Crossroads Academy

Crossroads Academy in Uvalde, TX, is a small alternative high school within the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, serving 59 students in grades 9-12, with nearly all students (96.61%) qualifying for free or reduced lunch, indicating very high economic need.

This school functions as a disciplinary alternative education program or credit recovery campus for students who have struggled in traditional settings, which explains its starkly different performance compared to nearby schools. Academic proficiency is critically low, with 0% of students passing Algebra I, English I, and English II in the 2025-2026 school year, while Uvalde High School achieved 20.93% in Algebra I and 35.99% in English I. The graduation rate has been volatile, dropping from 80.4% to 60.9% in recent years, and the dropout rate remains alarmingly high at 7.6% in 2023-2024—more than double the district average of 2.9% and far above La Pryor Secondary's 0.5% dropout rate. Despite spending $28,864 per student—more than double Uvalde High School's $12,329—these investments have not translated into improved outcomes, highlighting a significant challenge in resource effectiveness.

One interesting finding is that the school shows a relative strength in serving its Special Education students, who ranked in the 17th percentile statewide in 2024-2025, suggesting a targeted program may be working for this group. Additionally, while performance has been volatile, the most recent data (2023-2024) shows the lowest dropout rate in five years and the highest graduation rate in available data, hinting that recent interventions might be starting to have a small positive impact. Parents should understand that this school is designed for at-risk students and cannot be fairly compared to comprehensive high schools, but the high spending with low results raises important questions about the effectiveness of the current model.