YOAKUM H S

As a close-knit senior high in YOAKUM, Texas, YOAKUM H S serves 477 students from grades 9 through 12, run under YOAKUM ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so YOAKUM H S sits 40% below that benchmark.

YOAKUM ISD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,458 students. YOAKUM H S is one of those campuses.

On demographics, YOAKUM H S records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 34% White, 5% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, YOAKUM H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.5%, the actual is 62.4%, a residual of +10.8 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (DeWitt County) reports that median household income runs about $63,730, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across DeWitt County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,297 students), YOAKUM H S is one campus in the mix.

YOAKUM J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts YOAKUM H S at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 56.3%.

YOAKUM H S operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at YOAKUM H S has decreased 4%, going from 499 students in 2018 to 477 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 11% to 5% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

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