Enrollment
273
Middle
DISTRICT 292 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YOAKUM ISD·NCES 484662005301
Yoakum Junior High School
101 KOETHER DR, YOAKUM, TX 77995 · (361) 293-3111 · DeWitt County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL273 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
212 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 84 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 101 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 88 | 32% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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
Yoakum Junior High School→Yoakum High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within YOAKUM ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 23.0% | 31.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 33.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 46.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 39.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Yoakum Junior High School
Yoakum Junior High School's state test result (41.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yoakum Junior High School this school | 273 | 77.7% | 41.8% |
| Littlefield Junior High School LITTLEFIELD | 281 | 76.9% | 36.0% |
| Nixon-Smiley Middle School NIXON | 280 | 80.7% | 42.1% |
| Gilbert Gerdes Junior High School LULING | 306 | 82.0% | 32.6% |
| Hillsboro Junior High School HILLSBORO | 290 | 73.1% | 59.7% |
| Kermit Junior High School KERMIT | 313 | 76.7% | 29.4% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Yoakum Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #851 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #627 of 1,670 ▼ 94 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,240 of 1,670 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #938 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 273 | #1,436 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #21 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.8% | #1,059 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.7% | #567 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #270 of 942 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
273
-71 (-21%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 398
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 9.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 273 | 26.7 | 10.2:1 | 78% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 284 | 24.9 | 11.4:1 | 75% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 322 | 29.1 | 11.1:1 | 72% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 344 | 36 | 9.6:1 | 78% (267) |
| 2017-18 | 353 | 36.1 | 9.8:1 | 84% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 33 | 10.8:1 | 78% (280) |
| 2010-11 | 310 | 27 | 11.5:1 | 72% (223) |
| 2000-01 | 324 | 28 | 11.6:1 | 58% (189) |
| 1990-91 | 398 | 25 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Yoakum Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (353 to 273); teachers down 26% (36.1 to 26.7).
About Yoakum Junior High School
YOAKUM, Texas, is home to Yoakum Junior High School, a low-enrollment middle school. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 273 students. Statewide, middle schools in Texas average about 643 students each.
YOAKUM ISD is the district for Yoakum Junior High School. It has 5 schools and 1,458 students.
Roughly 73% of students at Yoakum Junior High School are Hispanic. Other groups make up 21% White and 4% Black. County-wide, 36% of DeWitt County residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 43% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Yoakum Junior High School and a ratio of 10.2:1. This ratio sits 4.2 below the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 78% of students. That rate is above the 56% average among public schools in DeWitt County.
On BeatsExpectations, Yoakum Junior High School is 1.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
DeWitt County has about 20,016 residents, and the median household income is $63,730, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Yoakum Junior High School, DeWitt County has 15 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Yoakum High School, about 0.1 miles away. Yoakum Junior High School has 4 other public schools within five miles. Yoakum Junior High School ranks 6th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 41.8% against a local average of 57.2%.
Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Yoakum Junior High School's enrollment dropped from 344 in 2020-21 to 273 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Yoakum Junior High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
DeWitt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,016
Census ACS
Median income
$63,730
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
4,297 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in YOAKUM ISD
- Yoakum High SchoolHigh · 477 students
- Yoakum Intermediate SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Yoakum Primary SchoolElementary · 231 students
- Yoakum AnnexElementary · 185 students
Other schools in YOAKUM
- Yoakum High SchoolHigh · 477 students
- Yoakum Intermediate SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Yoakum Primary SchoolElementary · 231 students
- Yoakum AnnexElementary · 185 students
- G O A L S ProgramElementary
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Nearby schools
- Yoakum High School0.1 mi · 477
- Yoakum Primary School0.3 mi · 231
- Yoakum Annex1.0 mi · 185
- Yoakum Intermediate School1.0 mi · 292
- Sweet Home Elementary School6.6 mi · 155
- Shiner High School10.9 mi · 311
Frequently asked questions
About Yoakum Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Yoakum Junior High School?
Yoakum Junior High School enrolls approximately 273 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Yoakum Junior High School serve?
Yoakum Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Yoakum Junior High School have?
Yoakum Junior High School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Yoakum Junior High School?
Student demographics at Yoakum Junior High School are roughly 21% White, 73% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Yoakum Junior High School public or private?
Yoakum Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by YOAKUM ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.