Yorktown Junior High School
Public middle school in Yorktown, Texas · Yorktown ISD · Grades 6–8
Yorktown Junior High School serves 125 students in grades 6–8 in Yorktown (DeWitt County). It is one of 3 schools in Yorktown ISD. By enrollment it is the 1641st largest of 1,719 public middle schools in Texas (median 639 students). With 11.8 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas middle school (14.4).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,719 Texas middle schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 10.58 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Middle |
| Grades | 6–8 |
| District | Yorktown ISD |
| County | DeWitt County |
| Area type | Rural, remote |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 484665005304 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Yorktown ISD | Texas middle schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 125 | 574 | 639 |
| Students per teacher | 11.8 | 11.2 | 14.4 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 52.8% | 51.4% | 65.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 14% of Texas middle schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Yorktown Junior High School in context
Size
Yorktown Junior High School is the only middle school in Yorktown ISD. Its 125 students are 21.8% of the district's 574. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 24.8 miles away with a median enrollment of 276; Yorktown Junior High School is smaller than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 7 with 49 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 35, against an average of 42 per grade. This year grade 8 has 15% fewer students than grade 6 (35 against 41). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 47.2% here and 46.5% across Yorktown ISD. White students are next, at 47.2%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
52.8% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 51.4% across Yorktown ISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 10.58 full-time-equivalent teachers for 125 students, Yorktown Junior High School has 11.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 125 students would have about 8.7 teachers, so Yorktown Junior High School has 1.9 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).
Location
Yorktown Junior High School is in rural territory more than 25 miles from an urbanized area and more than 10 miles from a town, which NCES calls rural, remote. The nearest other middle school is Cuero Junior High School, 16.3 miles away in Cuero ISD. No other middle school is within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 47.2% |
| White | 47.2% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |
| Black | 2.4% |
42.4% of students are girls and 57.6% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 41 |
| Grade 7 | 49 |
| Grade 8 | 35 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
418 W 4th, Yorktown, TX 78164
Phone: (361)564-2252
Website: yisd.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Yorktown Junior High School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.
Nearby middle schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuero Junior High School | Cuero ISD | 16.3 mi | 439 | 10.6 | 41.9% |
| Goliad Middle School | Goliad ISD | 22.2 mi | 279 | 14.8 | 42.7% |
| Kenedy Middle School | Kenedy ISD | 23.4 mi | 149 | 13.9 | 83.9% |
| Karnes City Junior High School | Karnes City ISD | 24.0 mi | 234 | 10 | 59% |
| Nixon-Smiley Middle School | Nixon-Smiley CISD | 25.6 mi | 280 | 9.5 | 80.7% |
| Harold Cade Middle School | Victoria ISD | 29.9 mi | 730 | 15.9 | 48.5% |
| Yoakum Junior High School | Yoakum ISD | 30.1 mi | 273 | 10.2 | 77.7% |
| Stockdale Junior High School | Stockdale ISD | 32.3 mi | 182 | 10.9 | 34.1% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Yorktown ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yorktown Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 278 |
| Yorktown High School | High | 9–12 | 171 |