Enrollment
319
Middle
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER CITY ISD·NCES 481677001458
WILLIAM G GRAVITT J H
419 MUSTANG AVE, DENVER CITY, TX 79323 · (806) 592-5940 · Yoakum County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
187 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
WILLIAM G GRAVITT J H→DENVER CITY H S
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within DENVER CITY ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
45.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
28.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
31.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
319
-47 (-13%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.9:1
% White
12%
was 14%
% Hispanic
87%
was 84%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About WILLIAM G GRAVITT J H
WILLIAM G GRAVITT J H is a 6-8 campus of low-enrollment scale in DENVER CITY, Texas, one of the schools within DENVER CITY ISD, educateing 319 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 50% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.
Within DENVER CITY ISD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,474 students, WILLIAM G GRAVITT J H is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, WILLIAM G GRAVITT J H logs that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 12% White. By comparison, Yoakum County as a whole is about 66% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, On paper, WILLIAM G GRAVITT J H has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 59% of students at WILLIAM G GRAVITT J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, WILLIAM G GRAVITT J H falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.3%; this one comes in at 31.4%, -16.9 points off the demographic line.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Yoakum County) shows that median household income runs about $84,925, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Yoakum County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,897 students), of which WILLIAM G GRAVITT J H is one.
The closest other public school is DENVER CITY H S, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILLIAM G GRAVITT J H at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.0%.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 13%: 366 students in 2018 compared to 319 in 2025.
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Yoakum County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,571
Census ACS
Median income
$84,925
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,897 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DENVER CITY ISD
- DENVER CITY H SHigh · 512 students
- DODSON PRIElementary · 334 students
- KELLEY ELElementary · 309 students
Other schools in DENVER CITY
- DENVER CITY H SHigh · 512 students
- DODSON PRIElementary · 334 students
- KELLEY ELElementary · 309 students
Nearby schools
- DENVER CITY H S0.2 mi · 512
- KELLEY EL0.8 mi · 309
- DODSON PRI0.8 mi · 334
- PLAINS H S15.2 mi · 129
- PLAINS EL15.2 mi · 201
- PLAINS MIDDLE15.2 mi · 93
Frequently asked questions
About WILLIAM G GRAVITT J HHow many students attend WILLIAM G GRAVITT J H?
WILLIAM G GRAVITT J H enrolls approximately 319 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does WILLIAM G GRAVITT J H serve?
WILLIAM G GRAVITT J H serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does WILLIAM G GRAVITT J H have?
WILLIAM G GRAVITT J H employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at WILLIAM G GRAVITT J H?
Student demographics at WILLIAM G GRAVITT J H are roughly 12% White, 87% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is WILLIAM G GRAVITT J H in?
WILLIAM G GRAVITT J H is part of DENVER CITY ISD.
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