YEARLING MIDDLE SCHOOL

YEARLING MIDDLE SCHOOL, a cozy junior high in OKEECHOBEE, Florida, operated by OKEECHOBEE, hosts 588 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so YEARLING MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 26% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 12 schools in OKEECHOBEE (6,206 students total), YEARLING MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, YEARLING MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 38% White, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Okeechobee County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting YEARLING MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, YEARLING MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.2%; this one delivers 46.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Okeechobee County) records that median household income runs about $57,984, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Okeechobee County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,206 students), YEARLING MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts YEARLING MIDDLE SCHOOL at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 45.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. YEARLING MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 18% since 2018, when it stood at 716 (now 588). Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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