Cross Creek High, 3855 Old Waynesboro Road: grades 9-12, 1,292 students in 2025, CCRPI 54.4. Zone, feeders and the 7:25 a.m. start.

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Cross Creek High website, the Richmond County School System’s school directory, School Zone and Bus Stop Locator and 2026-27 calendar (PDF), the GHSA’s 2026-27 region alignments, the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.

Cross Creek Comprehensive High School is a Richmond County School System high school on Old Waynesboro Road in south Augusta. It serves ninth through 12th grade. The Board of Education recognized its basketball team in March 2026 as the 3A state champion, according to a district release.

Who to call

Principal

Principal David Yancey, according to the district’s school directory.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 1,292 students at Cross Creek High in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 1,124 students and 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.6 students per teacher.

State report card

Cross Creek High’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 54.4, according to the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for high schools was 76.9 and the Richmond County School System’s was 56.9. The school’s single score was 49.9 in 2023, 52.3 in 2024 and 54.4 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Cross Creek High report card.

CCRPI is the Georgia Department of Education’s “comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform,” according to GaDOE. The single score runs from 0 to 100 and is built from content mastery, progress, closing gaps and readiness, plus graduation rate for high schools. Georgia does not publish an A-to-F letter grade for schools in its 2025 data.

Georgia Milestones end-of-course tests, 2025, share of tested students at each of the two top levels:

Subject Proficient Distinguished
American literature 12.4% 0.4%
Algebra 7% 1.7%
Biology 9.7% 0.8%
U.S. history 14.5% 3.6%

The four-year graduation rate for the class of 2025 was 82.5%, against 87.2% statewide. The district’s Sept. 28, 2026, release on the class of 2026 did not list Cross Creek among the seven high schools whose rates went up; the district rate was 84.2%.

Attendance zone

Zones are set by the Richmond County School System and do not follow neighborhood lines or city limits. Check any address in the district’s School Zone and Bus Stop Locator. The district does not publish a feeder list; the feeder schools below come from that locator, which we checked at about 1,200 points across Richmond County on Oct. 6, 2026. Cross Creek’s zone covers a large part of south Richmond County, most of it inside Augusta. It is fed by Pine Hill Middle School, whose mailing address is in Hephzibah. The elementary schools in the zone are McBean, Diamond Lakes, Goshen, Gracewood and part of Tobacco Road. McBean and Diamond Lakes also have Hephzibah mailing addresses.

We found no rezoning approved by the Board of Education that changes this zone.

Sports and activities

Cross Creek plays in Region 4-AAA for 2026-27, in Class AAA, according to the GHSA’s region alignments. The school’s athletics pages list football, softball and tennis and name the athletic director as the varsity boys basketball coach. Its JROTC program is Navy JROTC, according to the district. Schedules and results: our Friday night football page and the scoreboard.

Calendar

From the district’s board-approved 2026-27 calendar (PDF):

  • Thursday, Oct. 8: PowerUp asynchronous learning day; students learn on their own instead of in class
  • Friday, Oct. 9: student holiday
  • Oct. 12-13: fall break
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day holiday
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving holiday
  • Dec. 23 to Jan. 5: Christmas and winter break; the second semester begins Thursday, Jan. 7
  • April 5-12, 2027: spring break
  • Wednesday, May 26, 2027: last day of school, early release

Bell times

The district’s School Zone and Bus Stop Locator lists school hours of 7:25 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. for Cross Creek High. Bus stop times for any address are in the same tool, and the Transportation Department answers questions at 706-796-4777.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Cross Creek High serve?

Ninth through 12th grade. Its full name is Cross Creek Comprehensive High School.

What is Cross Creek High’s CCRPI score?

54.4 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against an average of 76.9 for Georgia high schools.

What time does Cross Creek High start?

7:25 a.m., with dismissal at 2:15 p.m., according to the district’s School Zone and Bus Stop Locator.

Who is the principal of Cross Creek High?

David Yancey, according to the Richmond County School System’s school directory on Oct. 6, 2026.