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Schools in Cross Plains · Robertson County School District

Cross Plains’s public schools score below 72% of Tennessee districts on tests and graduation

22% of students in Cross Plains’s public schools are proficient in math, below the Tennessee average (31%). The grade covers the public school district serving Cross Plains, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Tennessee, not nationally.

K–12Where will my kid go?

From Tennessee state tests taken in spring 2022, when 96% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
31%
▼ 6 pts vs TN 37%
2021–22
Math proficiency
22%
▼ 9 pts vs TN 31%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
▼ 0 pts vs TN 87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.0K
▼ 8% vs TN $13.1K
FY2024
Schools in town
2
1,315 students on the public path
In brief

Cross Plains’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 184 Tennessee towns with household incomes within a quarter of Cross Plains’s, its schools beat 20%, lower than their 28% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 31% of tested students were proficient in reading and 22% in math, against 37% and 31% statewide; 96% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

87% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 87% across Tennessee. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $12,007 per student, against $13,059 across Tennessee (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

One elementary school, then one middle school

From grade 6 the district’s path is East Robertson High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Cross Plains’s grade

C Test scoresC+ Graduation

C: better than 28% of Tennessee school districts. Both inputs trail the Tennessee average; graduation is the closer of the two to typical.

Tennessee school districts we grade (147)Better than 28%
Lower resultsHigher results
Tennessee towns with similar household incomes (184)Better than 20%
C−C+A fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 8,659 test results and a graduating class of 953 could put Cross Plains anywhere from C− to C+. The tests are from spring 2022, when 96% of Cross Plains’s students in the tested grades sat them (9,132 in math, 8,186 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Cross Plains, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5East Robertson ElementaryRobertson County School DistrictB
6–12East Robertson High SchoolRobertson County School DistrictB−

Cross Plains’s public schools are run by Robertson County School District, which also serves Adams, Cedar Hill, Coopertown and Greenbrier and others. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Robertson County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 23 schools · 11,267 students, up 2% since 2020–21
$12,007TN $13,059 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading31%
State average 36.8% · 8186 students tested
Math22%
State average 31.1% · 9132 students tested

Cross Plains vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Tennessee towns that share Cross Plains’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Cross PlainsCRobertson County

Every school in Cross Plains

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Tennessee’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Cross Plainsby address
East Robertson Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5
B
603 studentsRate it →
East Robertson High School
High · Grades 6–12
B−
712 studentsRate it →

Questions about Cross Plains’s schools

Are Cross Plains’s schools good?

On Tennessee’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Cross Plains children attend score below 72% of Tennessee’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 20%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Cross Plains in?

Robertson County School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 11,267 students in 23 schools (2024–25).

What is Cross Plains’s graduation rate?

87% of the class of 2023 in Robertson County School District graduated in four years, against 87% across Tennessee.

How much does Cross Plains spend per student?

$12,007 in Robertson County School District (FY2024), against $13,059 across Tennessee. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Tennessee. Stars are from neighbors.