE | 270 | 55.9% | 34.7% |
| Sam Rayburn Elementary School IVANHOE | 261 | 53.3% | 60.7% |
| Petrolia Elementary School PETROLIA | 277 | 57.0% | 34.7% |
| Clyde Elementary School CLYDE | 317 | 51.7% | N/A |
| Edgewood Intermediate School EDGEWOOD | 257 | 51.8% | 45.1% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Roads Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Henderson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #2,062 of 4,401 | #8 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #455 of 4,466 ▲ 896 | #1 of 13 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,811 of 4,466 ▲ 183 | #4 of 13 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #4,266 of 4,938 | #11 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #2,010 of 4,622 | #3 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.0% | #3,361 of 4,628 | #11 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.8% | #3,416 of 4,789 | #13 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.0% | #441 of 1,307 | #2 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
288
+47 (+20%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 215
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 288 | 19.8 | 14.5:1 | 54% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 277 | 19.3 | 14.4:1 | 60% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 266 | 19 | 14.0:1 | 68% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 241 | 21 | 11.5:1 | 68% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 242 | 21.2 | 11.4:1 | 59% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 275 | 18 | 15.3:1 | 53% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 279 | 20 | 13.9:1 | 55% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 281 | 19 | 14.8:1 | 52% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 215 | 16 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cross Roads Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (242 to 288); teachers down 6% (21.2 to 19.8).
About Cross Roads Elementary School
Cross Roads Elementary School is one of the public schools in MALAKOFF, Texas. It is a small elementary school. The school's enrollment of 288 students covers pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students each.
District-wide, CROSS ROADS ISD has 3 schools and 558 students.
Cross Roads Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 81% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 14% Hispanic and 4% Black. The White share in Henderson County as a whole is similar, at about 78%. The chance that two students picked at random at Cross Roads Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 32%.
Cross Roads Elementary School counts 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.5 students for each one. Elementary schools in Texas have a similar average ratio of 15.1:1. About 54% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Across public schools in Henderson County, the average is 66%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Cross Roads Elementary School is 6.6 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 44.1% actual, 50.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
County data help place the school in context: in Henderson County, median household income is about $65,179, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of Henderson County number 32 and enroll about 11,150.
The nearest other public school, Cross Roads High School, is less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Ranked by average proficiency, Cross Roads Elementary School places 8th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's locale code, Rural: Remote, means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Cross Roads Elementary School saw enrollment rise 20% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.5:1 to 14.5:1 over the same years.
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Henderson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
84,862
Census ACS
Median income
$65,179
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
11,150 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CROSS ROADS ISD
- Cross Roads High SchoolHigh · 162 students
- Cross Roads Junior High SchoolMiddle · 108 students
Other schools in MALAKOFF
- Malakoff Elementary SchoolElementary · 429 students
- Malakoff High SchoolHigh · 426 students
- Malakoff Junior High SchoolMiddle · 237 students
- Malakoff Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 222 students
- Cross Roads High SchoolHigh · 162 students
- Cross Roads Junior High SchoolMiddle · 108 students
Nearby schools
- Cross Roads High School0.1 mi · 162
- Cross Roads Junior High School0.1 mi · 108
- Malakoff Intermediate School8.7 mi · 222
- Malakoff Elementary School9.0 mi · 429
- Cayuga Elementary School9.3 mi · 263
- Cayuga Middle School9.3 mi · 124
Frequently asked questions
About Cross Roads Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cross Roads Elementary School?
Cross Roads Elementary School enrolls approximately 288 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cross Roads Elementary School serve?
Cross Roads Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cross Roads Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cross Roads Elementary School is approximately 14.5:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cross Roads Elementary School?
At Cross Roads Elementary School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 14% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Cross Roads Elementary School?
Cross Roads Elementary School is overseen by CROSS ROADS ISD in Henderson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.