The top reported proficiency rate is 38% in English language arts. The lowest is 27% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Crossville Elementary School
Crossville Elementary School serves students from prekindergarten through third grade in the town of Crossville on Sand Mountain in DeKalb County. It is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and sits along Alabama State Route 68 near the town hall, library, and park. Because the school stops at third grade, it has no graduation rate and no chronic absenteeism data in the public record. State testing is administered only at grade three, so the academic picture is narrow but still informative.
The town itself is a small, car-dependent community with a handful of commercial amenities: a grocery store, three gas stations, a Dollar General, and two stoplights. Residents describe a place where most people know each other. The housing market is more affordable than both the state and national benchmarks, and the town has seen a modest decline in population in recent years. The town park and public library serve as civic anchors, and the schools are woven into the same corridor rather than set apart on isolated campuses.
The student body is large for a school that only runs through third grade, with enrollment spread fairly evenly across kindergarten, first, second, and third grades. Demographically, the school is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial share of White students and very small numbers of students who are American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black, or of two or more races. A very high proportion of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, a marker of the economic context families live in. Information on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the data reviewed.
On the sole state assessment administered at grade three, proficiency rates were higher in English language arts than in mathematics. Both subjects showed only a single year of reported data, so there is no trend to examine. When the school is placed alongside other districts in DeKalb County, its overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades sits in the bottom quartile. A parent may want to discuss this directly with the school to understand what supports are in place and how the early-grade curriculum builds toward later years.
The district that operates the school, DeKalb County Schools, did not have parent-relevant changes such as budget shifts, curriculum updates, or boundary adjustments in the recent public record.
Crossville Elementary is a community-grounded early elementary school serving a high-poverty, majority-Hispanic student body in a small rural town with limited commercial infrastructure. Its academic results on the third-grade state test are below the county median, and there is no multi-year data to say whether that represents a trend or a single snapshot. Families considering this school should weigh the tight-knit town setting and affordable housing against the academic performance data and should also look ahead to how the middle and high schools in the same district serve students who start here.
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