 From the 1920s through the end of World War II the school was expanded and upgraded.The Work Projects Administration made several improvements to the school facility, and in the late 1940s the Cross Roads Independent School District was formed as the consolidation of eight common school districts in the general vicinity.After a disastrous fire in 1953 much of the school plant was rebuilt, except for the high school which was closed and students sent to nearby districts for high school education.