CROSS ROADS H S

CROSS ROADS H S, a very small senior high in MALAKOFF, Texas, operated by CROSS ROADS ISD, enrolls 162 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so CROSS ROADS H S sits 80% below that benchmark.

CROSS ROADS ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 558 students. CROSS ROADS H S is one of those campuses.

On demographics, CROSS ROADS H S logs that 80% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 17% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Henderson County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CROSS ROADS H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Henderson County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,179, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CROSS ROADS H S is one of 32 public schools in Henderson County (combined enrollment of about 11,150 students).

The closest other public school is CROSS ROADS J H, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CROSS ROADS H S comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 55.3%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 162 students in 2018 compared to 162 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 92% to 80%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 8.3:1 in 2018 to 7.2:1 today.

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