YATES H S

As a middle-of-the-pack senior high in HOUSTON, Texas, YATES H S educates 685 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by HOUSTON ISD.

Across the 273 schools in HOUSTON ISD (176,727 students total), YATES H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, YATES H S lists that 81% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest is composed of 15% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, YATES H S logs 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, YATES H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Harris County) records that median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. YATES H S is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).

BLACKSHEAR EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, YATES H S comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.4%.

YATES H S operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. YATES H S's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 814 (now 685). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 88% to 81%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

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