PLAINS MIDDLE

PLAINS MIDDLE is a minimally staffed intermediate school in PLAINS, Texas, run under PLAINS ISD. The school enrolls 93 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 86% leaner than the state mean of about 643.

PLAINS ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 423 students. PLAINS MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On demographics, PLAINS MIDDLE lists that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 35% White, 2% Native American. That composition is broadly in line with Yoakum County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 65% of students at PLAINS MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, PLAINS MIDDLE falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 45.7%; this one comes in at 30.8%, -14.9 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, Yoakum County reports that median household income runs about $84,925, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Yoakum County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,897 students), PLAINS MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

PLAINS H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around PLAINS MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PLAINS MIDDLE at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 16%: 111 students in 2018 compared to 93 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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