JOAQUIN SCHOOLS

Located at 10901 HWY 84 E, in JOAQUIN, Texas, JOAQUIN SCHOOLS is a moderately sized all-grades campus that instructs 720 students (grades pre-K through 12), run under JOAQUIN ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 48% bigger than the state mean of about 485.

JOAQUIN SCHOOLS is a school of JOAQUIN ISD, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, JOAQUIN SCHOOLS reports that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 13% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.7:1 average. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Shelby County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JOAQUIN SCHOOLS performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.6%, the actual is 48.4%, a residual of +0.9 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Shelby County indicate median household earnings sit near $49,776, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. JOAQUIN SCHOOLS is one of 13 public schools in Shelby County (combined enrollment of about 5,174 students).

The closest other public school is Logansport High School, roughly 4.2 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, JOAQUIN SCHOOLS comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.9%.

JOAQUIN SCHOOLS operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 258%: 201 students in 2018 compared to 720 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 18% to 13% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.