YOAKUM INT

YOAKUM INT is a primary school of small scale in YOAKUM, Texas, operated by YOAKUM ISD, caters to 292 students in grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 44% smaller than the state mean of about 519.

YOAKUM ISD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,458 students; YOAKUM INT is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, YOAKUM INT lists that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 16% White, 9% Black. By comparison, DeWitt County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, YOAKUM INT records 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting YOAKUM INT tighter than the state norm the norm. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against DeWitt County (around 56%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, YOAKUM INT sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.1%; this one delivers 41.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (DeWitt County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $63,730 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, DeWitt County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,297 students), of which YOAKUM INT is one.

The closest other public school is YOAKUM ANNEX, roughly 0.5 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, YOAKUM INT comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 59.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at YOAKUM INT has ticked down 17%, going from 353 students in 2018 to 292 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 25% to 16%.

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